Stranded at sea after a massive tropical storm, a woman and her injured husband fight for survival as great white sharks circle below.

Jaelyn is partially withdrawn and traumatized since she suffered a stillbirth during a homebirth, keeping contact with her family and friends mostly through social media; the trip is meant to restore her spirits again.

When a ship passes by, they try to create a smoke signal, but the fire instead destroys their shelter, forcing them to abandon it and climb onto a floating piece of wooden flooring.

After recovering, Jaelyn walks off along the coastline until she meets a local fisherman in his coracle, who stitches her wounds; but as she falls asleep, he dives down to check his weir and is fatally attacked by the shark.

[8] Simon Abrams, writing for RogerEbert.com, gave it 2 1/2 stars out of 4, concluding "I don't think you can really love The Requin based on its modest strengths, but there's enough here to make 89 minutes move a little faster.