Dark Tide (2012)

A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 1 year, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking - more carnivorous and hungry than ever.

Director:

John Stockwell

Writers:

Ronnie Christensen (screenplay), Amy Sorlie (screenplay)

Stars:

Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Halle Berry	...	Kate Mathieson
Olivier Martinez	...	Jeff
Sizwe Msutu	...	Themba
Mark Elderkin	...	Tommy
Thoko Ntshinga	...	Zukie
Henrik Vos	...	German Man
Judith Kronenberg-Sarembock	...	German Woman
Wayne Harrison	...	English Dad
Josef Du Plessis	...	English Boy
Jessica Taylor	...	English Mum
Ralph Brown	...	Brady
Luke Tyler	...	Luke
P.J. Van Der Walt	...	Poacher
Gary Jacobie	...	Poacher
Eugene Seloca	...	Poacher

Storyline

Kate is a shark expert whose business has been failing since a shark attack killed a fellow diver under her command. Once dubbed "the shark whisperer," Kate is haunted by the memory of the attack and unable to get back into the water. With bills piling up and the bank about to foreclose on Kate's boat, Kate's ex-boyfriend Jeff presents her with a lucrative opportunity to lead a thrill-seeking millionaire businessman on a dangerous shark dive - outside the cage. Battling her self-doubts and fear, Kate accepts the proposal and sets a course for the world's deadliest feeding ground - Shark Alley.

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Plot Keywords:

jelly fish | touching a shark | underwater photography | woman wearing a sting bikini | can of beer | 

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Taglines:

In Shark Alley, courage runs deep

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for bloody shark attacks/disturbing images, and for language including sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA UK South Africa Germany France

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 April 2012 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Aguas profundas

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Cinema, Magnet Media Group, Magnet Media Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film had a reported $25 million budget, and eventually grossed less than $500,000 at the box office.

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Goofs

When the steering fails, Tommy says the hydraulic line is gone. Asked if he can fix it, he says he will need to replace all the hoses and bleed the lines. They steer manually for a while and a moment later, the steering is suddenly fixed.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Kate Mathieson: You're told your whole life that sharks are dangerous. And then finally you're under water and you see the very thing you were taught to fear. And it's perfect. My father once told me to be careful of the things we love most in the world. Because if you're not careful, that very thing can also destroy you.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.52 (2010)

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Soundtracks

Shosholoza
Traditional African Song
Arranged by Robin Hogarth
Performed by the Soweto Gospel Choir
Published and Licensed by KPM Music Limited

User Reviews

I was rooting for the sharks....

.... and wishing they'd arrive soon and gobble up the entire cast of this terminally boring movie. But, alas, they didn't; and the thing dragged on and on interminably... until, after what felt like an eternity, it finally reached its always predictable, anticlimactic climax.

What can we say about the cast? It would perhaps be more accurate to describe them as the miscast. Halle Berry looks great. If I went through what she went through in this movie I'd look like something the cat brought in. But even at her most artistically bedraggled, Berry looks as if she could just slip into a D&G dress and sashay down the catwalk in Paris or Milan. Boat skippers have wind-washed complexions. Throughout this movie Berry always looks as if she could have just stepped out of the beauty parlor, with her perfect eye-liner, her manicured nails and her perfect tan. Her hair gets tousled every now and then, but that's about the extent of her dishevelment. If they wanted me to believe that she was the head of a model agency, or the editor of a woman's magazine, I might have bought it. But a shark expert who spends half her life on a boat? No way, Jose. And the rest of the miscast were no more believable.

In fairness, the cinematography was excellent. The sharks were great, too. But they arrived about an hour and twenty minutes too late, for which they will not be lightly forgiven by anyone who got suckered into wasting 94 minutes of their life watching this god awful movie.