The Black Demon

2023

Action / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

54
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 39 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 3.7/10 10 10983 11K

shark attack shark killer shark baja california oil rig  oilman

Plot summary

Oilman Paul Sturges' idyllic family vacation turns into a nightmare when they encounter a ferocious megalodon shark that will stop at nothing to protect its territory. Stranded and under constant attack, Paul and his family must somehow find a way to get his family back to shore alive before it strikes again in this epic battle between humans and nature.

Director

Adrian Grunberg Photo
Adrian Grunberg

Top cast

Héctor Jiménez Photo
Héctor Jiménez as Chocolatito
Josh Lucas Photo
Josh Lucas as Paul
Julio Cedillo Photo
Julio Cedillo as Chato
Omar Chaparro Photo
Omar Chaparro as Sidekick
720p.BluRay 720p.WEB 1080p.BluRay 1080p.WEB
929.89 MB
1280*640
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 5
924.78 MB
1280*640
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 22
1.86 GB
1920*960
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 13
1.85 GB
1920*960
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 40

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 3 / 10

A megalodon without much of any bite...

Right, well of course I opted to sit down and watch the 2023 movie "The Black Demon", as I had the opportunity to do so. After all, I am a sucker for shark movies, despite the vast majority of shark movies being utter garbage. But I opted to give writers Carlos Cisco and Boise Esquerra's 2023 movie the benefit of the doubt.And I mean, a shark movie with a megalodon, that has to be cool, right? Well, some movies with megalodons are, but just not this particular 2023 movie. Sure, I managed to sit through the entire movie, but I was not particularly entertained by the script and storyline that writers Carlos Cisco and Boise Esquerra had put together. It was just, hands down, a bit too silly and preachy.I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, aside from Josh Lucas, Jorge A. Jimenez, Héctor Jiménez and Julio Cesar Cedillo. The acting performances in the movie were actually fair enough, despite the fact that the actors and actresses had very little of anything proper to work with.Visually then "The Black Demon" was adequate. The megalodon was nicely enough rendered by CGI, though it wasn't really as much on the screen as I would have liked it to be, much less actually expected it to be with "The Black Demon" being a shark movie.There are far better shark movies out there, and "The Black Demon" came and went without leaving as much as a ripple on the waters in which it swam and ultimately sank. This is not a movie that I will recommend you to rush out and get to watch. Nor is it a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.My rating of director Adrian Grunberg's 2023 movie "The Black Demon" lands on three out of ten stars.
Reviewed by CinemaSerf 4 / 10

The Black Demon

Aw, come on. It's not that bad! It's just a poor cousin of one of the "Meg" movies, only with Josh Lucas trying to save the day rather than Jason Statham. He finds himself and his family trapped on a dilapidated oil rig off Baja, where they discover that a creature with a fin the size of a tennis court is marauding and it's peckish. Once safely ensconced on the installation, "Paul" discovers that most of the crew have skedaddled and those left are petrified of our huge great sea beastie. Worse still, they believe it has been sent by their gods as retribution for their plundering of the natural resources - and that they are all going to be tomorrow's ambergris. Now, to be fair to this CGI-fest, the ending is not quite as you might expect but the fact that the great fish seems huge enough to eat a bus at one stage then scared off by being kicked by a small child doesn't do too much for the credibility of this really, really quite sad indictment of where this once A-list actor has toppled to over the last decade. It hasn't really an original bone in any of it's bodies and it really is forgettable stuff that almost made me wish that I was the guy in the poster...
Reviewed by LordCommandar 5 / 10

Negative reviews got it wrong. This was solid popcorn.

Pay no attention to the negative reviews because this was solid popcorn. I stopped going by negative reviews on here a long time ago because they are notorious for saying horrible films are terrific and a decent ones bad. And I found that highly suspicious and that is why I stopped giving credence to negative reviews until I download and watch a film to determine to concur or disagree with them myself. Black Demon is a decent enough surviving a killer shark film to watch all the way through without a lot of wtf nonsensical moments. And everyone saying that the acting is bad must have some real personal animous towards the actors because the cast did their job. I've seen bad and even horrible acting and believe me when I say that there wasn't any in this film. And quite frankly for a killer shark movie, the story made sense. So disregard all the negatives reviews and judge for yourself. As an avid film watcher of all genres, this was a solid one time popcorn watch.
Read more IMDb reviews

24 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment