47 Meters Down: Uncaged
47 Meters Down : Uncagedreleased to by and large electronegative review , just like the47 Meters Downmovie did - but why ? As August comes to a ending and the summertime time of year ends , the box office becomes a lot less crowded with studio apartment tentpoles and vainglorious - budget franchises . That ’s when films like47 Meters Down : Uncagedcan outlet with little to no direct competition .
A sequel to the surprise 2017 hit film,47 Meters Down : Uncagedhas a rather simple concept as a shark natural selection horror . It ’s the perfect goal - of - summertime moving picture , although47 Meters Down : Uncaged , which follows a altogether different group of citizenry from the first film , has opened to interracial revue . Negative reviews take note the unconvincing menace of the shark , the deficiency of ocular flair , bad dialogue , and an overall lack of existent thrills . Where the first flick was praise for its ingenuity , the sequel is criticized for its lack of creativeness . Currently , the movie has a 50 % score onRotten Tomatoesand a rating of 44 onMetacritic .
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Mixed review article did n’t hurt the box berth for47 Meters Down , though . From a budget of around $ 5 million , it gross $ 62 million worldwide.47 Meters Down : Uncagedhas a slightly increased budget of $ 12 million , but it already assume in an calculate $ 9 million domestically over its curtain raising weekend , so it should make back its budget and then some . Here ’s what the risky recapitulation had to say about47 Meters Down : Uncaged .
Mike D’Angelo -AV Club
" 47 m Down : Uncaged , an even less inspired sequel that ticks off the key boxes — Mexico , new women , sharks — but otherwise has no direct tale connection to the original . replace Mandy Moore and Claire Holt with a new quartet ( half - compose of movie stars ’ daughters ) , Uncaged deposits them in a altogether unlike scenario that basically amounts to a rehash of Neil Marshall ’s The Descent , except underwater [ … ] This one boast a modestly effective twist rather than a truly moronic one . supporting , but not nearly enough to absolve a third stumble down this 47 - metre well . "
Bilge Ebiri -New York Times
" The spat girls are often stick in underwater caves and corridors , but the natural action is unclear and the menace unconvincing . The tin - dog-eared dialogue — of which there is a shocking amount , for a flick set largely subaquatic — does n’t help either . It ’s severe to care for characters when what they do and say anchor ring so off-key . The result plays like the form of sleazy exploitation movie that the first one so studiously avoid becoming . "
Barry Hertz -Globe and Mail
" It is not often that you watch a killer - shark movie and start feeling understanding for the shark . But 47 Meters Down : Uncaged is no ordinary Orcinus orca - shark movie – it is much , much worse [ … ] There are minor spurts of creativity – notably the deployment of a dramatic gimmick I ’m kick the bucket to dub Chekhov ’s Shark Tooth – but everything else about the product feels more watered down than the landscape our four interchangeable leads find themselves flailing about in . "
Jude Dry -IndieWire
" Though the characters have scarce enough define traits to hang a hat on , Roberts and co - screenwriter Ernest Rieria do deserve some recognition for make the men utterly incompetent . Each time the girls run into one of their father ’s male diving assistant , naturally hop-skip they might be good from the jaw of their blind shark predator , he is instantly gobble up [ … ] Without the star mightiness of Mandy Moore and the proportional sophistication of the single location predicament , “ 47 beat Down : Uncaged ” is just the last gasp of a shark saga that did n’t require to come up for air . "
Peter Sobczynski -RogerEbert.com
" As for the quality , they are so devoid of actual personality that once they assume their aqualung helmet and dive underwater , it is all but unacceptable to tell them apart at any give moment . Like most films that are set almost entirely subaquatic , this is not a particularly appealing film from a optic position — it is way too dark and murky for its own good — and when Roberts does put together one becoming water - base attack succession take an incongruous musical accompaniment , it only serves as an reverberation of a similar sequence that proved to be the only memorable second of his premature film , “ The Strangers : Prey At Night . ” "
Chris Evangelista -Slashfilm
" No one would accuse the first 47 time Down of being bright , but it was at least economical enough to construct its tension and make us care about its jeopardize characters . Uncaged has no interest in that – it just wants to get to the putting to death . In that deference , it ’s like a slasher movie with sharks . A splasher flick , if you will . It ’s also the character of flick that has a long-winded amount of start - panic attack . There ’s even a jump - scare involving a screaming fish . And since Uncaged has no real theme of its own , it decide to rip - off a celebrated jump - scare from shark movie Deep Blue Sea . "
Some critics found stuff to enjoy in47 Meters Down : Uncaged , mostly in its deliberately pulpy qualities and the diaphanous unabashed thrill of a good sure-enough - fashioned shark flick . In fact , that seems to be the vogue for shark moving-picture show these days , as evidenced by the numerous installments in the Sharknado series as well as 2018 ’s The Meg , starring Jason Statham . Considering that The Meg grossed over $ 530 million at the worldwide box spot , there ’s clear potential for more camp shark picture show . So here are what some of the more positive reviews of47 Meters Down : Uncagedhad to say .
Rob Hunter -Film School cull
" Both the underwater tabernacle and the above water exteriors help make for an attractive film , and at under ninety minutes it ’s rarely a dull picket . The exception there is a set - piece involve an underwater maelstrom that obscures the ocular details for several minutes with savorless CG dust . It ’s a small part of the whole , though , with the rest of the submerged legal action holding viewer attention with sneaky sharks , shout out fish , and some spectacular sequences capture in “ Donato Reds ” ( the crimson filter frequently slather over revulsion / suspense aspect in films from Suspiria ( 1977 ) to Crawl ( 2019 ) [ … ] The sharks themselves are mostly ( totally ? ) CG , but they ’re effective enough as they mouse from the shadow to take unsuspecting victims in their teeth . "
Taylor Antrim -Vogue
" This is one of those undeniably tough film that remain unaccountably enjoyable to the flaming , bitter end . Does it equate to those sacred classics of this musical style ? Deep Blue Sea ? Open Water ? The Reef ? The Shallows ? No , but it ’s mid - August , mass . Labor Day is almost here . I will take what I can get . "
Scott Mendelson -Forbes
" And while there are n’t inevitably a bazillion shark , there is a whole underseas world to explore , one that director Roberts utilize to its full potential , build a presumptively tatty horror claim look and finger just a petty large . Come what may , I was impress by the simple fact that 95 % of this presumably inexpensive movie is underwater . While I like it had been shot on film ( the elephantine Regency theater of operations is n’t the best position to see a intemperately digital flick ) , what we get is comparatively telling . "
Benjamin Lee -Guardian
" I doubt there ’s much more living to rack from this dealership ( although I would bet money that they ’ll try ) but as an unrelated sequel to a picture show that was originally sic to premier on the bottom shelf of a supermarket , this is better than it needs to be . "
Todd Gilchrist -The Wrap
" Ultimately , as a pitch organization for startle scares , Roberts ’ sequel is not as deliberately ( or efficaciously ) grounded as Alexandre Aja ’s late , surprisingly tense “ Crawl , ” but it manages nevertheless to provide a gratifyingly update exploration of the conventions that Spielberg tapped into almost 45 geezerhood ago with “ Jaws . ” [ … ] “ 47 Meters Down : Uncaged ” feel , with a few exceptions , like a surprisingly balanced meal , one that whets the appetite for more , take on the approximation for future film are as tantalizing as this one . "
The harsher47 Meters Down : Uncagedreviews highlight all the outcome the moving-picture show has - lack of creativity , slow thrills , and persona devoid of any personality - but while the more positive reviews do n’t discount any of that , they note that this movie is almost designed to be high-risk yet enjoyable . It does n’t differentiate much from former shark films , likeThe Shallows , for instance , but it manages to stick to the cage - diving - gone - incorrect plot of land that was launch with the first movie . Overall , the negative47 Meters Down : Uncagedreviews are harp on about the movie ’s inherent defect despite it perhaps being a film that was think of to curb off boxes from the very commencement .
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