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Underwater

Name: Underwater
Director: William Eubank
Genre: Sci-fi, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Released: 2020
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, Mamoudou Athie

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Sci-fi
Thriller

2020
William Eubank
99 mins
15

Summary

Nora Price is a mechanical engineer at the Kepler drilling station, seven miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. She and a small crew fight for survival after a tremor causes catastrophic failures to the base's integrity. Meanwhile, in the inky void, something unspeakable lurks, waiting to attack. Sci-fi thriller, starring Kristen Stewart, Mamoudou Athie and Vincent Cassell

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Victoria Luxford

Kristen Stewart leads a team of survivors who are stranded at the bottom of the ocean when an undersea mining rig is suddenly torn apart by mysterious forces. This sci-fi thriller uses the darkness of the deep sea to maximise the sense of unease as the remaining crew sets off in suits across the ocean floor for another rig. However, the tension subsides when it becomes clear that the film is a lazy imitation of the Alien franchise, with a little bit of The Abyss thrown in. The talented cast (which includes Vincent Cassel and TJ Miller) are limited by having to walk through endless murky corridors while enacting one-dimensional horror-movie archetypes ("The Funny One", "The Scared One", "The Disposable One"). Needless to say, the journey becomes tedious long before the predictable finale. There is evidence of a decent budget, but the film wastes the potential of Stewart, who nevertheless does her best with the thin material. Underwater takes inspiration from several great films of the past, but retains nothing of what made them special. It's likely to be best remembered by trivia fans as the final release under the 20th Century Fox banner.

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5.9/10