Review of Black Water (2008) by Mike M — 22 Dec 2011
A largely successful throwback to less complicated times - "Jaws" is the obvious comparison point - forcing the audience to react to suggestive editing, ripples in the water, the dilemma these characters find themselves presented with, and the credible fear on the actors' faces, without all the huffing and puffing of the shark-themed "Open Water".
.. It's still a film about people being menaced by a crocodile - an inherently funny concept, providing you're not being menaced by a crocodile yourself - so you watch "Black Water" with an expression of knowing amusement rather than abject terror on your own face - but there's admiration in those smiles, somewhere close to the eye teeth, for the way the film clamps you in its jaws and tosses you back and forth like a rag doll.
This review of Black Water (2008) was written by Mike M on 22 Dec 2011.
Black Water has generally received mixed reviews.
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