Oh, please! May the sea monsters win! Will we ever forgive Kristen Stewart for those twinkling vampires? No! Of course not! An A-List celebrity in a very un-sexy role. You'll see. Oh, what Roger Corman could have done with B-List talent and one-twentieth the budget. Still, we have nice sea monsters in a claustrophobic setting. Oh! Guess what! Forget Kristen Stewart...get a load of Jessica Henwick! If you don't know who Ms. Henwick is...well, you are in for a treat. Today we look at the big-budget 2020 horror film, "Underwater," directed by William Eubank.
Give this one credit. It gets right to the point. As the film begins a mining colony in the Mariana Trench (35,000 below the surface) is collapsing in on itself. Most will die. Norah (Stewart), a mechanical engineer, survives and makes her way through leaky and collapsing sections of the structure to find breathable air and escape pods. She'll find corpses and a few survivors including the very scared Emily (Henwick). She'll also find Cpt. Lucien (Vincent Cassel) who put many of the survivors on the few operating escape pods. Bad news...the part of the structure they are in is fast losing integrity and the gang of six must put on robotic diving suits, walk along the bottom of the trench, and reach a part of the structure with functioning escape pods.
Unlike many horror films...this one is fast-moving. We don't have to wait for this drama. The drama turns to horror when the monster, excuse me, monsters arrive. They are slithery and toothy. A whole species has come up out of the place where the facility drilled and are now birthing, mating...and feeding. Emily is real scared and looks great being scared. We desperately hope she will survive, though being sixth in the credits bodes doom...so sad. Now Norah and her mates are fighting off the creatures and trying to reach the last part of the facility that may have escape pods to bring them to the surface. The monsters are grouchy and hungry...and seem to multiply at a great rate.
Claustrophobic and ominous. There seems no hope for our few survivors. Will any of the six survivors survive until the end credits? Will Emily ditch the bulky robotic diving suit and show us a nice string bikini? Will director William Eubanks give us sea monsters that twinkle? Oh, what Roger Corman could have done with this script. Saying that, Mr. Eubanks and cast do a fine job and instead of comparing this to a Corman film, we can see the cast and crew paying homage to the type of film we thirst for. See "Underwater," and enjoy monsters and the nubile and wet Jessica Henwick.
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