Dark Waters (Video 2003)

Moneyless, ocean-exploring gigolo and his worldly lady-friend are forced to take part in looking into the possibility that aggression - utilizing marine life - is being planned.

Director:

Phillip J. Roth

Writers:

Brett Orr (screenplay), Phillip J. Roth (screenplay)

Stars:

Lorenzo Lamas, Simmone Mackinnon, Jeffrey Gorman

Cast

Credited cast:
Lorenzo Lamas	...	Dane Quatrell
Simmone Mackinnon	...	Robin Turner
Jeffrey Gorman	...	John Miklos
Bruce Gray	...	Summerville
Ross Manarchy	...	Dr. Dane Quatrell, II
Stefan Lysenko	...	Captain Yarborough
Robert Zachar	...	Gaston
Rodrigo Abed	...	Dr. Combs
P.K. Ewing	...	Foster
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Hansson	...	Officer on Dock
D.J. Johnson	...	Kerry
Tyrone Pinkham	...	Given
Jeff Rank	...	Real Estate Attorney
Ana Shehtova	...	Joanne
Boriana Shehtova	...	Jillian

Storyline

Unusually vicious and aggressive sharks attack an oil rig in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. Dane Quatrell and a team are sent to investigate, but the sharks are still on the prowl and now they have developed a taste for human blood.

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Plot Keywords:

shark attack | oil rig

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Taglines:

No Air. No Time. No Escape.

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 December 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Csapda a mélyben

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Unified Film Organization (UFO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

User Reviews

What to say?

I find it difficult to write a review on such an uninspired, unoriginal, unmotivated film. Neither sci-fi, action, horror, comedy, nor anything in between for that fact, it runs through the direct-to-video paces as comfortably as it needs to in order to still be watchable without ever being any good.

Lorenzo Llamas is an oceanic researcher hard up for some funding. Together with his assistant they seduce money out of socialites at (and after) fund raisers. One night the two are drugged and taken to the estate of a man whom might have a job for them. They are to escort him to an underwater researcher station to find out why communications have been lost. Things take a turn for the dangerous when they are set upon by a school of intelligent great white sharks.

The script is bored with plot holes like swiss-cheese. Not to mention script irregularities. Nothing ever seems to flow logically and every event seems to happen at random without regard for plot evolution.

That should be expected from a DtV flick, but the genre hopping comes strait out of left field. It starts out a horror film, becomes a sci-fi, shifts to action, takes a turn for the comedic, goes back to horror, then kind of tosses them all in together for the conclusion. More than once I asked "what kind of movie are they trying to make?"

All is not terrible though, thus the average rating. For one the sets and FX are well above par for a low budget cheese fest like this and the actors (while never given a single intelligent thing to do) are lively and energetic; it seems like they at least had fun making the movie.

One could do much better than this, and one could do much worse; it really isn't for anybody as it fails to either excite or irritate.

5/10