Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Kristen StewartNorah Price
- Vincent CasselCaptain Lucien
- Mamoudou AthieRodrigo Nagenda
- T.J. MillerPaul Abel
- John Gallagher Jr.Liam Smith
- Jessica HenwickEmily Haversham
- Gunner WrightLee Miller
- Fiona ReneGodmother
- Amanda TroopPoseidon Patty
Recommendations
- 75
Consequence
Underwater is a solid creature feature that isn’t afraid to acknowledge its sub-genre predecessors. Kristen Stewart shines amidst a mostly likable cast, anchoring a film that moves at a relatively brisk clip, particularly in its bombastic opening and closing sequences. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
This is a creature feature, whose gory jump-scares and icktastic critter design are the reason you're here. An ensemble led by Kristen Stewart brings credible camaraderie to the scenario without quite matching the vivid chemistry of Alien and its best descendants; with such a tightly packed survival tale ahead of them, though, few viewers will be calling out for more character development. - 63
Chicago Tribune
Underwater never quite breaches the surface from good to great, though this well-appointed creature feature proves to be an excellent showcase for Stewart’s screen presence. - 60
IGN
Underwater is a slick yet flawed sci-fi thriller that never quite breaches greatness. - 60
Screen Daily
Underwater is hampered by some of the genre’s silliest conventions — questionable character motivations, delusions of grandeur — but the movie nonetheless succeeds by capitalising on an elemental terror: underwater, it’s very hard to see the dangers right in front of you. - 57
TheWrap
I felt frustrated walking out of Underwater: Here’s a movie with good production values, a great leading actress, and a fantastic score, yet it gets so lost trying to figure out what story it wanted to tell that it completely forgets to form a connection with the audience. - 40
The Guardian
What frustrates me most about Underwater is just how very little it brings to the table. It’s a solid, competently directed regurgitation of an oft-told tale that never manages to justify its own existence - 40
Screen Rant
Altogether Underwater is a middling movie that spans multiple genres, from sci-fi and thriller to action and horror, and can't seem to focus on any specific one.
