Dead in the Water (2018)

★ 5.4 1h 25m IMDb

Drama Thriller

The Nereus is a fifty-year-old Ice Breaker, salvaged by an idealistic crew on a mission to catch illegal fisherman. On chase, the crew find themselves well off-course and bearing down on a body mysteriously floating in the middle of the Devil’s Sea. Superstitious or not, the team soon discovers they’ve rescued a deadly creature feeding on the lifeless body. Their new mission—kill or be killed and preferably before they hit land.

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Nikohl Boosheri as Dana Pakistan Nikohl Boosheri is a Canadian actress born in Pakistan to Iranian parents as they were making their way to Vancouver, Canada. Her parents were military officers..

Christia Visser as Sparks Age 34 · Cape Town, South Africa

Tanya van Graan as Erika Age 42 · South Africa Tanya van Graan is a South African actress, singer and model. She is known for her roles in Zulu and Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, and for being FHM's Sexiest Woman at the 2007 FHM 100 Sexiest Women...

Amy Louise Wilson as Michelle Amy Louise Wilson is a South African actor..

Brandon Auret as Stranger Age 53 · Johannesburg, South Africa Brandon Auret (born 27 December 1972) is a South African actor known for his role as Leon du Plessis in the SABC3 soap opera Isidingo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brandon Auret, lice...

Nicole Fortuin as Kat Age 33 · South Africa

Director Sheldon Wilson

Cast Nikohl Boosheri, Christia Visser, Tanya van Graan, Amy Louise Wilson, Brandon Auret, Nicole Fortuin, Skye Russell, Bianca Simone Mannie

Wuchak 5/10 Oct 28, 2018

***A crew of women stuck on the high seas with some… thing***

An icebreaker vessel in the far Pacific with an all-female crew rescue a stranger from the ocean and are then forced to fight for their lives against an unknown enemy while a massive storm looms.

“Dead in the Water” (2018) is a TV thriller/horror that combines “Dead Calm” (1989) with “Alien/Aliens” (1979/1986) and maybe a little bit o’ “Ghost Ship” (2002). While it’s not as good as any of those flicks, it’s not bad. The movie was shot on an actual vessel, a small one, but the surrounding sea is cartoonish CGI and it’s too obvious.

If you can get past that, the actresses are all convincing and the script builds some suspense as the truth about what’s really going on is slowly unveiled. I liked the tie-in to the Marianas Trench, the deepest natural point in the world located in the Western Pacific, and the F/X concerning the corresponding component (I’m trying to be vague) are quite good, unlike the fake-looking waters around the ship.

To be expected in a situation like this, none of the women are made out to be alluring sirens. It’s a research vessel amidst a storm and they’re all appareled with work clothes. Nevertheless, they’re a diverse group with most of them being appealing, one way or another. My favorite is Sparks (Christia Visser).

The movie runs 1 hour, 30 minutes. REST OF CAST: Nikohl Boosheri (Dana), Nicole Fortuin (Kat), Bianca Simone Mannie (Gwen), Skye Russell (Rusty), Tanya van Graan (Erika), Amy Louise Wilson (Michelle) and Brandon Auret (Stranger).

GRADE: C+/B-

Gimly 4/10 May 19, 2020

I love me a boat horror, but I've seen this **exact** thing done so much better, so many times, that I just couldn't bring myself to find any real joy in _Dead in the Water_.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._