Managed to catch Shark Water with Plain sunset just this evening. Was fortunate that there were still 2 shows left. Thinking that the popularity is already waning, I decided to get the tickets at the box office rather than booking it online. Surprisingly, the cinema was already half-full by the time I got there.

The cinema hall appears to be packed with non-asian people. Naturally so, since it is the asians who are the ones consuming the fins of sharks in the first place. The movie was not exceptionally long at all, but within it’s short film length, it showed the true colours of the fin trade through the eyes of the producer. Not to forget the colourful beauty of the ocean and the marine life; whale sharks, hammerheads and the elusive sea dragon. It even had a sizable portion aboard the Sea Shepherd, which I visited last year while in Australia.

I think the most hilarious part was the interview with a certain staff – probably director / owner – of a presumably local company which deals with the sale and distributorship of sharks fin. I would say definitely a Singaporean based on the accent and the look of the office background. He actually portrayed himself as rather misinformed. I had a good laugh whenever he appeared on the screen.

All in all, I pretty good docu-film which confirms the videos which most of us would probably have seen at one time or another; those of the inhumane slicing of the fins and dumping the barely alive shark bodies into the waters.

The ultimate cause of this is like any other – greed of men.

Wonder if the certain local guy in the film happened to watch this film. Would be interesting to know if he decides to change his ways!