Underwater takes fear to whole new depths

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In the year 2050, a crew of oceanic researchers working for a deep sea drilling company try to get to safety after a mysterious earthquake devastates their deepwater research and drilling facility located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.


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Time to go deep

Set in the Mariana Trench which is nearly 7 miles or 11,034 meters/36,201 feet deep. This Lovecraftian film features wretched sea monsters that don't seem to like visitors. Five researchers fight for their life in a battle against a seemingly invisible foe.


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Anxiety levels high

This film wastes no time jumping into action. Lead role Norah/Kristen Stewart is one of the researchers who this film follows. She is tasked with surviving a catastrophe within the first 10 minutes. There is no known cause to the chaos, but it starts to become clear that someone (or something) is behind the calamity.


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Comedic relief

One of the researchers named Paul/T.J. Miller isn't afraid to lighten the mood. If it weren't for his frequent bursts of humor, this movie would become boring at times. It is instead a mixture of suspenseful action, chilling horror, sci-fi, and odd humor.


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Monster design

As one may assume, there are deep sea-monsters lurking around the drilling rig. These creatures terrorize the researchers as they use astronaut-like suits to traverse the pitch black sea floor. If you are a fan of H.P. Lovecraft, then you will love the ode to one of his most famous monster creations.


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My review

I watched this with @flowerbaby on HBO Max the other night. We both were on edge pretty much the entire movie. I got some good laughs, but shortly after those can remember jumping from being scared to death. I found this film to be a fine blend of several of my favorite genres.

Probably my favorite part was how cool the sea monsters were. I was pleased that they actually showed the creatures up close multiple times. Plus the final boss was a total behemoth.

If you’re a fan of the sea, then you’ll enjoy this one a lot. Don’t be too concerned about the fact that this is set in the future, there aren’t many things that make that fact stand out. The only thing it might explain is how on earth the researchers are able to walk on the sea floor without dying. Their suits must have some sort of futuristic tech.

I would totally recommend that you watch this movie sometime. I personally am not a big fan of Kirsten Stewart, but she was actually pretty entertaining in this movie. The overall concept and mixture of cast makes Underwater feel worth the 95 minute run time.


Rating: 83/100


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This movie was pretty crazy. When I watch stuff like this, I try and put myself in their shoes and being 7 miles deep in the ocean is just insane. There really is no room for error when you are that deep. I bet their is some pretty crazy things down that deep that we have no clue about.

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I seem to picture myself being the making character in pretty much every movie 😅.
The ocean is full to so much. Do you remember the whirlpools from pokemon that were travel tunnels... Imagine that existing. I have no issues picturing endless amounts of tormenting sea monsters that could very easily exist in places I have never been.

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Ya, I am sure there is some pretty deadly shit down towards the bottom that will eat us.

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Imma have Abby check this out with me. Thanks for the post man!!

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It's definitely worth your all's time.

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Woah your talking about some scary dangerous stuff here haha I wonder how things will play out with the movie

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You should watch it and see what happens 😉

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holy crap that looks awesome and I wouldn't know known about it if not for you (once again!) I'm gonna go get this immediately!

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I swear I have some really good look finding movies. I hope you like this one too!

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unfortunately I didn't like it very much. To me it wasn't a movie so much as it was a series of unfortunate events that just got progressively more difficult and impractical and resulted in exactly the sort of ending that I was expecting. The tension of potential drowning is interesting and the film work had to have been difficult but overall I would say that this movie was, for me, at best, a 4 or 5 out of ten.

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Even though the film was a constant reminder of Ridley Scott's Alien and the last monster was clearly Lovecroft's Cthulhu, the film is pretty intense and enjoyable. Loved Kristen Stewart's performance as well. :)

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You are right about that, this movie shared a lot with a few films. It wasn't entirely original, but I feel as though it did a fine job of creating a film of type.

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Anything about the sea I love, I always admired people who could do such fantastic monster designs, so creative! Sounds like a great movie

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This is one you must see then. You'll probably love it so much. I was surprised that it had flown under my radar until recently.

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I loved this movie. I agree about Kristen too, her performance in this was great and I think this enabled her to break away from the pigeon hole that many people had put her in following her Twilight role :)

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I have always thought of her as the Twilight girl. Her image on this movie erased that though from my mind and enabled me to see that she has some strong acting skills.

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