I was desperate for some rom-coms or feel-good movies. Netflix suggested a film set in Paris. The trailer showed ocean pollution, which didn’t interest me much, but I decided to give it a try rather than waste an hour finding something else.
The story follows marine biologists working to clean the oceans. Sofia, the protagonist, leads the team. The plastic pollution is clearly depicted, with a baby whale bleeding among the debris. While working, they find a shark they are monitoring.
When the team goes down to inspect the shark, they find it much larger and huge. It is more dangerous than expected. It starts to hurt people. Sofia dives in to see what’s happening. She is also being pulled by the shark deeper, facing high pressure. Her vessel breaks under the strain, which was well-portrayed, although unrealistic since she wasn’t wearing any diving gear. She seemed pretty good after that.
Moving on, Mika, another character, injects some much-needed plot. The shark has entered Paris, adapting to fresh water and attacking people. Mika focused on cleaning the water and tracking the shark. She wants to send the shark back to the ocean. Her speech to the media is powerful and appreciated. But she should be aware, right? Better than anyone, mother sharks get territorial around their young. It’s a universal rule. Any animal would get defensive when its young were attacked or touched.
Now here’s where it gets wild. The movie introduces parthenogenesis, where sharks reproduce asexually. That is without the need for men. This concept is fascinating but rare in reality. But here’s the science: Real sharks reproduce in three ways: by laying eggs (oviparous), carrying developing embryos internally (ovoviviparous), and giving birth to live young (viviparous, very rare). They reach sexual maturity anywhere between 4 and 150 years old, depending on the species, and they can even store sperm for later use.
A real case of parthenogenesis in Zebra sharks, which are typically oviparous, when captured, their reproductive systems adapt. They reproduce through parthenogenesis, and even their offspring could reproduce this way. However, these offspring were smaller and had other issues, making parthenogenesis a rare phenomenon.
Despite this, the film shows how sharks adapt to survive in fresh waters, even depicting a two-month-old shark pregnant without mating. The movie showed their crazy adaptation skills to survive.
Don’t worry! This won’t happen to humans due to genetic complexities. Gene imprinting, chromosome completion, unfertilized eggs, and so on. Even if females were captive without males, random mutations and natural selection would take much longer to cause such changes, and our lifespan is shorter.
Back to the movie, the last 45 minutes are intense. Sharks are being produced rapidly, leading to chaos. The team tries to control the situation, but the sharks prevail. The ending shows how sharks go out of control, destroying everything, including humans. The film illustrates the impact of environmental crises on animals.
Ignoring its flaws, the movie effectively highlights animals’ struggles in our changing environment. Like us, they adapt to survive. We take measures like mitigating heat waves and disasters due to climate change. Animals are doing the same in their own way. If they had a sixth sense, they might urge us to protect the oceans instead of letting us pollute them.
I went in expecting a simple movie, but I came out with a deeper understanding. This film is worth watching, not just for entertainment but also for its message about environmental conservation and adaptation.
It would be better if the quote was displayed at the end (the city got destroyed and sharks were swimming around) rather than at the beginning.
We’ve got to start respecting nature and its boundaries before it’s too late. The movie might not be perfect, but it leaves you with a thought-provoking quote.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. – Charles Darwin
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PS: Adil was a distraction, Lol!
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