Sea monster swallows girl. Father (marine biologist) vows revenge & goes to sea a-huntin'. Unscrupulous billionaire funds chase.
Sea monster = Jonah's giant fish? Sea monster holds key to immortality? -- explains evil rich guy's interest.
Oh, wait, daughter still alive "in the belly of the beast". Blah blah love interest. Blah blah evil rich guy's evil henchman. Sea monster is intelligent, fights back. Evil rich guy's pet great white shark (only lacking the "frickin' lasers") eats various people as they fall off the boat. God talks to daughter. Sea monster provides daughter with fish & oxygen. Fake priest working for evil rich guy helps father & love interest overcome evil rich guy & henchmen. Clichés further ensue. Navy rescues father, love interest. Sea monster blerchs up daughter on beach, communes with father, escapes back to sea. Sigh.
There is too much editorialising and - while horror / monster stories are supposed to stretch the bounds of reality - far too implausible a story. From the dad's "grrr, my girl got et by a monster, I will hunt it down and kill it" response to the daughter's "we have to move to this house because I saw it in a vision while inside the beastie" to the love interest being the existing owner of said house... it's too much.
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