![]() Some potentially dangerous scenes proceed without event, and they can’t even serve as a respite to the scarier ones. With time – and air – running out, Lisa and Kate try to escape the shark cage while avoiding the predators that surround them and not getting a case of the bends.ĭirector Johannes Roberts creates a constant feeling of unease, though the film’s rhythm is as off as mine on a dance floor. Though the sisters’ first moments underwater surrounded by 20-foot Great Whites are exhilarating, their excitement soon turns to fear when the winch on the cage breaks, sending them 47 meters down to the bottom of the ocean. Kate wants pictures for the ‘Gram, and she convinces Lisa to get in the cage by shoving her recent breakup in her face because Stewart thought Lisa was boring. ![]() To paraphrase “ The Big Lebowski,” he’s not wrong, but he’s still an asshole. Johnson). “Las gringas no saben nada,” Javier tells one of his crewmates. Lisa is (smartly) not down with the experience, especially when she sees the rickety, rusty state of the shark cage on the boat captained by Taylor ( Matthew Modine, who apparently didn’t learn his lesson about movies on a boat after “ Cutthroat Island“) and receives ominous warnings about sharks’ predatory skills from the world’s biggest jerk, Javier ( Chris S. Sitting by the pool isn’t enough for adventurous Kate, and she begs her sister to go on a dive in a shark cage after they meet two Mexican men ( Yani Gellman and Santiago Segura). To put it into perspective, ’47 Meters Down: Uncaged’ is a very average horror flick, and the scares are limited.Not every shark movie can be “ Jaws.” Or last year’s excellent “ The Shallows.” Or even Saturday afternoon cable standard “ Deep Blue Sea.” The latest entry in the shark movie subgenre, “ 47 Meters Down” creates moments of genuine dread and terror-driven giggles (at least for this shark-phobic critic), but its script is dumber than a bucket of chum.Īfter being broken up with by an unseen – and yet still omnipresent – guy named Stewart, Lisa ( Mandy Moore, who had to have signed onto this before the success of “ This Is Us“) and her sister Kate ( Claire Holt) take a vacation to Mexico. But in this age of global warming and a waiting environmental catastrophe, one wonders if it isn’t actually the other way around, and that it is the sharks who are in danger from humans, bikini clad or otherwise. This is especially true of two half sisters, Mia (Sophie Nelisse) and Sasha (Corrine Foxx), who realise how much they really care for each other.īombarded as we are by disaster films on land, in the air, and on water, you would think that survival against the elements is the most important thing to worry about. It is a cat and mouse game that goes on endlessly, and though the sharks are fearsome, their attacks get repetitive, and what you see is more of the same, without any twists in the tale.įemale bonding is a strong theme of the movie, and the girls look out for each other, taking risks to stay safe together. The horror begins, and the girls realise that it is a maze underneath, and the only way to avoid the attention of the sharks is to hide behind rocks, or get into crevices that the huge creatures cannot penetrate. So when the four girls – Mia, Sasha, Alexa and Nicole – all expert swimmers with taut bodies, arrive to see the gorgeous looking statues and artefacts, they are met by two of the men, who are suddenly devoured, right in front of them. Now, there are three men working underwater to prepare for a visit to the site by archeologists. This was centuries ago, during the Spanish invasions. ![]() However, logic has never been a prime motivator of Hollywood horror/disaster movies, and so here the story is that the sharks have swum through an inlet from the ocean and have now evolved to be blind, due to the darkness of the area they inhabit.Īpart from sightless sharks, these underwater caves contain an ancient Mayan City, to which the natives fled to escape the cruelty of the Conquistadors. This is the second edition of the original sleeper hit film, but in this version the girls are not lowered down in a cage to watch sharks, but dive down on their own at a lagoon that has caves underwater, and where there shouldn’t, according to reason, be any sharks. There is a lesson here somewhere, but it is lost in ’47 Meters Down: Uncaged’. As blood stains the water, do we see beauty eaten by the beast? Do we understand that sex is just an appetite? ![]() What is it about sharks and pretty girls in bikinis that are irresistible to an audience? Given the number of movies made with this combination, there must a Freudian element of joy in looking at an ace predator of the ocean taking large bites out of shapely women in swimsuits.
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