The Dive review – scuba diving survival thriller goes deep underwater – The Guardian
This survival thriller places an underwater twist on 127 Hours, the Danny Boyle film during which James Franco’s arm will get wedged in a boulder whereas he’s out mountaineering. Right here, the limb-stuck-in-rock predicament is 30-odd meters beneath sea degree, with an American diver who traps her leg off the coast of Malta. (Plot spoiler: no DIY surgical procedure is concerned.) What follows is a race in opposition to the clock, cleverly constructed by director Maximilian Erlenwein and co-writer Joachim Hedén. Their script throws in loads of calamities to nobble the diver’s escape, however didn’t fairly handle – for me a minimum of – to spark a vertiginous clammy terror.
Sophie Lowe and Louisa Krause play sisters Drew and Might, driving out to dive in a rent automotive. Clearly, there’s unstated battle between the 2. Might (Krause) doesn’t know that Drew (Lowe) has been made redundant from her journalism job; they solely meet yearly to dive. Nevertheless it’s older sister Might – robust, resourceful, calm – whose leg will get pinned by a boulder when cliff erosion sends nice hulks of rock pelting into the ocean. She solely has 22 minutes of oxygen left.
Might sends her youthful sister – sunny-natured, although worryingly flaky – to the floor to get one of many spare tanks. For the remainder of the film, Drew swims up and down making an attempt to save lots of her sis. Underwater, visibility is poor, so it’s the soundtrack, the unearthly bassy booms of the ocean, that creates the environment. On the floor, there are some nail-biting scenes, notably when Drew has two minutes to get the spare oxygen tank all the way down to Might however spots a ship close by. Ought to she waste treasured seconds flagging it down? There are moments like this which are pumped up on cinematic adrenaline, however a faffy backstory drains the strain.
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