Overview
- Thrash, which began streaming Friday on Netflix, follows residents of a coastal South Carolina town as a catastrophic hurricane floods streets that sharks then enter.
- Critics describe an energetic, R-rated survival thriller with striking flood imagery and bloody shark attacks, while noting wobbly tone and thin character development.
- Writer-director Tommy Wirkola leads the project with producers Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, and the cast features Djimon Hounsou, Whitney Peak, and Phoebe Dynevor.
- The production built large practical flood sets in Australia, and reviews single out the townscape design and blended practical/CG shark work as standout craft.
- Producers frame the film as an eco-thriller that taps real concerns about stronger storms and shifting shark behavior, signaling Netflix’s continued push into shark and creature features.