Something in the Water is a 2024 British survival thriller film directed by Hayley Easton Street and written by Cat Clarke. Its plot follows a group of friends who meet up for a wedding in the Caribbean, and become stranded in the sea after their hire boat sinks.
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On their way home from a date, Meg and Kayla, a young couple, are accosted by a group of thugs who insult them with homophobic slurs. When Kayla retaliates by throwing double middle fingers, they brutally attack Meg and kick her unconscious.
One year later, Meg travels to the West Indies where she meets up with friends Lizzie, Cam and Ruth, to celebrate Lizzie's wedding to Dominic, Cam's brother. The atmosphere is made awkward due to Kayla, who Meg hasn't seen since the attack that left her in a critical condition, also being present.
The day before the wedding, Cam hires a boat to drive to a secluded island several miles away from their resort. Upon arriving at the island, Cam, Lizzie and Ruth drop Meg and Kayla off on a beach to talk through their problems while they drive to another area of the island.
After a short while, Meg and Kayla track down their three friends and pretend to have reconciled. While swimming in the sea, Ruth is bitten on the leg by a shark. As she is bleeding profusely, the others decide to get her on the boat and head back to the resort. However, the hire boat, which is old and in poor shape, springs a leak and sinks after accidentally hitting reefs, leaving the group stranded in the middle of the sea, miles from land. After using the one life jacket they have to support Ruth, Lizzie reveals she is unable to swim, and clings to a buoy for support. A large shark soon starts to circle, attracted by Ruth's blood.
