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Cold storage david koepp5/20/2023 ![]() In Koepp’s world, however, the shark is a fungus.Īnd the humans in peril aren’t just the folks dumb enough to go in the water… it’s all of us. Screenwriter David Koepp knows his way around a big-concept, crowd-pleasing, high-energy and every-other-hyphenate-thriller, responsible as he is for tentpole adaptations like “Jurassic Park,” “Spider-Man” and “Angels & Demons,” as well as original screenplays for “Carlito’s Way,” “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and the most recent installment of the Jack Ryan saga, “Shadow Recruit,” among many others.Īnd yet the book (and movie) that is most analogous to Koepp’s engaging debut novel, "Cold Storage" (Ecco, 320 pp., ★★★ out of four stars), is Peter Benchley’s iconic "Jaws." In both cases, humans are put in peril by the evolutionary imperatives of a wild creature, which is particularly frightening since you can’t argue or reason with natural selection. ![]()
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