Starts weak, ends weird. The rest is OK

Rating: 5/10 (30 January 2006)

Like said above, the beginning is weak, with a "wake me up when finished" effect instead of a good introduction to (not so interesting) characters. The main part of the movie does manage to create a very claustrophobic environment, so if you're sensitive in this way, you'll get your masochist dose for the week. The "horror of the deep" is not something entirely new, the same things could already be seen in various other movies. The movie is scary though, and probably you'll sit cramped on your seat for some time. The end is created rather for effect than anything else, you won't find very much sense in it. Nevertheless, it'll keep you on edge.
Looking back the movie leaves a quite shallow feeling... The characters just weren't interesting enough, the story is loose-ended without leaving a mystery feeling (the words "thought provoking" would be far fetched) and all in all it just does't make any sense.
If you wan't nothing more than quite a few scares, you'll enjoy it. If you plan on spending more than 5 minutes contemplating this movie, I won't recommend it.