When I first saw the trailer for Underwater I thought of two of my favourite undersea movies, The Abyss, Deep Star Six and Leviathon, so I was a little apprehensive to see this movie, but last night I thought I might as well check it out for myself at Cineworld and see how it plays out.
Almost 7 miles below the ocean surface a drilling rig is hit by what the crew at first believe to be an earthquake, but as tragedy unfolds upon the remaining survivors, it turns out that they have discovered something deadly in the form of some rather mean-looking underwater lifeforms that seem to be very unhappy with the drilling that is going on.
Now the survivors have to fight their way across the seabed to escape to the surface while being hunted by the creatures!
I have to say about the Underwater that at first, this looks like a movie that is certainly going to have you on the edge of your seat and for most of it it does, but with most of Kristen Stewart‘s roles she seems to be emotionless and the I did find myself losing interest in her character, that had a blonde Eminem style haircut, I found the other characters more interesting, but not that much!
Underwater seems to be of a mix of a lot of those creature features that many of us have come to love over the years, there are several scenes where you are thinking to yourself, “well that’s out of Alien“, such as the small creature they bring in to look at.
There is some good tension for a creature feature, of sorts, but I did find myself thinking that I’ve seen so much of these before and done so many times in other movies and slightly better.
I wanted to know a little more about the characters and maybe get more of an idea of the creatures that are wreaking havoc, maybe that’s a little too much to ask for, at one point I even thought, where’s Godzilla when you need it!
The sets look great in Underwater and it the scenes in the water look good as well as the special effects of the creature and the “big boss”, but for me I just a little too much of movies that have already done a similar thing.
If you are a fan of Kristen Stewart then this is probably a movie for you, but if not then I leave it entirely up to you to check it out. If you really want a top movie under the sea, then check out The Abyss!
Doesn't make a splash!
Movie title: Underwater (2020)
Movie description: After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
Date published: February 7, 2020
Country: UK
Duration: 1h 35m
Director(s): William Eubank
Actor(s): Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, T.J. Miller
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
