Underwater
2020 · Movie · PG-13 · 95 min · ★ 6.3 · 48% critics
After an earthquake devastates an underwater station, six researchers must push through two miles of perilous, unexplored ocean floor to reach safety. Their desperate journey becomes a race against time as they struggle with the dangers of deep water and what else may be out there.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-01-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 48/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (3,473 votes)
- Box office
- $40,882,928
- Budget
- $65,000,000
About
If you want nonstop underwater survival tension with creepy creatures and urgent escapes, Underwater delivers—Not for you if you need fresh originality, deeper character development, or more sustained scares, especially if you’re comparing it to The Meg or Alien.
Pros: claustrophobic tension; tense survival ride; creepy creatures | Cons: derivative feel; thin character focus; uneven pacing
Themes
- monster
- self sacrifice
- deep sea
- animal attack
- giant monster
- earthquake
- survival
- nuclear explosion
- disaster
- cryptozoology
- female protagonist
- underwater
- +9 more
Cast & crew
Kristen Stewart
as Norah Price
Vincent Cassel
as Captain Lucien
Mamoudou Athie
as Rodrigo Nagenda
T.J. Miller
as Paul Abel
John Gallagher Jr.
as Liam Smith
Jessica Henwick
as Emily Haversham
Gunner Wright
as Lee Miller
Fiona Rene
as Godmother
Amanda Troop
as Poseidon Patty
Directed by William Eubank