We saw the ad of the film, it's showed only at certain theatre in Singapore, so we went to see it straightaway or it would be slipped away from the cinema.
Rob Stewart is a freediver, scubadiver, professional phorographer and photojournalist. Starting from his interest in diving,
he found the horrible truth about human exploitation to the sea, especially to most exploited species that hasn't caught many
attention to their protection, sharks.
During the years of the making, he had come to many obstacles, from murder charges and mafia to life threatening diseases like West Nile, Tuberculosis and flesh-eating diseases that almost cost his leg and his life.
The movie has striking beautiful underwater footages, and also the footage of the horrible truth about what human do to the sharks and the sea. The end products might end up innocently on dinner plate or wedding occasion, but the bloody truth is devastating. Reality is, Asian community especially Chinese are the main, the most and the worst consumer of the product that they regard as good food, shark-fins. They believe it's the symbol of wealth, the powerful food that can give them strength, well, like those others, sea horse, tiger testicles etc etc.
The effect of the strong demand create strong protection to shark fins mafia, and the circle can't be broken, unless, the awareness takes over. I believe that our generation lives in a very important era of the history, where everything is to be gone and it's time to do something or to watch it gone.
It's a great documentary, that covers the facts and truth and hidden messages.
It would be great if I was able to do 1/10 of what he has done.
