The Asylum made countless “Sharknado” films where large storms bring hordes of hungry sharks. “Swim” deals with a smaller storm and just a single shark. This is a bad but forgettable film. There’s nothing noteworthy about it, this is just one of the most generic shark films to date.

In “Swim”, a family are hoping to have a fun holiday at a rental property by the beach. A storm and the shoddy condition of the property soon lead to it becoming a deadly trap as a vicious shark enters the area. Now, the family must struggle to survive and find a way to escape the underwater menace.

If you’ve seen any films from The Asylum before, you know that the acting is always awful. “Swim” is certainly no exception as nobody here gives a good performance. You just don’t care about any of the characters and wish the shark had just eaten them all quickly so the movie could have ended faster. The shark looks really unconvincing with some terrible C.G.I. at times. After all these years, you think they could at least manage to make a shark look acceptable. There’s nothing special about this shark, it’s not got multiple heads like in “2-Headed Shark Attack” or anything like that.

While I’ve certainly seen many worse films, it just feels like no effort went into this. There are worse shark films and there are definitely worse films from The Asylum but “Swim” feels about as lazy as you can get. To make a film like this after the “Sharknado” films show how creatively bankrupt The Asylum has become. There are so many shark films out there and to do one that brings nothing new to the table shows that you don’t deserve your audience and you don’t deserve your money.