What a beautiful movie!

very weak, unfortunately

good back-story, and good acting

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Dark Waters starts at the Gulf of Mexico, Oil Tansfer Station No. 3 where about 3,800 feet under the ocean two lowly workers Hank & Tim become Shark food... Marine biologist Dane Quatrell III (Lorenzo Lamas) & his female assistant Robin Turner (Simmone Mackinnon) are drugged by evil scientist Dr. Alistair Summerville (Bruce Gray) & taken to Dane's old marine life center which went bust, there Summerville says he needs to hire Dane's submarine the Resolve as this is just about the only privately owned sub that can withstand the depths needed for the mission. When Dane realises how much money he'll make the deal is done without too many questions being asked & along with Summerville's men they all set off for the oil rig. Once there though they are attacked by super strong, super smart Great White Sharks. Only three survive the attack & if killer Sharks wasn't enough it seems that the military has a sinister hand in these genetically created killers...Co-written, co-produced & directed by Phillip J. Roth Dark Waters is a pretty bad way to spend 90 odd minutes. The insultingly predictable script by Roth & Brett Orr is basically a Deep Blue Sea (1999) rip-off only with a much smaller budget, firstly it's boring, it doesn't contain any decent set-pieces & there's just no imagination to it at all, the Sharks hardly feature as instead the filmmakers thought we, the paying audience, would prefer to see a bunch of incompetent marines chase three civilians around a top secret submarine & totally screw up every opportunity to capture them as these marines just can't shoot straight & are pretty dumb, the character's are poor except for Dane himself who is quite likable as the hero although that Robin woman was absolutely appalling with her 'tough' no nonsense attitude that just didn't work at all & of course there are plenty of stupid plot holes & unbelievable coincidences. Oh dear, Jaws (1975) this ain't, not a good film.Director Roth does alright although it isn't going to win any awards for anything, the Sharks barely feature & probably get less than 10 minutes screen time which is just as well really as the so-called special effects are far from special. There's absolutely no blood or gore apart from some gunshot wounds & we never properly see anyone get eaten. The film lacks any sort of scares or tension & isn't exciting either.Technically Dark Waters is OK apart from the not-so special effects, the sets are alright although I don't think there would be that much room on a submarine, I mean some of those corridors looked wider than my bedroom! The opening scene is supposedly set underwater but you can tell that the two actors in deep-sea diving suits are just moving slowly in an empty set to try & simulate being in water! The acting isn't great & Mackinnon is absolutely terrible as Dane's sidekick, just because she's in it means Dark Water can't have more than 2 stars out of 10.Dark Waters might appeal to some although I think it's full of clichés, bad character's, dumb coincidences, bad CGI Sharks, not enough action, etc. etc. I could be here all night listing it's faults I really could, probably one to avoid.

A lot of shark films have come a long way, in "Dark Waters" I liked it very much. Lorenzo Lamas know for his role in "Renegade" and "Falcon Crest" puts on quite a show as a suave marine biologist, who unmasks the secret of a bio-weapon plan gone wrong. Lorenzo plays Dane Quatrell who father was "killed" in his youth and later finds out he is alive after all those years. "Dark Waters" does have some humor to it. The schemes he and his crew pull to bilk the buyers to help the institute which indeed backfires when the "victims" turn the tables on Dane and his crew. It was funny when the tape the sub crew find wasn't surveillance. And the one other thing I liked is when the Seargent Milkos(Jeffrey Gorman) was knocked out and bleeding Dane tells Robin(Simmone MacKinnon) to remove her top. That was some sex appeal watching her in her black bra. At least no one else got any ideas afterwards. And getting rid of those super-sharks looked great. When those rogue Marines got chomped, their names won't be mention in a memorial. I've enjoyed this movie very much. The plot was good, and the rest is for you to see for yourself. Rating 3 out of 5 stars.

With the advent of straight to video movies, a whole new genre of 'B' movie seems to be appearing. This is one of them. It can't seem to make up it's mind if it wants to be a horror movie, or a sci-fi movie or an action flick. In all honesty, it fails on all levels for ALL of them. Lorenzo delivers as good a performance as can be, considering the script. He counterpart is fun to look at, but she's only tolerable if you turn the sound down on your TV. The graphics leave a great deal to be desired, especially in a day and age where really, really good graphics are available at a reasonable price from a variety of start up animation companies. The sharks are reminiscent of "Anaconda" (the first one). Remember how bad the snakes were? The sharks are worse. Really. Unless you're desperate, I'd pass on this one. It has it's moments, but for the most part, it's an incredibly uncomfortable experience.

Really a pathetic attempt of any kind of movie. Of course when I see DEJ productions, i know it is going to be bad, but i have a soft spot for this. Lorenzo does ok, and Simmone Mackinnon is just really nice to look at. The rest is just sad and don't anyone waste their time. I keep hoping one of these days i will see something that is really good! They even had the guy who fought Morpheus on top of the moving Semi-truck star in his movie! I think that is the best i have seen from them. I think it was called "Global Effect" or something like that. Even that would be lucky to get a 4! I kept waiting for a story! Oh i guess it was there I just must have missed it. I will continue to rent these because believe it or not i do like corny movies, (just not this bad!) We will see what might happen in the future, but who really knows?