Dark Waters starts at the Gulf of Mexico, Oil Tansfer Station No. 3 where about 3,800 feet under the ocean two lowly workers Hank & Tim become Shark food... Marine biologist Dane Quatrell III (Lorenzo Lamas) & his female assistant Robin Turner (Simmone Mackinnon) are drugged by evil scientist Dr. Alistair Summerville (Bruce Gray) & taken to Dane's old marine life center which went bust, there Summerville says he needs to hire Dane's submarine the Resolve as this is just about the only privately owned sub that can withstand the depths needed for the mission. When Dane realises how much money he'll make the deal is done without too many questions being asked & along with Summerville's men they all set off for the oil rig. Once there though they are attacked by super strong, super smart Great White Sharks. Only three survive the attack & if killer Sharks wasn't enough it seems that the military has a sinister hand in these genetically created killers...
Co-written, co-produced & directed by Phillip J. Roth Dark Waters is a pretty bad way to spend 90 odd minutes. The insultingly predictable script by Roth & Brett Orr is basically a Deep Blue Sea (1999) rip-off only with a much smaller budget, firstly it's boring, it doesn't contain any decent set-pieces & there's just no imagination to it at all, the Sharks hardly feature as instead the filmmakers thought we, the paying audience, would prefer to see a bunch of incompetent marines chase three civilians around a top secret submarine & totally screw up every opportunity to capture them as these marines just can't shoot straight & are pretty dumb, the character's are poor except for Dane himself who is quite likable as the hero although that Robin woman was absolutely appalling with her 'tough' no nonsense attitude that just didn't work at all & of course there are plenty of stupid plot holes & unbelievable coincidences. Oh dear, Jaws (1975) this ain't, not a good film.
Director Roth does alright although it isn't going to win any awards for anything, the Sharks barely feature & probably get less than 10 minutes screen time which is just as well really as the so-called special effects are far from special. There's absolutely no blood or gore apart from some gunshot wounds & we never properly see anyone get eaten. The film lacks any sort of scares or tension & isn't exciting either.
Technically Dark Waters is OK apart from the not-so special effects, the sets are alright although I don't think there would be that much room on a submarine, I mean some of those corridors looked wider than my bedroom! The opening scene is supposedly set underwater but you can tell that the two actors in deep-sea diving suits are just moving slowly in an empty set to try & simulate being in water! The acting isn't great & Mackinnon is absolutely terrible as Dane's sidekick, just because she's in it means Dark Water can't have more than 2 stars out of 10.
Dark Waters might appeal to some although I think it's full of clichés, bad character's, dumb coincidences, bad CGI Sharks, not enough action, etc. etc. I could be here all night listing it's faults I really could, probably one to avoid.
Co-written, co-produced & directed by Phillip J. Roth Dark Waters is a pretty bad way to spend 90 odd minutes. The insultingly predictable script by Roth & Brett Orr is basically a Deep Blue Sea (1999) rip-off only with a much smaller budget, firstly it's boring, it doesn't contain any decent set-pieces & there's just no imagination to it at all, the Sharks hardly feature as instead the filmmakers thought we, the paying audience, would prefer to see a bunch of incompetent marines chase three civilians around a top secret submarine & totally screw up every opportunity to capture them as these marines just can't shoot straight & are pretty dumb, the character's are poor except for Dane himself who is quite likable as the hero although that Robin woman was absolutely appalling with her 'tough' no nonsense attitude that just didn't work at all & of course there are plenty of stupid plot holes & unbelievable coincidences. Oh dear, Jaws (1975) this ain't, not a good film.
Director Roth does alright although it isn't going to win any awards for anything, the Sharks barely feature & probably get less than 10 minutes screen time which is just as well really as the so-called special effects are far from special. There's absolutely no blood or gore apart from some gunshot wounds & we never properly see anyone get eaten. The film lacks any sort of scares or tension & isn't exciting either.
Technically Dark Waters is OK apart from the not-so special effects, the sets are alright although I don't think there would be that much room on a submarine, I mean some of those corridors looked wider than my bedroom! The opening scene is supposedly set underwater but you can tell that the two actors in deep-sea diving suits are just moving slowly in an empty set to try & simulate being in water! The acting isn't great & Mackinnon is absolutely terrible as Dane's sidekick, just because she's in it means Dark Water can't have more than 2 stars out of 10.
Dark Waters might appeal to some although I think it's full of clichés, bad character's, dumb coincidences, bad CGI Sharks, not enough action, etc. etc. I could be here all night listing it's faults I really could, probably one to avoid.