In Underwater – It’s Awakened on Disney+, a research team ventures into dark depths – and is confronted with a danger they cannot escape.
Underwater is a gripping deep-sea horror in which not only the characters are left gasping for air. In just 95 minutes, we experience pure horror, with only one question at the end: Who will make it back to the surface?
Kristen Stewart (Twilight, Love Lies Bleeding) stars in the leading role, and she’ll soon be appearing in another sci-fi movie.
That’s what Underwater is about – It’s coming to Disney+
A research team, including mechanical engineer Norah Price (Stewart), has gathered in a station in the depths of the Mariana Trench. However, they are forced to leave their station due to a violent earthquake. As they attempt to reach the surface, they discover that they are not alone – deadly creatures lurk in the darkness of the deep sea.
A fight for survival in a hostile environment begins, during which the team realizes that their research has unleashed something they cannot handle.
It awakens – and we are helplessly at its mercy
The screenplay, written by Brian Duffield (Jane Got a Gun, Insurgent), takes on some horror tropes: scientists in a hostile environment, the ominous approach of an alien force – and the realization that the latter has been awakened by one’s own actions.
Nevertheless, it manages to repackage the familiar elements in an exciting way. In Underwater, not a minute of the 95-minute film is a minute too many.
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William Eubank’s staging adds an oppressive look to Duffield’s story, in which the increasing threat can be felt more clearly from scene to scene. Not to mention the hungry sea creatures, which pack a punch.
Thanks to the cast, the horror feels real.
We have a great cast to thank for the adrenaline rush. Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick and co. unfurl a dynamic in their roles that pulls you into the depths of the Mariana Trench.
Although we learn little about the characters, they convince as a team that won’t leave each other behind. It is this sincere solidarity that makes you want to follow the arduous odyssey from the bottom of the sea to the surface – right up to the explosive finale.
