Internet Movie Database Movie Reviews
A group of oil rig workers and scientists use their submersible to try and rescue a nuclear submarine that has been lost in a deep sea trench.
It was New Year’s Day, and the Videofest was in progress. This was our third movie, so we were settled in, ready for some action. The theme was Under Water, and I had picked this not only because I had heard of it (and there weren’t a WHOLE lot of films that fit the criteria that weren’t submarine movies) but also because I was ready for some scary shark attack scenes.
Boy, was I ever wrong! Not at all about shark attacks. Not scary. Just really fun and good.
This is a James Cameron movie, which should have clued me in at the start- big budget aliens and stuff like that, not jump scares.
Everyone but Mr. Otter really liked this; Ottersis and Music Mike had seen it before, but Kelly and I had not. Mr. Otter hadn’t either but gave up and walked out on it halfway through, saying it was boring.
He was wrong. This movie has a good plot and characters (Ed Harris playing the lead quite ably), great special effects, and moves right along. It starts out as ‘outrageous but extremely competent guys doing a dangerous job’ and suddenly segues into ‘weird stuff is happening and we have to figure it out and deal with it.’. The transition works well, and the ending is excellent.
If you (like me) haven’t seen it yet, rent or stream it, it’s worth the effort of finding it.
