There are a few who sometimes get it right.Open Waterwas absolutely terrifying, andThe Shallowswas a great thrill ride.
What Is ‘47 Meters Down: Uncaged’ About?
47 Meters Downwas effective because,likeOpen WaterandThe Shallows, it kept its setting restrained.
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Two women are trapped in a cage on the ocean floor.
How are they going to get out?
Of course, when they get there, everything goes wrong when the horde of man-eating sharks show up.
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The two step-siblings aren’t close, but Grant wants to change that and plans the scuba trip.
They will need to come together to survive.
In47 Meters Down, our heroines should be safe if they stay in their cage.
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It’s running out of oxygen in their tanks that must propel them to leave their safe space.
That’s not so in47 Meters Down: Uncaged.
They are completely exposed, but not in the bland sameness of dark water.
As ghostly as they are, however, our sharks take even more inspiration from another horror subgenre.
Before making this movie, Johannes Robertsmade the underratedThe Strangers: Prey at Night.
They don’t need to move fast because you are trapped in the maze of a city."
That’s a great comparison too, and not just because of their white faces and blank eyes.
So many shark movies are about these superfast beasts who come out of nowhere.
That’s way more terrifying than a speeding dorsal fin above the waves.
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