Product Description

Jessica Alba, Ashley Scott Meyers, Josh Brolin, Tyson Beckford, Paul Walker Director: John Stockwell

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10910 in DVD
• Brand: Blu-ray Action & Adventure
• Released on: 2006-10-16
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Widescreen, Colour
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Dutch, Finnish, Danish, Hebrew, Greek, Hindi, Czech, Hungarian, English, Arabic, Swedish, Polish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 106 minutes

Synopsis
Jared (Paul Walker, The Fast and the Furious) and Sam (Jessica Alba, Sin City) are a pair of in-love Bahamas-dwelling naturalists; she wrangles sharks at a local water park, he shepherds tourist scuba divers around the local reefs. Their beach-bum tranquillity gets a jolt when a fast-talking buddy (Scott Caan) and his drug-user girlfriend (Ashley Scott) come to visit. While out on a dive, the foursome uncover what could be a dagger from an 18th-century pirate ship but nearby there also happens to be a downed plane laden with cocaine. Moral quandaries ensue, bad guys get wind of the drugs, guns come out, and the plot thickens. The film is based on The Deep and features shark attacks and real sharks swimming among the actors. Director John Stockwell also did Blue Crush, so it's a given there's no skimping on the beautiful scenery, both above and below the water line. Ralph Lauren model Tyson Beckford is suitably intense as a shady club owner, and Josh Brolin is a sleazy boat captain.

Customer Reviews

Beautifully filmed
When I watched this film, I was hoping it would be 'The Deep' of the 21st Century, well, it was very enjoyable, and very beautifully filmed, but the story kind of left me wanting! A very good film, not as good as The Deep, but you will enjoy it!

Suprisingly good
This movie was a lot better than I expected. The thriller plot is pretty well written with lots of action. The photography (especially underwater) and HD quality are excellent... the sort of film Blu-Ray was made for. Then there is of course the bonus of a HD Jessica Alba is a tiny bikini most of the movie as well... oh yeah and a few six packs for the ladies :-)

Honestly, not very good at all
I rented this film on Blu Ray because of some of the glowing reviews this film has had.

Big mistake.

Badly acted, sloppily directed and aimed squarely at a teenage audience. The plot is simplistic and clichéd with no real redeeming features.

I knew something was wrong when within the first five minutes the hero and heroine decided to snog onscreen for a minute. It was nauseating. If a film is trying to show romantic attachment there are better ways of doing it than have the couple involved swapping saliva repeatedly in close up.

Certainly the visuals in the film are excellent. By this I mean the underwater sequences that do look stunning in bluray high definition rather than bad actresses in bikinis.

When the other couple (the hero's friend and his girl) turn up, the overall acting talent manages somehow to get worse.

Put it this way, after half an hour I turned it off out of sheer boredom. The next evening I decided to give it another go, and ended up using the fast forward button towards the end. No exciting action sequences, the bit with the sharks? I was rooting for the sharks.

Really not a very good film, and the reviews I have seen saying this is the best film ever? Are you serious?

2 stars purely for the pretty underwater shots in high def.