Underwater 2020 123movies

Watch: Underwater 2020 123movies, Full Movie Online – An unknown, massive earthquake happens in a drilling station in the bottom of the Marianna Trench. A scientific crew must find their way across the ocean floor into another station under the threats of deep pressure, dark water, dangerous deep-sea creatures, and a constant lack of oxygen..
Plot: After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
Smart Tags: #sea_monster #lovecraftian #ocean #group_of_survivors #monster #survival #heroine #researcher #research_facility #woman_in_jeopardy #comic_relief #ocean_floor #evacuation #escape #self_sacrifice #tomboy #deep_sea_drilling #trapped_underwater #environmentalist_subtext #aquatic_humanoid #toy

Find Alternative – Underwater 2020, Streaming Links:

123movies | FMmovies | Putlocker | GoMovies | SolarMovie | Soap2day

Ratings:

	5.8/10 Votes: 83,545
	48% | RottenTomatoes
	48/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 2577 Popularity: 26.008 | TMDB

Reviews:

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @
https://www.msbreviews.com

I was surprisingly interested in and even optimistic about this movie. Why “surprisingly”? Well, first of all, the cast doesn’t really have a big name attached to it even though I actually enjoy some of Kristen Stewart’s performances (who, like Robert Pattinson, has a few blind haters that haven’t seen anything else other than Twilight), as well as a few other actors (Jessica Henwick, particularly). Then, no director or screenwriter caught my attention. William Eubank hasn’t done anything exceptional yet. Brian Duffield co-wrote Insurgent (awful) but delivered a surprisingly fun horror screenplay with The Babysitter. Finally, Adam Cozad helped to create some underwhelming narratives (The Legend of Tarzan, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit).

In addition to this, I’m not in favor of films written by more than two people since these usually disappoint, and… it’s a January movie. So, why was I slightly excited to watch Underwater? For the same reason a lot of people probably avoided it: its formulaic horror-thriller story deep at the bottom of the ocean. If a sci-fi film has a premise based on a team that works on a claustrophobic location and some sort of entity “disrupts” their job, I’m instantly drawn into these movies. There’s something about them that makes me enjoy them more than most people. Usually, this type of film has a low-budget and really requires a talented director who’s able to generate genuine tension and suspense.

Underwater is 2020’s big surprise. January movies are known to be Hollywood’s trash bin, so I’m honestly dumbfounded that this film is far from being bad. It’s very, very good! The set and production design are impressive, and they help create that isolated, suspenseful atmosphere. The first few minutes are nail-biting. The next twenty minutes are fantastic. The following twenty minutes continue to be a blast of entertainment. I felt continuously surprised by how good the movie actually is. I still can’t believe what I just witnessed!

Don’t twist my words, it’s not a masterpiece or even a “great” film. It still follows a plot-driven narrative that countless other movies did better. It borrows inspiration from Alien, Cloverfield, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, and every other film involving an alien-like form threatening a crew. Plus, it lacks characterization of pretty much every character. There’s no real attempt at deeply developing a single character to make the audience care about it, but this doesn’t mean the movie can’t succeed. Like I wrote above, there’s a whole lot of plot-driven films that went on to be phenomenal.

The difference between those and Underwater is that the latter doesn’t truly bring anything new to the genre. It just uses the known cliches and executes them really well, which is itself a massive surprise. I can’t deny that I had a lot of fun watching this thriller. I expected messy action with way too dark lighting making it impossible to see anything. I received surprisingly visible, well-filmed sequences, packed with tension, tons of panic, and a palpable sense of urgency. There aren’t that many moments to breathe and relax.

The VFX team and Bojan Bazelli (cinematographer) deserve a lot of credit because the “aliens” not only are visually captivating, but they are shown just in the right spots for the exact right amount of time. Underwater doesn’t possess a huge budget, so the creatures need to be shown “in the shadows” to make them look and feel “realistic”. It might seem like an obvious technical decision to be made, but its execution it’s far from being an easy task, so kudos to everyone that participated in making the monsters a genuinely menacing threat.

The cast is excellent. Kristen Stewart continues to break out of the Twilight shell, proving again and again that she’s a wonderful actress. Jessica Henwick is pretty great, as well as Vincent Cassel. Everyone delivers fairly decent performances, even T.J. Miller, who portrays the always divisive comic-relief character that will surely be extremely annoying to some, and quite funny to others (I stand in the middle, I think his character is fine).

It’s definitely a good sci-fi horror-thriller, way better than most January flicks (Underwater is one of the last 20th Century Fox’s movies, which probably means that Disney had no clue what to do with it, hence dumping it in the worst month of the year). I just added William Eubank to my list of directors to follow. His commitment to actually make a good film is demonstrated on screen, so I really hope that his movie gains some sort of following when it reaches people’s homes.

Underwater is 2020’s (first) massively positive surprise. A January film far better than most of the month’s competition. William Eubank delivers a remarkably well-filmed sci-fi horror-thriller filled with great tension, surprisingly visible (!) action, fantastic production design, and some really captivating VFX work. It’s by no means a brilliant movie! It takes inspiration from better films of the same genre, and it follows a straightforward, plot-driven narrative with close to zero character development. It simply uses the known cliches but executes them really well. An underrated cast led by Kristen Stewart offers some notable performances, but it’s the claustrophobic atmosphere surrounded by incredibly well-generated suspense that turns this movie into a success. Technically, I still can’t believe how surprised I am. I just wish that it had a little bit of more characterization, so I could recommend it even more. As it stands, do watch it at the highest quality when you get the chance.

Rating: B

Kristen Stewart actually kind of pulls off carrying this thing, which was a surprise to me. I know a lot of people have really enjoyed her post-_Twilight_ career, but I haven’t really latched on to anything she’s done. It feels pretty short, but not as short as it actually is at 95 minutes. The creatures were cool, I’m pretty sure. It was kind of hard to see. But for all its ups and downs I did basically enjoy _Underwater_, a solid mix of creepy monster, creepy environment, interspersed with tension-relieving dialogue. The only real problem is that it’s **very** derivative. Not a massive issue in and of itself, the trouble is that it means every five minutes you think to yourself “Oh! This is just like X Movie (usually _Alien_)… I kinda wish I was watching that instead”.

_Final rating:★★★ – I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

Anxiety level start to finish: ????
I’m really shocked the critics slammed this film, and at its low IMDb rating. My blood pressure and anxiety levels were red-zone from start 00:01 to 95:00 ending.

Sure this film was The Abyss meets Aliens with a bit of The Poseidon Adventure, a lot of Pacific Rim and a dash of The Meg, but that’s what made it fun! Don’t people realize that 99.99% of original film ideas have already been done?

Now add the fact that the two writers and directer are basically newb filmmakers, and were able to put this huge production together… mad respect and props! ????

Acting was great with the proper amount of comic relief from the one character, and Stewart nailed her role. Cinematography was excellent, S/VFX outstanding, score on point, pacing amazing, and the 95 min runtime was perfect. I actually wanted more!

Man, people need to chill and research the filmmakers of films, and to see this was a newb production, and give props were due. They have to start somewhere. There’s been a ton of garbage out there coming from seasoned filmmakers, so this was refreshingly exciting and entertaining – start to finish.

It’s a well deserved 8/10 from me, and if anyone is questioning this review as being fake, click my username to see my 1000+ ratings and 800+ reviews, and read my bio on how to properly rate a film. Then go see this one!

Average execution
UNDERWATER is the latest ALIEN rip-off and another “underwater base” flick in the spirit of THE ABYSS and LEVIATHAN. Sadly, it’s a distinctly average movie let down by a ton of murky underwater photography which is almost as boring as the lengthy undersea scenes in THUNDERBALL. You can’t make out what’s going on in these scenes apart from an overload of CGI and they’re really disappointing. The rest is a predictable story with the usual disaster staples and sudden deaths, although it gets more interesting towards the climax. I’m a huge Lovecraft fan so I loved the main creature in this, although the human-size ones are too obviously ALIEN derived. Kristen Stewart is a poor choice for lead but Jessica Henwick and Vincent Cassel are better. UNDERWATER’s okay, but you’d be better off sticking with LEVIATHAN for a more-fun movie.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 35 min (95 min)
Budget 50000000
Revenue 40882928
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director William Eubank
Writer Brian Duffield, Adam Cozad
Actors Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 16 : 9
Camera Arri Alexa 65, Panavision Primo 70 and G-Series Lenses
Laboratory Company 3 (digital intermediate)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Codex
Cinematographic Process ARRIRAW (6.5K) (source format), Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Panavision (anamorphic) (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema