Bait (III) (2012)

A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building - along with a 12-foot Great White Shark.

Director:

Kimble Rendall

Writers:

Shayne Armstrong (additional writing by), Duncan Kennedy (additional writing by),

Stars:

Richard Brancatisano, Xavier Samuel, Chris Betts

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Brancatisano	...	Rory
Xavier Samuel	...	Josh
Chris Betts	...	Lockie
Sharni Vinson	...	Tina
Simon Edds	...	Lifeguard
Miranda Deakin	...	TV Reporter
Julian McMahon	...	Doyle
Dan Wyllie	...	Kirby
Alice Parkinson	...	Naomi
Phoebe Tonkin	...	Jaimie
Damien Garvey	...	Colins
Lincoln Lewis	...	Kyle
Cariba Heine	...	Heather
Alex Russell	...	Ryan
Adrian Pang	...	Jessup

Storyline

This movie is about a group of people who get trapped in a Supermarket after a Tsunami hits the coast of Queensland, Australia. But they soon find out that they have more to worry about than being in a flooded grocery store, there's a 12 foot shark swimming around them, and it's hungry.

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Plot Keywords:

tsunami | supermarket | shark | swimming | australia | 

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Taglines:

The ultimate predator is coming to a store near you!

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, some grisly images and language

Details

Official Sites:

Screamworks Records [se]

Country:

Australia China

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 2012 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Bait 3D

Filming Locations:

Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

AUD 30,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bait Productions, Media Development Authority (MDA), Pictures in Paradise

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bait had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival where it was shown out of competition on 1 September 2012. The film was released theatrically on 20 September 2012 Australia and on 29 November 2012 in Singapore.

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Goofs

The characters are worried about live electrical wires touching the water, yet to turn it off they flip a switch already underwater. This would mean that the water is already conducting electricity in the first place.

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Quotes

Jaimie: It's coming back!
[we see the fin swimming pass the far end]
Jaimie: Why does it keep doing that, just circling?
Tina: Cause It's not sure what we are. It's curious.
Kirby: Curious about what, sharks are only curious about one thing. It's trying to decide if were food or not!

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Crazy Credits

No sharks were harmed in the making of this movie.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2012 (2012)

User Reviews

Better than I had Expected! Go watch it!

Bait 3D – CATCH IT (B) Bait is about a group of survivors from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a submerged grocery store when a tsunami hits the coast of Queensland, Australia. As they try to escape to safety, they soon discover that there is a predator among them more deadly than the threat of drowning-vicious great white sharks lurking in the water, starved hungry for fresh meat. As the bloodthirsty sharks begin to pick the survivors off one by one, the group realizes that they must work together to find a way out without being eaten alive. Bait is Australia's first 3D movie and to be honest its better than I had expected. The special effects, the cast, the monstrous sharks and supermarket half in water is pretty convincing. The movie manages to have pretty famous young and old faces so Xavier Samuel (Good), Sharni Vinson (Too skinny), Phoebe Tonkin (Cool Brat), Lincoln Lewis (Hot Jock), Alex Russell (Cute Guy), Cariba Heine (Hot Chick) and Julian McMohan (Cool). Bait is really entertaining and unlike other horror/thrillers it keeps most of the good people alive so for a killer shark movie that was a new thing.