Underwater (2020)

7 Miles Below the Ocean Surface Something Has Awakened

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Release Date: Jan 08, 2020
Rated: PG-13 | Runtime: Mins | Language: English
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Summary

Disaster strikes more than six miles below the ocean surface when water crashes through the walls of a drilling station. Led by their captain, the survivors realize that their only hope is to walk across the sea floor to reach the main part of the facility. But they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they come under attack from mysterious and deadly creatures that no one has ever seen.

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What to Expect

Underwater is a sci-fi creature feature that was clearly based off Alien but with a little Event Horizon and some Pandorum sprinkled in. It's about a deep sea drilling crew working at the bottom of the Mariana Trench when an earthquake sends them into chaos and unleashes some kind of unknown deep sea creatures. It's a cliche story we've seen countless times before and is filled with jump scares and cheesy special effects, but if you're just looking for casual creature feature this would fit the bill. The creatures were also really cool. I won't get into any spoilers, but they're worth the wait and the movie approaches them well, only giving you glimpses which keeps things mysterious. And the actual presence of crazy creatures isn't so far-fetched since the movie took place at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and was about a drilling expedition that drilled even deeper than the sea floor. The bottom of the Mariana Trench is about 7 miles. If you threw Mou Read more...

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Critic Reviews:

Underwater is a tense and relentless thrill ride at the bottom of the ocean, but lacks any substance, delivering a shallow and boring sci-fi movie.

– Screen Rant

Underwater is a fun throwback to a time when all you needed to make a movie was a girl, a sinking sea lab, and some very gnarly monsters.

– Indie Wire

To say that Underwater consists of multiple concepts and ideas smashed together would be accurate, but the cast and crew definitely have some idea of how to make it work.

– Flickering Myth