Synopsis
In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine USS Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission. But for the shell-shocked crew, trapped together in the sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces, this is about to become a journey into the sensory delusions, mental deceptions and runaway fears that lurk just below the surface of the ocean.
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Cast
- Matthew DavisOdell
- Bruce GreenwoodBrice
- Olivia WilliamsClaire
- Zach GalifianakisWeird Wally
- Scott FoleyCoors
- Holt McCallanyLoomis
- Nick ChinlundChief
- Jason FlemyngStumbo
- Dexter FletcherKingsley
- Andrew HowardHoag
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
In the handsome, haunting submarine thriller Below, the usual perils of deep-sea maneuvers are heightened by psychic unraveling. - 75
ReelViews
As ghost stories go, this one is handled with great subtlety and delicacy. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Has a slamming first hour. As Ian Wilson's camera darts over Charles Lee's spookily atmospheric sets, enigmas sprout like mushrooms. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
A movie where the story, like the sub, sometimes seems to be running blind. In its best moments it can evoke fear, and it does a good job of evoking the claustrophobic terror of a little World War II boat. - 63
Boston Globe
With more character development this might have been an eerie thriller; with better payoffs, it could have been a thinking man's monster movie. - 50
The A.V. Club
Twohy and co-screenwriters Darren Aronofsky and Lucas Sussman don't show their hand until late in the film, but by that time, Below has grown slack and silly. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Situations don't come much more claustrophobic, and if the payoff doesn't quite live up to the build-up, the film is still an enjoyable exercise in claustrophobic suspense. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
The dialogue, heavy on sarcasm and puncturing insults, never captures the World War II period but sounds ridiculously anachronistic.
