Cruel Jaws before the annual Regatta celebration, the townspeople are faced with financial ruin if something is not done about their new-found shark problem. If that was not enough, the owners of the local amusement park have been subject to a hostile takeover from a prospective businessman looking to cash in on their prized property. It is then up to the sheriff, the park's owner, and a shark expert to head out and kill the shark before the summer economy is slashed and the park is demolished. The film utilizes footage from the "Jaws" film series, "Deep Blood" and "Great White". The
The Reef (2010 film) can hope for is 30 screens, which is what you get for Australian films, unless you make something like "Australia"." The film was released straight-to-DVD in the United Kingdom in January 2011. The film received positive reviews from critics, achieving a score of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics praised the use of actual shark footage, as opposed to special effects, in the film, as well as the directing and acting. Crikey described "The Reef" as "an unnerving winner: tense, twitchy and frighteningly entertaining." Numerous horror review sites gave the film a thumbs up comparing it with "Jaws" and "Open Water".