47 Meters Down tells the story of two sisters (Mandy Moore and
Claire Holt) on vacation in Mexico who decide to go cage diving in shark-infested
waters. But their thrill-seeking venture
suddenly turns into absolute horror when their cage breaks off the boat, sending them plummeting down to the seafloor, 47 meters down (hence, the
title). As their oxygen supply dwindles
and great white sharks circle them, the sisters must figure out how to get to
the surface alive.
I went to watch this movie
because I’m a bit of a Mandy Moore fan (I like her as a singer, and I liked A Walk to Remember and Tangled). Also, I was kind of hoping, unlikely it may
be, it would turn out being another The Shallows (which surprisingly ended up being one of my favorite films of 2016).
However, when it was established
in the second scene that their motivation for going on an adrenaline-pumping activity
like cage diving was going to be rooted on the fact that the boyfriend of Mandy
Moore’s character broke up with her for being boring, it became clear to me that
his movie won’t have much depth. Also,
the cinematography is nowhere as gorgeous as The Shallows’.
It’s not necessarily
terrible. It’s perfectly watchable. The premise is intriguing for a “shark attack”
film, and the narrative delivers some okay thrills and tension. It also has a plot twist in the third act
that’s somewhat nicely done.
47 Meters Down is fine. Eventually forgettable, but fine.
47 Meters Down is fine. Eventually forgettable, but fine.
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