Michael Soiseth

I saw long legs, The Watchers and this all within days of eachother and this one was the best. Great acting, great pacing, well thought out and truly scary. I didn’t see anyone acting illogically just to advance the plot other than the mother making a stupid move w a gun but I found the rest relatable . The young actress really pulls off her part and the rest of the ensemble was great as well. This film didn’t need gore or massive effects to be effective and scary. This was a movie for adults. Slow burn and old school story telling.

Wasaaaaay better than I expected after seeing movies like 47 meters down, The Meg and Under Paris ( having a movie with a shark -other than Jaws the original- has been a license for being stupid beyond all hope). This one is a masterpiece compared to 99% of the shark themed thrillers out there. Characters make sensible decisions, the shark attacks are great, the water is seen as cloudy when viewed without googles, the fx are great, etc. The plane crash sequence alone is amazing. Now if you can get passed the premise that the plane, though damaged, does not disintegrate upon impact then your in for a treat. Yes, the depth at which the plane sinks is simply beyond what anyone other than a few elite freediver could swim but the movie stays grounded for the most part. Sharks in a plane? Yup, and they pull it off. Kudos to the cast as well and esspecially the child actor who was great in her role- no small feat when we all know how most child actors sink a film the second they’re on screen. This movie is as good as The Reef and now rates as one of the few good shark themed movies.

I expected a more intelligent take on this James Bond from the director who brought us the excellent first 'True Crime' on HBO. Other than the Roger Moore comedic James Bond, this was the most comic book Bond I've seen. The problems I had with the movie were numerous. 1. Song: The Billie Ellish number starts off right, leaving you waiting for it to crest and swell but no. Thats it. If you heard the first 4 bars, thats the song. A one note drone. 2. The love affair: The age difference between Bond and the female lead was ridiculous. I could have bought that she was his daughter but this looked silly. You would think Hollywood would learn and cast a women at least in his age range but this was the worst example I can think of in reent memory. 3. The action: Although the opening action scene was very good most of the rest was silly. Bonds car may have well been the Bat Mobile for all the super duper gadgets it had ats its disposal. Yes, bond is expected to have gadgets but the machine gun car was just comic book stupid. THe worst example is when BOnd finds out a hit man is on the way to the home where he and his girlfriend and daughter are. They jump in a car and leave. As they pass the three cars carrying the hit men the bad guys turn around and give chase. Bond manages to run all three cars off the road and heads down a old road into the woods having made his getaway when, out of the blue, and entire fleet of trucks and motorcyles comes flying out of nowhere to give chase...oh, and a helicopter too, They would have had to known Bond was a) going to foil the hit men and 2) end up on this old road in the middle of nowhere. This was just comic book stupid. 4. The New 007: Zero charisma. She had no real prescence and the only selling point was that she was a woman and of color but surely they could have cast someone with more stage prescence for a Bond role. 5. Bonds daughter: The kid witnesses gun battle, bombs, fights etc but never once shows a shred on emotion. Nothing. Zero. Zip. She just looks arund wide eyed but never even cries or screams. Bizzare. 6. The Kitchen Sink: This Bond is like a stew in which parts of ALL the Bond actors films are thrown in like a greatest hits. Problem is the movie is so out of sink with the previous Daniel Craig Bond films which were more serious. It tries to be all things to all bond movies but ends up just being a confusing mess. This is the worst of all the Daniel Craig Bond films. Even Craig seems to know it and sleep walks through most of it.

This movie had some quality moments but overall has been done so many times now in what looks like the same woods/ old farmhouse we've seen in other post apocalyptic movies and tv shows. Just substitute androids for zombies and make your lead a pregnant women and you already have seen this. The ending was annoying with the overdrawn angst and music as the protagonist writes a letter to her son. The movie really really really wants you to be wracked with emotion but in no way did it earn that drawn out ending. Some good acting and some one-note acting as well- Chloe's always great though. I think a lot of people will enjoy this but I've been spoiled by far better films dealing with this by now predictable genre.

Starts out promising, the underwater filming and sets look algae ridden, murky and believable (as opposed to many underwater films where everything is crystal clear pool water) but good lord, the script and the dialogue spell out every plot turn in annoying dialogue that's on par with a episode of Scooby Doo. And the undead living simply look like actors holding their breath because that's exactly what they are! So much care went into the sets and filming underwater and so many times the camera depicts action by just jerking around because they didn't know how to shoot a particular scene. Could have and should have been a much better movie. They got the look of the lake underwater down but nothing else.