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The Shallows

2025 · 73 min · Director: Xia Banchang ★ IMDb 2.5 · 139 ratings

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A scientist passionate about extreme sports, Li Qiang, faces off against a ruthless predator at the top of the ocean's food chain in a life-and-death game. Beneath the ominous clouds, danger lurks just beneath the surface.

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The Shallows (2025) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 40%, Tension 30%, Excitement 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear40%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Excitement. Genres: Thriller, Adventure, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Tension and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 2.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Curiosity
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 57 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity52 %28 %57 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 5′Curiosity56 %44 %59 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 9′Tension59 %54 %59 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity60 %55 %54 %27 %
22.5 %≈ 16′Tension70 %68 %43 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 20′Tension74 %74 %38 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 24′Tension68 %66 %46 %39 %
37.5 %≈ 27′Tension68 %55 %48 %55 %
42.5 %≈ 31′Empathy66 %41 %39 %64 %
47.5 %≈ 35′Empathy61 %31 %30 %56 %
52.5 %≈ 38′Relief66 %36 %26 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 42′Tension75 %59 %34 %55 %
62.5 %≈ 46′Tension75 %69 %48 %53 %
67.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity73 %66 %57 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 53′Tension73 %70 %53 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 57′Tension71 %70 %44 %33 %
82.5 %≈ 60′Tension69 %57 %43 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 64′Empathy69 %35 %35 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 68′Relief66 %16 %23 %56 %
97.5 %≈ 71′Empathy58 %8 %18 %53 %
Rags to riches

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

CX
Chen Xiaoyun

WS
Wang Sen

WS
Wang Sen

Wei Ran

DW
Ding Wenbo

WY
William Yang

PB
Peng Biyao

LS
Li Sinan

Details

Directed by
Xia Banchang
Written by
Xia Banchang
Type
Movies
Released
2025
Runtime
73 min
Country
China
Ratings
★ IMDb 2.5 · 139 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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