Great White (2021)

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[UKULELE MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

Wait! Don't!
[SHE CHUCKLES]

[UKULELE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

[THEY LAUGH]

[WOMAN]: Hey, I told you
to stop doing that!

Oh, yeah, cos I listen to you.

What do we think
of this place?

Yeah, I like this place.

Yeah? You reckon
we could stay here?

Maybe.

Tide's on the move.
We'd better head back.

- [CAMERA CLICKS]
- Good one for the blog.

[SHE GIGGLES]

[SHE STAMMERS]

Oh, my God.
There was something there.

There was something
right there!

- Nothing there.
- Something right there!

I don't see anything.
There's nothing here.

[SHE YELLS]

- There was something right there!
- Baby, there's nothing there.

I literally just saw something!

Tracy! Trace!

- Calm down. I believe you, OK?
- OK.

- I believe you.
- OK.

- Let's just get back, alright?
- OK. OK.

Nice and calm, OK? Come on.

[LUKE]:
Come on, baby.

[TRACY]:
Luke, hurry up!

[LUKE]:
Oh, f*ck.

Luke?

Luke?

Luke!

No, no, no!

- [HE SCREAMS]
- No!

No!

No!

[SHE SOBS]

[SHE YELLS]

{\an }[BIRDS WARBLE]

{\an }[BIRDS SQUAWK]

f*ck' awesome!

[GIRL]:
Ugh.

If you wanted a rollercoaster

we could've gone
to Dreamworld.

Charlie.

Was just a couple of turns.

- And a chandelle.
- Ah, sh*t.

You gotta
be kidding me. Why?

You know what,
your mess, you clean it.

Alright?

Well, technically,
it wasn't my mess.

Hey, I thought
you were the nurse.

Triage nurse, Charlie. Triage.

Piss bottles and puke bags
are not on my radar.

[HE GROANS]

He threw up on the microphone.

Well, don't put it there!

Bathroom. Come on.

Gonna have to
change the plugs soon.

She's starting
to run a bit rough on idle.

OK. And?

I think that's
enough work for today.

Y'know, there's a couple
of beers in there

with our names on 'em.

You know I'm mad at you, right?

Doesn't look like it.

[HE CHUCKLES]

So...

the bank called again today.

Mm.

I told them
that you would call them back

when you landed.

[HE SCOFFS]

Come on.

You want me to charm them
into an extra few weeks' grace?

Yeah, well, I would love that

but we can't
keep doing that forever.

I can.

We can't.

If we do, they're gonna
cut off our line of credit

and then
we can't run our business.

You can be so damn
practical sometimes.

Fine, you win.

I'll call them.

Thank you.

What?

Nothing.

You ever think maybe
we should get married?

[PHONE BUZZES]

Hold that thought.

Pearl Air Charter Service.

Yeah. Yeah, we do that.

I'll just have
to check my... my bookings

but when were you thinking?

OK, great.
I can... I can make that work.

Have you been on the website?

Great.

Great. OK.

If you could just give me
your email address.

Yep.

Perfect. Well, I'll flick you
a note to confirm

and we'll see you tomorrow.

- Tomorrow?
- Yeah!

Hell's Reef. Lunch on the reef.
The whole enchilada!

- Tomorrow?
- Yeah, midday.

- [SHE SIGHS]
- Hey.

It's OK. This is good.

[BIRDS SQUAWK]

Hey. They're here.

- That's a nice car.
- Fancy.

Alright, let's go.

"Minase."
I thought he was Italian.

[KAZ]:
Hi, there.

Kaz Fellows.

Welcome to the Pearl Coast,
Mr Minase.

Joji,
but everyone calls me "Jo."

Thank you.
My wife, Michelle.

- Hi.
- Hi. This is Charlie.

You two spoke
on the phone yesterday.

[JO]: Ah, yes, of course.
Captain Charlie.

"CC." Like the chips.

- Yeah.
- Nice to meet you.

- You too.
- Uh, so we ready?

We're all set.
Ready when you are.

- [JO]: Very good.
- Great.

[JO]: I told you we'd make it
for the th.

There's wonderful snorkelling
out there, if you're interested.

Oh, I love it.
Runs in the family.

But we don't get
to the water much.

No. I'll just sit on the beach

and if there's a cold beer
in my hand, I'll be happy.

Now, that I can guarantee.

Alright. Well, come on.
I'll show you round.

[MICHELLE]:
Oh, wonderful.

[KAZ]: We're just
loading everything up.

- Watch your step right here.
- Oh, thank you.

- Oh.
- Oh.

- You first.
- [SHE LAUGHS]

- [CHARLIE]: Here we go, eh?
- Yeah.

Um, how long?

[CHARLIE]: minutes cruising.
Arrive in time for a late lunch.

Excellent.

I hope you're not expecting
anything too rough?

I'm not a great flyer.

I make sure all my passengers
have a good flight.

Is he coming?

Benny's our cook.

As long as that's all he does.

[THEY CHUCKLE]

[CAMERA CLICKS]

You guys good back there?

Yes, we are.

Keep your eyes open,
you might see a whale.

Or a shark.

- Shark?
- Great white.

You don't wanna go swimming
with one of them, eh, Jo?

Benny.

[CHARLIE]:
Unlikely.

It's the wrong time of year.

- You sure?
- Oh, yeah.

He's sure.

Charlie here trained
as a marine biologist.

He was a good one.

I thought so too

until the shark
took a bite out of me.

Here we go.

- Really? What happened?
- Darling, please.

He may not want
to talk about it, y'know.

Bring back bad memories.

No. No, no, it's fine.
Doesn't worry me.

I was researching
black-tipped reef sharks

and their pack-hunting skills.

They're damn good at it.

One day, I was out on my own,
first mistake

and one grabbed me
from behind, spat me out.

Never saw it coming.

Second mistake,
not paying attention.

Luckily, it was more of
a love bite than a real chomp.

A love bite that put him
in the hospital for two weeks.

Ooh, you'll love this, Joji.

Hey, few years back,
a group of tourists

went on one
of them shark tours...

[HE MIMICS THEME
FROM "JAWS"]

...when a three-metre shark,
great white

jumped into the back
of the boat...

[HE SCREAMS]
Scared the hell out of them.

Benny.

It's OK.

Welcome to Hell's Reef.

We made it.

Officially, it's called
"Imperious Reef"

but local divers renamed it

after a pearl lugger
was shipwrecked here on the reef

out there during a storm.

It's actually a crazy story.

Eight crew members
were stranded here for days

with no food and no water.

Only one of them survived, an...

An -year-old Japanese diver.

Saeki Morita.

Yeah.

My grandfather.

[BENNY]:
th of October, .

You know the story?

Every pearler knows the story.

Saeki's a bit
of a legend around here.

His dying wish was
to be here with his shipmates.

Shall we take a look around?

- Uh...
- Yeah, yeah.

- Go, go. Here.
- Oh. Thanks.

You gonna tell 'em
it's a national park

and they shouldn't
be doing that?

No, I'm not.

Just go help Benny, alright?

[BENNY]:
Come on, big boy.

[CHARLIE]:
Stunning.

I love it out here.

[KAZ]:
Me too.

Hey, you know how we were, um

talking crazy yesterday

about the idea
of maybe getting married?

I think you should make
an honest man out of me.

[SHE GIGGLES]

Well, I don't know
if that's possible

- but if you were being seri...
- Look!

God, they're beautiful.

Charlie?

Mm?

I'm pregnant.

Wow.

Yeah.

Wow!

Are you gonna say
anything else?

Wow! Are you... are you OK?

I'm fine.

Is that it?

So what now?

I think that we, um...

finish this trip and then...

get married, yeah?

Are you sure?

About being pregnant
or getting married?

No, about me being the father.

[SHE LAUGHS]
You're such a jerk.

I know this...

wasn't planned at all

but are you OK?

I am.

I really am.

It's a surprise,
but an awesome one.

I just don't really know
what we're gonna do, y'know?

With the business and money
and us and a baby...

We'll be fine.

More than fine.

We'll crush it.
Like we always do.

[BENNY]:
Hey!

- Charlie!
- What's he carrying on about?

Kaz!

What's up, mate?

Yous two need to come with me.

Hey, Michelle.

Are you OK?

No, she's not f*cking OK.

Whoa. What is it?

There.

[FLIES BUZZ]

Charlie.

[FLIES BUZZ]

[FLIES BUZZ]

[WOMAN YELLS]:
Charlie!

f*ck.

Ah, sh*t.

We need to get them
outta here, OK?

[JO]:
A shark attacked him?

Yeah.

- Should we tell someone?
- I already did.

[KAZ]: The coastguard
are gonna handle it.

It's gotta be
out there somewhere.

What?

Their boat.

She could still be alive.

And out there,
she won't last very long.

She? How do you know
there's anyone else?

We should leave this
to the authorities.

You've got no idea where to look

and the chance of finding
anything is almost zero.

- Yeah, we have to try.
- I wanna get outta here.

- My charter, my call!
- It's not happening, mate.

[SHE SIGHS]

[PLANE ENGINE ROARS]

We've got
minutes fuel reserve

so we're gonna put
our eyes on this place.

We'll be at , feet.

Anyone sees anything,
we'll check it out.

I'm guessing all this sh*t
went down yesterday

so with the tides and currents

best we can do
is cover the eastern side.

There! Down there!

OK, we're going down.

Gotta take a look.

Yeah.

No.

You can't.

If you get hurt down there,
who flies this plane?

Benny?

Sure.

If anything goes wrong,
bang on the hull.

Loudly.

[PLANE CREAKS]

Come on, Benny.

[HEAVY THUD]

[BENNY SCREAMS]

[HE GASPS]

Benny!

[HE BREATHES HARD]

You OK?

Was she attacked?

sh*t.

[KAZ]:
Come on, guys.

Let's get outta here.

You alright?

What's next?

Home.

Come on, Benny, move it.

[BENNY]:
Yeah. Sweet as.

[SHE SCREAMS]

[LOUD RUMBLE]

[CHARLIE]:
What the hell was that?

Michelle. Hey. Hey, hey, hey.

- Are you OK?
- Uh...

- Get her out of here!
- [JO]: C'mon!

Benny! Where's Benny?

- Benny!
- I can't get if off!

- Ow!
- Benny, get the life-raft.

OK, OK. Move. We're done.

This thing'll be on the
bottom in a couple minutes.

- The seatbelt, get it.
- I can't...

OK. Are you OK?

- Are you sure?
- Now, Jo!

I warned you. I told you.

- Get out!
- [MICHELLE]: C'mon, Jo.

[CHARLIE]:
Mayday, mayday, mayday!

- Cessna Seaplane...
- Charlie!

We gotta get outta here!

Just grab whatever you can.
Lifejackets, flares, wetsuits

water, whatever.

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Cessna Seaplane, .

nautical miles
northeast of Hell's Reef.

[RADIO BUZZES]
Do you read me? Please respond.

Charlie,
we gotta get out now!

Five POBs,
starboard pontoon destroyed.

We're sinking fast.

If you read me,
please respond! Over!

[RADIO HISSES]

- Get in the raft, Jo!
- I'm not getting in that!

Suit yourself,
but this plane's

gonna be on the bottom
in a minute.

I'm not floating around
with that thing out there!

Jo, please!

Like I said, your choice.

- Put the life jacket on!
- Jo!

[METAL CREAKS]

Jo, come on!

[BENNY]:
Hurry up!

Jo!

- [MICHELLE]: Come on, Jo!
- [JO GRUNTS]

Yes! Quick!

[KAZ]:
Come on!

Quick! Grab him!

[BENNY PANTS]

[METAL CREAKS]

[LOUD RUMBLE]

[HE SIGHS]

[BENNY GROANS]

You're gonna need
a couple of stitches

but it's actually
not that deep.

Sorry.

Thanks, Kaz.

You get a mayday out?

Maybe, I'm not sure.

You're kidding me.

He's not sure.

That shitbox
have a safety beacon?

It's gone with the plane.

We've been attacked.

We're floating around
in this piece of plastic junk

and you're not sure if anyone
knows how f*cked we are

or even where we are?

What about the rescue boat?

It's on its way, isn't it?

Shouldn't we wait for them?
They know we're out here.

[BENNY]:
We're in the current.

By morning,
we'll be Ks from here.

It'll take them days to find us.

And a search plane?

It'll be dark soon.

They won't send a plane
until first light.

We're way off course

and I figure K from shore...

kilometres?

Our best chance
is to use the current.

It's running for us,
and if we paddle with it

we could make land
by tomorrow afternoon.

If we're not picked up
before then.

Could we go back? To the reef?

Not an option.

Says you.

Yeah.

And what do you gotta say,
mate?

Because all I've seen so far

is a bunch of
pissing and moaning.

What, you got a better idea?

The current is running
at five knots.

Running east, towards the coast.

Hell's Reef is over there,
to the southwest.

We can't paddle against it,
we won't get anywhere.

So we use it get to the coast.

They're the facts,
you're the analyst.

you f*cking figure it out.

What about...

it?

Maybe it'll go away.

Maybe the rising temperatures
messed with its season.

Maybe the lack of fish.

So far, so good.

[HE SIGHS]

You saw it?

And?

About five metres.

I've seen bigger
back home, though.

How's the arm?

I can paddle.

- [KAZ]: You OK?
- Yeah.

You're gonna have
a little bump there

but it's actually not so bad.

Thanks.

- I'll live.
- [THEY CHUCKLE]

Jo hates the water.

Always has.

He almost drowned
when he was a kid.

I had to work on him

just to get him
to come on this trip.

And this happens.

Yeah.

How'd you meet Charlie?

Uh, I was, um...

I was working at the hospital

when he was brought in
after his attack.

It really just amazed me
how calm he was.

Even though
he had almost lost his leg.

That's Charlie for you.

Do you have kids?

No way.

I mean, I'm...

I'm just not ready yet.

I get that.

Kinda feel the same way.

Are you...

Yeah.

When are you due?

In about seven months.

[WIND HOWLS]

How far do you think we've come?

Maybe Ks.

That's good.

Yeah. Yeah, we're doing OK.

Speak up, Captain.
What are you saying?

I said we've still got
over Ks to go.

[JO]:
What was that?

[BENNY]:
There.

- There.
- Shark!

Jo!

Sit down, ya numbnut!

- f*ck off! Leave us alone.
- [BENNY LAUGHS]

It's a dolphin.

Jo! Sit down.

[BENNY]:
It's a dolphin.

[HE MIMICS A DOLPHIN]

[DOLPHINS CLICK]

Oh, my God.

f*ck, Jo. You scared
the hell out of me!

What?

What if you'd fallen overboard?

Yeah.

Yeah. You're right.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

How many more
of these do we have?

[CHARLIE]:
That's the last one.

You know sharks, right?

I thought I did.

And like you pointed out,
I'm the investment analyst.

You know what that means?
What it is I do?

I study situations.

Weigh up the odds, and then,
based on the facts

I predict the outcomes.

You say you're
a good marine biologist.

Well, I'm a good,
very good analyst.

A clinical assessment
of our situation, as I see it

is if the shark
is still out there

I'd rate our chances
of all surviving at...

less than %.

And that would be
f*cking optimistic.

So do you think it's gone?

- I really don't know.
- Bullshit!

You said they're
not normally out here

and that thing is
and it's k*lling people!

It's not gone.

He knows it, and so does she.

- What do you want from me?
- The f*cking truth.

OK.

It's still out there.

And it's close.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

Hey.

That's enough.

I can go a while longer.

Give me your hands.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

Thank you.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

Oh, sh*t.

Michelle?

I think I dropped the paddle.

What do you mean,
you dropped it?

I-I was paddling
and it just seemed

to come out of my hand.
I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I got it!

There!

I'm sorry. I'm...

[WOMAN]:
Charlie!

Kaz! Kaz!

- No, no, no, no!
- I'll be fine. I'm fine.

Come on, Kaz.

Come on, Kaz.

She's almost there,
she's almost there.

Just there...

Come on, Kaz, come on.

Come on, Kaz.

Son of a b*tch.

Kaz! Kaz! Come on, Kaz, move it!

Come on, Kaz! Move it!

Move, Kaz!

Quickly!

Up, up, up!

[THEY GASP]

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

Here, put these on.
They'll keep you warm.

Thanks.

Here, let me help you
with that...

Take your hands off my wife!

- Back off.
- What'd you say?

[CHARLIE]:
Hey, Benny.

I said take that rod
out of your arse

and use it to paddle.

[THEY GRUNT]

- [BENNY SCREAMS]
- Benny!

[KAZ]: What the f*ck
is wrong with you?

Benny! Benny!

- Benny...
- Where is he? Benny!

- Benny, come on!
- Come on.

Benny, Benny, come on!

- [CHARLIE]: Steady. Nice.
- Ow, my arm!

- [KAZ]: Come on!
- Hey, look at me.

- Come on, Benny.
- Come on, right here.

Right here.
Look at me, Benny. Come on.

- Almost there.
- Got you.

Come on!

Come on, almost there.

Gimme your hand.

[CHARLIE]:
Come on, mate.

[KAZ]:
Let's get you in.

[BENNY YELLS]

- [MICHELLE SCREAMS]
- Benny! No!

Benny! No!

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

- f*cking idiot!
- Don't, don't, don't.

- You f*cking...
- Don't, don't!

He's not worth it.

Benny.

[WIND HOWLS]

[THUNDER CRACKS]

I had him.

I had his hand.

If I could've just held onto him
a little bit longer

- I think I could have...
- Stop. Stop.

It wasn't your fault.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

Hey, Michelle.

Just one mouthful.

Thanks.

If could get close enough...

Its brain's small,
set between the eyes

in the middle of the skull

which is pretty much
unprotected.

If got this in the right place

it might work.

You'd have to be really close.

That's the tricky bit.

That's a terrible idea, Charlie.

I didn't say it was a good plan.

Please.

Jo.

Jo.

Here.

Have a rest.

Thank you.

- [LOUD THUD]
- [THEY SCREAM]

Charlie!

Get back to the raft, everyone
get the f*ck outta the water!

[THEY GASP]

Jo!

Move, Jo. Move!

- Move!
- Hurry up!

Jo, no!

- Move, Jo. Move!
- Move it!

Jo! Jo!

Jo! Swim!

[THEY YELL]

Just swim! Swim to us now.

Jo!
[MICHELLE YELLS]

[JO GRUNTS]

[KAZ]:
Come on, let's go!

- [HE YELLS]
- [MICHELLE SCREAMS]

- [MICHELLE SCREAMS]
- Jo! No!

No! No!

[SHE SOBS]

Easy. Easy.
Easy, Michelle. Easy.

[MICHELLE SOBS]

He's gone.

Kaz? Hey, Kaz?

Kaz, look at me.
Hey, look at me.

I'm OK!

[SHE GASPS]

Jo... Jo! He...

He's alive, he's... he's alive.
He's... come on, Jo!

Jo! Quickly!

Jo, Jo! Quickly, quickly...

Jo, it's OK.
We're gonna get him.

Please...

Jo!

Help me.

Please.

[HE SCREAMS]

Jo! No!

No...
[MICHELLE SOBS]

[IN JAPANESE]:
Please take care of him, Grandpa.

[BREATH SHUDDERS]

Michelle?

Michelle?

Michelle.

We can't give up.

We have to keep trying.

We can still survive, OK?

Like my grandfather did.

[SHE SIGHS]

Yeah.

OK.

[CHARLIE]:
It punctured the raft.

We're losing air.

If we do nothing, we die.

But if we keep
this bloody thing moving

there's still a chance
that we can make it home.

Why don't you both
just rest a while?

No, it's OK. We can keep going.

Kaz, just rest a while

the current's taking us
the right way.

I'm fine.

Just take a breather,
sweetheart.

We're doing OK.

Oh, sh*t.

- [KAZ]: Charlie?
- It's alright, keep still.

If it comes close enough,
I might have half a chance.

It's alright. Keep still.

[KAZ]:
Where is it?

I...

[SHE STAMMERS]
Where is it?

I can't see it.

Goddammit!

- Charlie, what? What?
- Oh, f*ck!

They're hunting in packs!

[THEY YELL]

[HE GRUNTS]

[THEY PANT]

[SHE SCREAMS]

[KAZ SCREAMS]

[THEY PANT]

I love you.

Where is it?

[CHARLIE]:
In the middle, in the middle.

It's alright,
it's alright, it's alright.

[SEABIRD SQUAWKS]

The shore.

I can see the shore.

Oh, my God. We're gonna make it!

[SHE LAUGHS]

Charlie!

We did it, Charlie.
We did it!

Alright, c'mon, let's go.

Oh, f*ck.

What do we do?
We're sinking.

Charlie, this raft
is not gonna make it to shore.

[WOMAN]:
Charlie!

What are you doing? Charlie!

You girls are gonna
make a run for it.

Whatever happens,
just don't look back.

Just get to shore.
Just get yourselves out of here.

Charlie, no. No!

Together.

We do this together, OK?

I was supposed
to look after you.

Together.

Always together.

OK.

Right, here.

You get one in its mouth
or in its eye

and I'll go for the brain.

Take one out,
then we'll go for the other, OK?

OK, you swim.
Just get to the land.

You ready?

Yeah.

Come on, you f*cking pricks,
come on!

Michelle! Swim!

Now! Swim!

Come on!

[MUFFLED YELL]

Now!

[MUFFLED]:
Now!

[HE GRUNTS]

[HE GRUNTS]

[SHARK ROARS]

[SHE GASPS]

[INAUDIBLE]

[KAZ]:
Charlie!

No!

Kaz!

Oh, my God.
Come here, come here!

Kaz!

[THEY GASP]

[THEY PANT]

Where's Charlie?

[KAZ WAILS]

[THEY SOB]

[THEY SCREAM]

Michelle!

Kaz!

sh*t.

Michelle!

When I tell you to

swim to the shore
as fast as you can.

You?

I'll be right behind you.

Now! Go now!

[HEAVY THUD]

[SHE SCREAMS]

[SHE SCREAMS]

[METAL CREAKS]

[SHARK ROARS]

[METAL CREAKS]

[SHARK ROARS]

[SHARK ROARS]

[BIRDS WARBLE]

[THEY PANT]

[MUSIC: "Panic"
by Annie Hamilton]

♪ For weeks,
I looked behind me ♪

♪ In darkest hours ♪

♪ I'd leave the light on ♪

♪ Couldn't see much out,
but you'd see in ♪

♪ I hoped you'd try to find me ♪

♪ I played for you,
but seconds in ♪

♪ You tossed me
like a gull tossed in the wind ♪

♪ And I can feel
the panic setting in ♪

♪ And I can feel
the panic setting in ♪

♪ Now I can't read
your writing ♪

♪ But I like the way it looks ♪

♪ Across the pages
of your books ♪

♪ And I can hear it ♪

♪ Like a record spinning ♪

♪ Round the corners of my mind ♪

♪ Like a self-portrait
from a time when you see in ♪

♪ In darkest hours,
I'd leave the light on ♪

♪ I can feel
the panic setting in ♪

♪ In darkest hours,
I'd leave the light on ♪

♪ I can feel
the panic setting in ♪

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