Into the Deep

Shark movies don’t get more atrocious than this ham-fisted, shot-on-the-cheap exercise with a cardboard plot to match its cardboard characters.

This is a serviceable, suitably gory and intermittently scary film with some solid action sequences.

It’s like the plot was dreamed up by a hack who overheard his six-year-old pitting Lego figurines against one another.

And what a great bit of casting to have Mr. Dreyfuss in the cast. He has always had a way of holding the audience with just his words, and as we listen to his advice, shown through flashbacks, you hang on every word.

No Jaws.

Those who are based on land will enjoy the film, while those based on the water may see this as an average film.

Overall, a solid thriller with good action scenes, and just enough shark action to call it a shark film.

Into the Deep lacks depth, with so many inconsistencies and wasted potential.

Scout Taylor Compton is too good for Into the Deep. [...] Despite [her] skilled performance, the movie rapidly sinks.

Into the Deep does offer some semi-entertaining action that’s unfortunately amidst a poor storyline, disengaging dialogue and weak performances that bring zero excitement into the shark sub-genre.