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A review by SWITCH.

60%
Written by SWITCH. on January 19, 2020

Tense and fun, with cool creatures and jump scares that aren't too obnoxious, 'Underwater' is disposable in the long run. But it's also an entertaining and unpretentious true Hollywood B-movie that is worth a visit to the cinema. - Jake Watt

Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-underwater-a-solid-subaquatic-monster-mash

A review by Stephen Campbell

70%
Written by Stephen Campbell on February 23, 2020

A well-made creature-feature; it may not be original, but it is entertaining

I cast indeed my net into their sea, and meant to catch good fish; but always did I draw up the head of some ancient God.

  • Friedrich Nietzsche; Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen (1885)

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, hav... read the rest.

A review by Mex5150

10%
Written by Mex5150 on March 29, 2020

What a terrible movie, I just gave up halfway through. It might have been OK with a decent script, a competent director, and not having a plank of wood in the lead role, but as that's something very different to what we actually got, we'll never know.

A review by Manuel São Bento

70%
Written by Manuel São Bento on April 15, 2020

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I was surprisingly interested in and even optimistic about this movie. Why "surprisingly"? Well, first of all, the cast doesn't really have a big name attached to it even though I actually enjoy some of Kristen Stewart's performances (who, like Robert Pattinson, has a few blind haters that haven't seen anything else other than Twilight), as well as a few other actors (Jessica Henwick, particularly). Then, no director or screenwriter caught my attention. William Eubank hasn't done anything except... read the rest.

A review by Gimly

60%
Written by Gimly on June 18, 2020

Kristen Stewart actually kind of pulls off carrying this thing, which was a surprise to me. I know a lot of people have really enjoyed her post-Twilight career, but I haven't really latched on to anything she's done. It feels pretty short, but not as short as it actually is at 95 minutes. The creatures were cool, I'm pretty sure. It was kind of hard to see. But for all its ups and downs I did basically enjoy Underwater, a solid mix of creepy monster, creepy environment, interspersed with tension-relieving dialogue. The only real problem is that it's very derivative. Not a massive issue... read the rest.

A review by outoffeelinsobad

100%
Written by outoffeelinsobad on October 13, 2020

Very fun, tense thriller that doesn't waste any time. If you've seen Leviathan or Event Horizon or Pandorum, you know exactly what this movie is going to be. Appreciated the whole cast, and I wish more serious actors would pick up genre roles like this.

A review by Kamurai

80%
Written by Kamurai on January 1, 2021

Great watch, will watch again, and do recommend.

To be fair, I was sick when I saw this was available and couldn't resist watching it.

I'm a fan of Kristen Stewart (most of the time), and sure, she runs around in her underwear for a lot of the movie, but that's not a reason to watch the movie, it's a horrible reason for a web search.

A great reason to watch this is that it is a underwater survival story. The isolation and technical strategy involved in dealing with this situation makes it gravely atmospheric, without the threat of "monsters". Honestly, that version would have also ma... read the rest.

A review by The Movie Mob

80%
Written by The Movie Mob on August 19, 2022

Overall : An exhilarating and tense high-stakes survival movie where the creatures are only one of the many horrors to be survived.

I can't lie - I LOVED THIS MOVIE! Underwater is the spiritual follow-up to the Alien franchise. The intensity of every claustrophobic second grips the audience as the characters fight to survive overwhelming obstacles to emerge from the ocean's depths alive. The dive suits, narrow corridors, limited visuals, and terrifying creatures add to the suspense throughout the film. The director displays his incredible skill at building tension and anxiety every momen... read the rest.

A review by CinemaSerf

60%
Written by CinemaSerf on May 27, 2023

A somewhat mis-matched crew are working on a base deep underwater when things start to go wrong. An earthquake right at the bottom of the Marianas Trench - or was it? Kristen Stewart ("Price") and Vincent Cassel ("Lucien") lead a team who have to escape their collapsed facility and make it to a nearby abandoned mine where there might be a route topside. The film features the usual lines of jeopardy - will they drown, is there enough oxygen, etc - but somehow, even when we discover there is much more to the disaster, the menace just floats away. Stewart is really underwhelming, as are the rest o... read the rest.

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