The Dive – REVIEW
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This heart-stopping ‘damsel in distress’ underwater thriller should have audiences gasping for oxygen soon after the opening sequences.
Two sisters May (Louisa Krause) and Drew (Sophie Lowe) who have minor unresolved sibling issues go diving in a reclusive spot enjoying the beauty and serenity of the underwater world. A ferocious landslide causes rocks to fall into the ocean, ultimately leaving May alive 28 meters beneath the surface, but trapped underneath a huge boulder.
With oxygen running low and time ticking away quickly it’s up to Drew to save her sister – but will she succeed? If May survives, will this frightening underwater experience prove therapeutic for their relationship?
This suspenseful edge-of-your-seat nail biting thriller starts off chillingly and quickly accelerates, as everything that could conceivably hinder Drew’s effort in saving her sister has cleverly been written into the script.
As time runs out the intensity heightens and audiences should feel the unsettling and extreme pressure that Drew is under to save her sister.
Top marks go to the underwater cinematography department, as they have captured the beauty and masked terror that lurks in the darkness and the tight crevasse’s which the characters must swim through. Effective sound editing also intensifies the desired frightening nature of the narrative.
These two actresses carry the entire movie with the exception of several blurred flashback scenes to when they were children, and they both deliver unnerving and realistic performances.
Adversely, there are several lines of dialogue which are just plain silly and the plan Drew ultimately conjures up to save May in the final act is physically not possible, nonsensical, and so laughably silly that it significantly degrades what would otherwise have been a respectable thriller.
I mean honestly, how dumb do they think moviegoers are?
★★1/2
In Cinemas November 2
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