Film Review – Killer Whale

Viewers coming to see “Killer Whale” will likely have an extremely specific movie in mind before the picture begins. It has an exploitation-ready title, and marketing efforts have been quick to emphasize the horror elements of the offering, highlighting a battle of survival between two stranded women and an orca on the hunt to devour them. Co-writers Katharine McPhee and Jo-Anne Brechin (who also directs) certainly try to provide some suspense and near-misses in the endeavor, but they’re also pursuing a relationship story here, which often takes command of the feature. “Killer Whale” isn’t exactly a thriller, and perhaps stabs at deeper characterization get in the way on occasion, but Brechin manages to secure a passable amount of tension with B-movie elements, giving the release some needed jolts of energy while the writing hopes to make a more meaningful nature-gone-mad effort. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com