Some kids party at a beach. It is decided that for the sake of fun, all cell phones will be confiscated. Further into the night some kids find some large cocoon-type thing.
The next morning the beach is pretty empty except for one girl who's topless on a bench, two kids who are in lifeguard tower, three kids in a car and one guy is stuck in trash container.
When topless girl steps into the sand, filaments grow out of it and she's sucked into the sand. In some poor and bizarre editing/directing choice, at the very same time some other guy from the car is also attacked by the sand as he's trying to make his way out of the car. And in yet another terrible decision, neither the kids nor the editor/director care for the dying girl but go nuts over the guy.
For some there's no one else anywhere near the beach and they have no access to their cellphone. So the question is, how will the remaining kids get out of this situation, who will live and who will die? If you understand Hollywood politics, you know the answer to the second question. All that remains then is the how. And it's a long and slow process. The girl in the tower will be the leader and heroine, the poor guy with her has a thing for her so of course she treats him like trash. Occasionally they will come up with some idea but they sure take their time. It's near the end when finally there's some progress.
The Sand is then a low-budget horror thriller, with uneven performances, cheesy but not horrible CGI effects, a script with a good concepts but that runs out of ideas. Clearly the main limitation here is the budget. This movie deserved better. We needed a better director and editor, a larger cast, more scares, more gore, more nudity. The problem is that given the main idea and the low budget, the movie should have been more fun and campy instead it takes itself too seriously. It's an enjoyable movie for what it is and certainly better than what most here think.
The next morning the beach is pretty empty except for one girl who's topless on a bench, two kids who are in lifeguard tower, three kids in a car and one guy is stuck in trash container.
When topless girl steps into the sand, filaments grow out of it and she's sucked into the sand. In some poor and bizarre editing/directing choice, at the very same time some other guy from the car is also attacked by the sand as he's trying to make his way out of the car. And in yet another terrible decision, neither the kids nor the editor/director care for the dying girl but go nuts over the guy.
For some there's no one else anywhere near the beach and they have no access to their cellphone. So the question is, how will the remaining kids get out of this situation, who will live and who will die? If you understand Hollywood politics, you know the answer to the second question. All that remains then is the how. And it's a long and slow process. The girl in the tower will be the leader and heroine, the poor guy with her has a thing for her so of course she treats him like trash. Occasionally they will come up with some idea but they sure take their time. It's near the end when finally there's some progress.
The Sand is then a low-budget horror thriller, with uneven performances, cheesy but not horrible CGI effects, a script with a good concepts but that runs out of ideas. Clearly the main limitation here is the budget. This movie deserved better. We needed a better director and editor, a larger cast, more scares, more gore, more nudity. The problem is that given the main idea and the low budget, the movie should have been more fun and campy instead it takes itself too seriously. It's an enjoyable movie for what it is and certainly better than what most here think.