When someone mentions the words “tornado,” “floods,” and “sharks” in the same sentence, your brain inevitably travels straight to Sharknado madness. For years, we have internalized that crossing meteorological disasters with marine predators could only result in an absurd comedy to watch with friends and our brains turned off. But what would happen if a director took that same explosive premise, erased all the irony, and made a survival film where the threat feels real? The answer to that question has just landed in the Netflix catalog and is titled Assault.

Far from flying chainsaws and cheap CGI, this film comes ready to show that disaster cinema can still make you bite your nails. His approach is much closer to the claustrophobic terror of gems like Hell in the Storm (Crawl)placing us before a group of characters trapped in an extreme situation. Here, the nightmare is twofold: not only do they have to survive an environment that collapses and floods by the second, but what lurks beneath the surface of the dark water. If this weekend you were looking for a sofa plan that will keep you tense from minute one, you already have a winner.

Mixing a tornado and sharks, what can go wrong?

As I say, Assault It’s again a mix between a tornado and sharksbut it does not seem to be as extravagant as the more recognized combination of both elements in the world of cinema.

in a town are threatened by a tornadosomething totally terrible, but which is relatively common in the United States and other countries around the world, The problem in this case is the intensity. The entire town ends up flooded by the intensity of the water, which ended up making everything much worse, and even became hell for the inhabitants of the same.

With the rise of the water too various creatures that were in the sea rose and that can do a lot of damage: sharks. And there comes the differentiating element with respect to the renowned B-movie that I already mentioned previously.

From there the tone changes quite a bit. We went from having a classic style of disaster cinema to be something more similar to Shark by Steven Spieldbergwhich makes it especially interesting and eye-catching in general.

at least this It’s just what this movie promises.and what the trailer makes clear Assaultoffering a mix of two very different styles, and making a great contrast with the previously mentioned Sharknado.

The director and screenwriter of Assault It’s Tommy Wirkola.who curiously has worked in numerous B movies. Regarding the cast we have Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, Djimon Hounsou, Gemma Dart, Alyla Browne, Elijah Ungvary and Sami Afuniamong others.

Is it worth seeing Assault?

Being clear, Assault It does not premiere until tomorrow, April 10 on streaming servicesand apparently the critics have not been able to see it ahead of time, so right now I can’t say if it’s really worth seeing.beyond taking into account the synopsis and trailers.

Right now the most that can be said is that we are talking about a film that looks quite good, and that also It has a duration of 1 hour and 23 minutesso we are talking about a film of especially short duration. This makes it perfect to watch this weekend, if you are looking for a light movie to entertain yourself.

From tomorrow you can start enjoying it if you have an active Netflix subscriptionregardless of the plan you subscribe to, and although it is not clear if this is really an interesting film, The truth is that it could be interesting to give it a try.

If you like disaster cinema, and you want look for a slightly different option to watch on Netflixthis may be your best option to experiment and perhaps find your next favorite movie within this service.