GREAT WHITE WATERS on Tubi is a Shark Thriller by none other than the director of Sharknado. This is nothing like that cult genre-mix, though. It’s not kitsch or fun, but it is very bad. I’m just not sure it’s all intentional. Read our full Great White Waters movie review here!
GREAT WHITE WATERS is a new Tubi thriller with a shark plot. Or really, it’s a shark thriller in the same way that Into the Deep was. Which means it’s more about stupid drug smugglers trying to get to their “goods” in shark-infested waters than anything else.
In other words, if you liked that movie, there’s a chance you’ll enjoy this as well. For me, this is just a really bad movie, with the added minus of being really terrible about sharks. They kill sharks while explaining there are other ways of dealing with them. It’s dumb!
Continue reading our Great White Waters movie review below. Find it on Tubi from July 4, 2025.
Push it… or gauge its eyes out!
In Great White Waters, there was plenty for me to dislike. And yet, what annoyed me the most was ultimately the way sharks are treated and talked about. We hear one character saying that you can just “push them” and then continues: “… or gauge their eyes”.
I mean, that is wild. And not in any good way.
While I was hoping for something kitsch or just mildly entertaining, what I experienced was something slow and predictable.
Anyway, the core plot revolves around drugs worth millions having gone missing in shark-infested waters off the coast of Florida. Lots of criminals try to claim the stash, and none of them are likable or even fun. Also, there are a few “good guys”. Of course.
So bad it’s good? Not really
You know how sometimes a movie is so bad it’s good? Or, you know, can be fun to watch?! Well, Great White Waters is not one of those. It’s just plain bad. At least in my book.
Mostly, I feel that if you want to make a shark movie with grossly overstereotyped characters and cheesy one-liners, then you have to include comedy in some aspect.
It’s what made Sharknado work.
With the exception of one of two wild death scenes in Great White Waters, which admittedly did make me chuckle, I didn’t enjoy this movie at all.
You can watch Great White Waters on Tubi… but why would you?!
The director and co-writer of Great White Waters is Anthony C. Ferrante, who you may recognize by name as he directed the first five Sharknado movies. He has also made a shark movie for Tubi already.
The other Tubi Original shark movie would be the movie Blind Waters (2023), which we gave the same rating as this one. I know watching these movies can be a guilty pleasure of sorts, but it just is not for me.
A FAN OF SHARK MOVIES?
Watch the Shudder documentary Sharksploitation – Ferrante is in it as well >
Give me a decent shark thriller with interesting characters and some sense to the plot, or just go full Sharknado. These “serious” movies that are made to somehow be bad but not in any fun or kitsch way? They just are not for me.
The cast trapped in this production do what they can, so I don’t blame them.
Great White Waters premieres on Tubi on July 4, 2025.
Details
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Writers: Anthony C. Ferrante, Geoff Mead
Cast: Angela Cole, Johnny Ramey, Steve Hanks, Ashton Leigh, Hector Becerra
Plot
When millions in cartel cocaine go missing off Florida’s coast, the search turns savage as vicious sharks close in on anyone daring to claim the stash.
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