The shark is ever looming, so Lively’s in perpetual motion — and always fearing for her life.
Jaume Collett-Serra’s tight-knit Blake-v-Shark thriller The Shallows is so compact, the whole movie could be considered the 10 spot on our Action Sequences list.
However, we’ll single out one of these earlier encounters, where tasty surfer Nancy Adams realizes she has a few seconds to reach a nearby buoy before she becomes a swimming snack.
Once Ms. Lively hits the water, the movie hardly pauses to take a breath until the credits roll.