Monday, July 24, 2023

Shark Week: Dark Waters (2003)

 Dark Waters (2003) dir. Phillip J. Roth, United Film Organization 


Well, this was a film alright. 


Dane Quatrell (Lorenzo Lamas) is a man's man. He's a marine researcher, martial artist, and he's searching for Atlantis. 

Naturally this makes him the perfect man for Mr. Summerville's (Bruce Gray) needs. His latest project: an oil rig by the way, has run into a problem and only a man of Quatrell's skills be of use. 

And did I mention Quatrell's father issues? Yup, dear old dad was Dr. Quatrell (Ross Manarchy) who just so happened to have vaniashed at sea some years ago. 

So when Quatrell and his assembled team arrive at the rig, they find traces that something attacked the crew, something fast and mobile in the water-maybe something like a shark?

Yeah, this was a film. Lamas barely does a thing, and when you are wasting a talent like Lamas that is too step a hurdle for me. I suppose I should be impressed that someone is ripping off Deep Blue Sea rather than Jaws, so that's something. 



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