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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Adam Fleet

Lean, mean and submarine: Underwater is an overlooked genre treat

Kristen Stewart, playing Norah, wearing diving gear in Underwater
Norah (Kristen Stewart) gets one precious moment of calm before all hell breaks loose in Underwater. Photograph: Alan Markfield/AP

Underwater’s charms are simple: sea beasts attack an ocean drill site, people try to escape, everyone has a bad day. It’s not complicated, and nor does it need to be, because this 2020 film is an overlooked genre treat that’s lean, mean and submarine.

There’s no time to get comfortable as Underwater throws us right into the thick of the action with a frantic opening sequence onboard Kepler Station, situated on the bottom of the sea bed near the Mariana Trench.

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