47 Metres Down (2017)

This could have been a cliché shark movie, but it's not. In some shark movies, the creatures are so unrealistic that the plot loses any credibility. In this, the sharks are just there, where they should be, and doing what they normally do, and the film is very much more terrifying for that. The real horror here is running out of air, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only viewer of this great little atmospheric film breathing very shallowly indeed to conserve precious air whilst watching it! Having done a bit of diving off Mexico, I reckon this movie is pretty accurate. The cinematography is absolutely superb--every shot is like being there, gorgeously lit and incredibly claustrophobic. I liked the main characters: neither were bimbos. I wanted them both to live. Along with The Shallows, I'd say this is one of the best shark movies out there. Highly recommended.

Fmovies: First of all I'm a diver and drove for many years so I can look at this as being just plain unreal but then again most movies now a days are. The first problem was when the Capt ask them if they was divers without checking there C-Card which ever in the 3 rd world a dive company would do this because they want happy divers and want them to return. Then we have the cage being drop to 15 feet which they don't do, the cage is lower to where the top of it is barely under the water. Next we have the cage falling to 47 meters which is 154 feet which is way past the no deco limits of 130 feet so as we know as divers the deeper you go the less air you have since air is compress. Now they hit the bottom wake up and start going nuts which will cause you to use more air etc etc. So after about 10 mins they should have die by drowning since they would have be out of air but the movie goes on and on. I turn this off after about 15 mins after then hit the bottom.

How often do you watch a film from this genre and are made to watch 90 minutes of bad acting, unrealistic sharks, poor camerawork etc, my expectations weren't too high, and I for one was pleasantly surprised. This film is actually really well made, it's very solid, it's well acted, and it manages to generate both terror and claustrophobia, in a way I wasn't expecting. That ending also, talk about out of the Blue ;-) Beautifully filmed, superb location work, sharks that although maybe a little out of character to say the least certainly looked good, and of course added to the terror.

Pleasantly surprised. 7/10

47 Metres Down fmovies. I have to say that IMDb has become more and more misleading with their ratings. Incredibly deep European movies getting low ratings while movies like this are ranking higher and higher every time. Reading all the reviews below, you get to understand why.

This movie is unrealistic and silly in many ways and this is no minor issue. I understand that cinema is a suspension of disbelief but this movie could have been much better if it had been more realistic. I won't get into details other than saying the behaviour of the characters (especially those lame cowards on deck) is unbelievable, the moments of terror boring and the decision made by everyone is dumb. The Coast Guard should have arrived immediately carrying proper gear like tiny explosives which are thrown around the girls (of course, knowing their location beforehand) in order to chase away the sharks.

The music is predictable. The action scenes are clichéd and not remarkable and worst of all, they are boring. That ripped off finale from "The Descent" and "Gravity" does not work because we have seen it before in much better films.

There are tragedy movies which are so real and in which the characters do everything their common sense dictates that the viewer cannot but suffer and empathize with their predicament. And the movie shines. No wonder such movies have become classics. This is not one of them. Boring and dumb. Stay away!

One of the first things taught in film school is if you can show the audience, don't tell them. That is why most voice overs are not necessary and exposition scenes bring most films to a screeching halt. 47 Meters Down commits the sin of not only showing us things, but having characters make sure we know what we are seeing by repeating what is being shown. Case in point: One character is swimming along the ocean floor and spots a spear gun. It is obviously a spear gun. Only an idiot would not know this is a spear gun. The character then feels the need to say, "There is a spear gun." This happens throughout the film. The air tank reads low, "I am almost out of air." A giant shark swims by, "Look there is a shark." When this film comes out on video, it would make a great drinking game. Whenever someone repeats what is shown on screen, take a shot. No one will be conscious by the end of the film. Skip this movie. It is awful.

I initially had no interest in watching this film but a friend of mine told me it was a worthy thriller with some great twists especially the one at the end. This could not be further from the truth. Very slow, boring, and predictable. I understand there's not a whole lot that can be done to make a film like this unique or interesting but it really was just a straight forward and most of the time clichéd shark based thriller. I actually dozed off twice during which is surprising considering its less than an hour and a half runtime. The ending was a ridiculous letdown. The final thing I have to say that I laughed at in the beginning but by the end I wanted to kill someone named Kate. The utterance of "Kate!!" must have be said well over 100 times and I am not exaggerating. It got to be so annoying I could barely take it. Just thinking of what the script looks like with every fourth word being and then Lisa calls out into the darkness yet again by screeching "KATE!?!?" I gave it 2 stars only for the face that the few times you actually see the sharks they visually look quite well. That being said there 2 reasons to see this movie; a substitution to counting sheep to fall asleep or a reason to break up with girlfriend named Kate because just hearing the word after this movie will make you run in the opposite direction.