Thrash (2026) – Review

2026   •   Netflix Studios/Sony Pictures

Rated:  R

Length:  1 hr  26min

Horror ~ Thriller

Director:  Tommy Wirkola

Writer:  Tommy Wirkola

Actors:  Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, and Djimon Hounsou.

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If The Flood Doesn’t Kill You…

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Official Trailer

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Thrash (2026) – Review

There is a storm developing quickly off the coast of Annieville, South Carolina and is headed right for the coastal town. The closer to shore and shallow water it gets, the bigger it becomes. There is immediate concern about the potential storm surge and an order to evacuate is issued. The Monster storm develops much quicker than expected, and turns into a massive Category 5+. Not everyone makes it out before the storm surge hits with a vengeance catching those left behind like…

Billy and Rachel Olsen who have three foster children, Will, Ron and Dee. They are stuck in their house as the storm surge overtakes the town. Billy and Rachel love the monthly check they get for fostering the kids more than the kids, and it is less than a happy household.

Lisa (Phoebe Dynevor), who is pregnant and is caught in her car by the storm surge. The water picks up her car and slams it into a tree, and a large branch pierces through the windshield shattering it. Trapping her inside as the waters rise higher and higher.

Dakota lives right across the street from where Lisa is pinned in her car. She is home alone because her mother died and has Agoraphobia, so she decided it was safer in the house than running from the hurricane. She sees Lisa from her upstairs window and decides that she can overcome her fears and attempt to rescue Lisa.

Dale Edwards (Djimon Hounsou) is Dakota’s Uncle and called to tell her that he will come get her. He is also a Marine Biologist specializing in Bull Sharks.  He hooks up with a news crew who have a boat and they head for Annieville. The town is completely flooded and Dale realizes that the sharks he has tagged are showing up in town. They rode in with the storm surge trying to escape the hurricane waters.

The race is on to get to town and save as many people as they can from the rising storm surge, the hurricane force winds and every shark Dale has tracked in the last three years. I almost quit watching at one point just because it was getting a little too silly, but I hung in there. The CGI is a little sloppy, some of the scenes seemed way too calm for a category 5 Hurricane, and some of the plot was just a little too absurd for me.

I don’t want to spoil anything but there is one important scene and detail I missed. In the beginning of the movie there is a tanker truck filling up at the meat packing plant where Lisa works at, I assumed it was fuel.  Shortly thereafter as he is trying to get the tanker out of town, the storm surge picks up the truck, slams it into a tree and rips open the tanker. There is an overhead shot showing the “fuel” being carried in the water down main street. It wasn’t fuel, it was blood from the meat packing plant, which was attracting all the sharks.

That is a good representation of some of the silliness in the storyline, but here’s the thing. I don’t think you should take it too seriously. It’s like a B Horror Movie, the kind where you chuckle as the slasher is doing his job. You know, you just kind of laugh at the absurdity of it all. Enter the water at your own risk!

Thrash (2026) – Review by Bobby @ Streaming Movie Night.

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