As if a movie about sharks wasn’t scary enough, the filmmakers behind Dangerous Animals have upped the screams by adding what every thriller needs — a serial killer.

While that may sound like very dangerous moviemaking, the result is actually taut and well crafted, a worthy birthday present to Jaws , celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer.

Dangerous Animals stars Jai Courtney as an Australian boat captain who likes feeding his female customers to sharks and videotaping it, while also offering little brainy speeches about the nature of makos, mosquitos or sailfish while toying with his prey.

He meets what seems like his match in Hassie Harrison’s Zephyr, an American antisocial surf queen who lives in a van and refuses to be tied down. “There was nothing for me on land,” she sa

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