A category 5 hurricane that destroys a community in the southern United States and the flooding of sharks make ‘Thrash’, now available on Netflix, “very relevant” to the fear of climate change, say its protagonists in an interview with EFE.
“Adam McKay (the producer) has been known for really wanting to shine a light on natural disasters and climate change, and the impact they are having on our world. And I think this film is a fun way to show that by adding the element of sharks,” states actress Phoebe Dynevor.
Dynevor, known for starring in the series ‘Bridgerton,’ plays Lisa, a pregnant woman who becomes trapped in a fictional town in the southern United States while a maximum-level hurricane hits, causing the town to become infested with sharks.
The “heart” of the production, titled ‘Embestida’ in Spanish, is the story of Lisa and Dakota, a woman with agoraphobia who won’t vacate the city and willfully ignores media alerts played by Whitney Peak, known from the latest version of ‘Gossip Girl’.
Therefore, the film combines elements of horror with those of an action and natural disaster survival movie.
“It’s a fun film, but it also has an important message,” Dynevor says.
‘Thrash’ the Netflix movie that takes place among hurricanes and sharks.
The stars promoted the film in Florida, the most hurricane-prone state in the United States, with more than 120 hurricanes having impacted the state since records began, more than a third of the total.
As such, the film will connect with the audience, believes actor Djimon Hounsou, who plays Dakota’s marine researcher uncle Dale, who is trying to rescue his niece.
“You experience hurricane air here all the time, I mean, some version of natural disaster all the time here in Florida and across the United States. In fact, natural disasters are becoming more and more common, the interaction with nature,” Hounsou comments.
Florida is also known as the “shark bite capital of the world” with 11 recorded attacks in 2025, nearly half of the U.S. total and one-sixth of the global total of 65, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History.
The fear of these animals, which has been exploited in Hollywood films, remains with audiences because “people will always fear what they can’t understand,” Peak says.
“You’re afraid, for the most part, about things you can’t control. That you don’t understand. And I’ve been subjected to floods where we’re not the best in the water, I mean, we’re not the best creatures in the water, in the sense that we’re better on land than we are in water,” Hounsou adds, Agencia EFE reported.
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