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Five friends exploring a remote cave system in Northern Australia find themselves threatened by a hungry crocodile.
Leave your thoughts about Black Water: Abyss.
| The PlaylistChristian GallichioWhile Trauki’s film may not go down in the pantheon of killer creature features, like the similarly themed “47 Meters Down: Uncaged,” it’s a lean and effective B movie. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyGiven its tight dark spaces, opaque water and lunging menace, this movie has plenty of natural nightmare material that it deftly turns toward more atmospheric than rote jump-scare uses. |
| Consequence of SoundMichael RoffmanBlack Water: Abyss is a low-stakes rollercoaster arriving at a time when we’re being barred from theme parks. If you’re looking for some thrills — and maybe even a little adventure — it’ll do the trick. The drama is exhausting, but the situational horror offers a nice distraction, even if we’re admittedly tired of watching people make stupid decisions. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoBlack Water: Abyss is one of those movies that isn’t particularly good but may not have to be if you’re in the right mood. |
| The GuardianCath ClarkeBlack Water Abyss is mostly composed of actors breathing heavily in studio tanks while torches bounce off dampened sets. The characters are dull, the tension poorly maintained and the outbreaks of violence deeply confusing. |
| Original-CinThom ErnstBlack Water is an entertaining enough film, although one based on an overused premise that’s been done better. |
| Film ThreatAlex SavelievFrom its unimaginative opening, involving a dumb tourist falling to her death to the anticlimactic day-lit finale (if you get this far, you deserve some sort of Steve Irwin award), Black Water: Abyss will make you want to Crawl back into Lake Placid. To reiterate: if you’ve come for the croc, you’ll be sorely disappointed. If you’ve come for anything else… well, why did you come at all? |
| User ReviewJimbo_BurntnoseWhen you go to see a film like this, you are an idiot if you are expecting fireworks, but it is nice to see something that exceeds your expectations from time to time. I saw this film because I am currently working a personal project involving jungles and elusive animals, and I had an affinity for movies like 'Rogue' and 'Black Water' when I was young. There is a bit of repetitive camera work in the opening scenes (lots of talking heads in particular), which kind of gives off a bit of a free-to-air TV show vibe. But that isn't something to get upset about given that we're talking about a partly government-funded joint released mid-pandemic. As the story got going, I was glad to see some inventive choices taken. This is despite the film having a claustrophobic simple setting and few characters with which to play. Going underwater in anticipation of the scares was a clever move and I loved when the crocodile's teeth became gradually visible through the murky water. I also wanted to mention, if I may, that I felt for the director on this one. No one grows up wanting to make a low-budget cash grab, a sequel to a film no one saw ten plus years ago. Something like this would tear you in half I presume. On one hand there are some cool ideas to play with, some creative uses of light to try out etc., but at the end of the day you are (probably) being paid to shoot a big croc munch on a bunch of people. Props go to the creatives behind this one. I had my eyes open for interesting filmmaking and I left the theatre satisfied. |
| User ReviewImDissapointedRight. I've waiting a while for this movie and I'm beyond disappointed. Split the movie into 3 parts 1. Good! 2. Still not bad 3. Absolute joke. Whoever wrote the ending should never be allowed to write again, seriously. Plus if you are gonna put them into such a ridiculous scenario at the end, just make ALL the charactes die. |
