Quick Review: Borrowing its ideas from superior creature features set in the space or the sea, this one is far from original, but all its familiarity aside, the technically-deft, stylishly- shot, and well-directed "Underwater" is a tense and thrilling into-the-deep sci-fi horror whose drenched, dark, turbid, and claustrophobic setting is more effective than the jump scares throughout, and the film's strongest asset, followed by the grisly-looking, fearful sea monsters, and Steward's feisty lead performance.
I like a decent creature feature.
ReplyDeleteMe too. I liked this one more than I expected to. It had flaws, and it felt rip-off-ish at time, but the execution was spot-on!
ReplyDeleteDidn't enjoy this one as much as I thought, sadly; I guess I was looking forward to something like Deep Sea Rising meets Cloverfield, not The Descent underwater...
ReplyDeleteI did. It was extremely well-made, and I was surprised that it wasn't about a regular sea monster. I thought Pandorum was The Descent underwater...in a bad way.
ReplyDeleteThe less we talk about Pandorum, the better...
ReplyDeleteLol, I agree. Hated that one.
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