An impressive project meant to explore the Marianas Trench almost accidentally discovers the presence of a prehistoric shark preserved in incredible conditions.
An exploitation film with Jason Statham skillfully placed at the front of the cast. Filled with genre tropes and clearly aiming for big financial gains, the film is weak in the category of dialogue and character development, going straight for what is popular and attractive to the masses, who are big blockbuster fans. The story is not bad, but the book on which it is based seems more interesting and somewhat more credible (for example, the survival of an isolated species at the bottom of the sea would imply a severe sensitivity to light and lack of pigments which the book uses). In terms of entertainment, it could get much worse, because this film is actually visually pleasing and has a bunch of charismatic actors.
Director: Jon Turteltaub
With: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis
Rating: 7/10
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