Coming into this movie, I had little to no expectations. I read a text from my friend Patrick, asking me to come see a movie with him. "Sure, why not," I said. Little did I know how bad this movie really was.
A company trying to reach the depths of the ocean, their mission is put to a halt when a few of their explorers are trapped in the bottom of the ocean. Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham), a former rescuer of a group lost at sea, is appointed to go on another rescue mission for these crew members. He saves all but one. The rest of the film is more or less the characters trying to kill the shark, it's pretty one-dimensional from this point on. To start out with some positives, the second film in the Month of Action was a breath of fresh air. Instead of watching guns and chases, I was watching a shark eat people while avoiding getting killed in the process. This theme really got me hooked and I was excited to see what the outcome would be. The beginning was promising, I especially joined where one of the crew members (Masi Oka) sacrificed himself. The rest of the movie from then on was laughably bad. Pardon my French, but gosh darn this movie was garbage. Seeing it with some of my good friends, we all made fun of it throughout its entirety. Some of my standout nitpicks start with the fact that barely any major characters died. Toshi did, but for the rest of the 90 minutes of the movie, everyone was close to death numerous times, but they somehow survived in the end. The fact that there were so many suspenseful moments that went absolutely nowhere sealed the deal for me. This was not the only one-dimensional parts, another glaring flaw was how every character was flat, except one, who was the main character. Every single person except Jonas behaved the exact same as they did in the beginning. I could go on for days about the minor criticisms I had with this, but I'll leave it there. This movie was a 1.5/10 and I never want to hear about it again.
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