Red Water is one of those movies that can definitely be classified as a B-Movie. No doubt about that. The average rating for this film is 3, which is a shame, because this movie wasn't that half bad. (To me) Red Water has a pretty original plot. It features a small Louisiana river that is suddenly plagued by a twelve-foot freshwater shark known as a Bull Shark. The shark begins killing all sorts of people, when it is finally driven upriver where it encounters a small oil rig that has recently hit it big. Lou Diamond Phillips is the lead, who speaks in a southern accent, plays the kind John, who hates oil rigs because he feels responsible for the deaths of four men due to a blowout at a rig he was once managing. So, his ex-wife, played by Kristi Swanson, and his friend go to take a look at the said rig, which suddenly becomes the subject of armed thugs who are looking for dumped money nearby.
First of all, it's a made-for-television movie. The special effects and acting won't be that good. However, they manage to get a pretty good anamatronic Bull Shark in there, a decent set, and a decent cast. (I know that the acting is bad, but I've seen worse.) It has some pretty big names, such as Lou Diamond Phillips, Krisit Swanson, and Coolio.
Red Water isn't that bad. Sure, some of the cast sucks, but the three big name leads aren't that bad, and are pretty convincing at times. They have feelings just like everybody else. The drunk scenes featuring the two thugs are sort of funny, since they mock each other. Red Water has some pretty disturbing scenes, like a pretty teenage girl who ALMOST makes it to safety before she is gobbled up kind of gorily, just like an elderly fisherman. Adding action to sharks works fairly well here. The CGI towards the end sucks, but the effects shark wise are above-average for a TV movie. The shark is pretty convincing when it is anamatronic. And the shark death is creative, just like the Jaws movies. Also, they appear to get back together at the end of the movie, and it has a happy and satisfying ending.
Is it perfect? No. I've seen much better. MUCH better. It's real campy, some of the performances suck, but it's pretty suspenseful and keeps you interested in what's going on. It isn't worse than Jaws the Revenge, or Jaws 3, which is sort of obvious, since it has a higher rating than them, and they had budgets of 20,000,000 dollars and more. Above-average movie done on a small budget.
I hear it's even better to get drunk and watch it on "crappy movie night". =D
First of all, it's a made-for-television movie. The special effects and acting won't be that good. However, they manage to get a pretty good anamatronic Bull Shark in there, a decent set, and a decent cast. (I know that the acting is bad, but I've seen worse.) It has some pretty big names, such as Lou Diamond Phillips, Krisit Swanson, and Coolio.
Red Water isn't that bad. Sure, some of the cast sucks, but the three big name leads aren't that bad, and are pretty convincing at times. They have feelings just like everybody else. The drunk scenes featuring the two thugs are sort of funny, since they mock each other. Red Water has some pretty disturbing scenes, like a pretty teenage girl who ALMOST makes it to safety before she is gobbled up kind of gorily, just like an elderly fisherman. Adding action to sharks works fairly well here. The CGI towards the end sucks, but the effects shark wise are above-average for a TV movie. The shark is pretty convincing when it is anamatronic. And the shark death is creative, just like the Jaws movies. Also, they appear to get back together at the end of the movie, and it has a happy and satisfying ending.
Is it perfect? No. I've seen much better. MUCH better. It's real campy, some of the performances suck, but it's pretty suspenseful and keeps you interested in what's going on. It isn't worse than Jaws the Revenge, or Jaws 3, which is sort of obvious, since it has a higher rating than them, and they had budgets of 20,000,000 dollars and more. Above-average movie done on a small budget.
I hear it's even better to get drunk and watch it on "crappy movie night". =D