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A flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai goes down in the middle of the Pacific. After surviving the crash, the survivors soon discover they’re not alone and they must survive the shark infested waters.

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Delivering good old-fashioned thrills thanks to director Renny Harlin's reliable genre instincts, Deep Water is an unapologetic B-movie that swims rather than sinks.

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Adam Graham Detroit News May 1
B-
The human drama element between the passengers provides just enough context to carry this light and predictable but garish and bloody popcorn adventure. Go to Full Review
Peter Travers The Travers Take May 1
2/4
Forget anything new. Director Renny Harlin is merely spitpolishing his same old bag of shark tricks. But the dude knows how to deliver assembly line product like nobody’s business. Go to Full Review
Peter Sobczynski RogerEbert.com May 1
1.5/4
It prefers to spend two hours rehashing elements that even newbies to shark-based cinema will find devoid of any real inspiration. Go to Full Review
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central 21h
3/4
The notion of China as a national landlord, holding our damage deposit and the next trillion years of Next Month’s Rent in limbo, is thrillingly ridiculous in the way that only actual catastrophes can be. Go to Full Review
Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast 2d
1.5/4
The opening with the plane has shades of the ‘90s Harlin we enjoyed but once the poorly-rendered sharks enter the picture it quickly becomes one of the lesser Irwin Allen ripoffs as if the writers were stranded in the ocean with all their ingenuity sunk. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 2d
1.5/4
...a sluggish and perpetually uninvolving thriller that suffers from a total lack of compelling (or even interesting) characters... Go to Full Review
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Pablo Bacener 14h Great cast, exciting, thrilling, and a must watch for those who love a good jump scare. See more michael 15h thought it would be more of a survival typa movie See more Ed E 23h Very entertaining movie. I enjoyed it. See more ChrJu 1d To Sappy at times how can you sit there and have heartfelt talks when it takes way too long and 4 to 5 sharks are circling near boat which is very fragile and made of rubber that they can easily bite kind of stupid but overall, I think the movie was OK. I would give it about maybe a 4.9 / 10 with 10 being the best and my husband gave it about a 4/10. The initial started the movie was absolutely great. The plane crash was on point very graphic and horror movie but when a shark came in, it was kind of underwhelming. Overall, I think I’d see it again for Free on Netflix or something, but I definitely think my husband will pass. a for effort, cause I like shark movies See more aimee 1d It's a "double-dip Catastrophe movie" that combines a plane crash with hungry sharks. The film directed by Renny Harlin, stars Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley, about a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean that leaves survivors stranded in shark-infested waters. the movie follows a group of diverse passengers, including a first officer (Eckhart) and an obnoxious passenger (Angus Sampson), as they fight to survive both the impact of the crash and the sharks. The action sequences, particularly leading up to the crash, are well-staged.. my issue was with the CGI sharks.. this did not seem like it meant to be campy so the look of the sharks took me out of the some of the more serious emotional tension and melodrama. Pretty decent acting and effects excluding the sharks. I did enjoy this film as a popcorn entertainment flick. Bring a parent kids in a storyline just hit different. So I got emotional. 3.5 stars for me See more Mel 1d This movie had me, and everyone in the theatre, sitting on the edge of their seats. It was beyond riveting. I knew terror was going to happen soon based on the television commercials but I could never have imagined just how much terror and Oh my God, what the hell and cries of yelling LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU!. The minute I thought they were safe, the minute it seemed they had a chance complete blood curdling mind blowing yelling was all I could do. But I kept praying one of the passengers would get eaten..and he did and everyone applauded and I jumped up yelling YAY! This movie was beyond exhilarating, complete entertainment in the very best way ever that I can recall for a well written and well directed thriller comprising of just how real people act in situations where they must try to help each other. This was a masterpiece. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai goes down in the middle of the Pacific. After surviving the crash, the survivors soon discover they’re not alone and they must survive the shark infested waters.
Director
Renny Harlin
Producer
Dale G. Bradley, Grant Bradley, Adrián Guerra, Neal Kingston, Robert Van Norden
Screenwriter
Pete Bridges, Shayne Armstrong, S.P. Krause, Damien Power
Distributor
Magenta Light Studios
Production Co
Arclight Films, Nostromo Pictures
Rating
R (Some Language|Violent Content/Bloody Images)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 1, 2026, Wide
Runtime
1h 46m