{"id":32365,"date":"2019-12-02T18:13:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T23:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=32365"},"modified":"2019-12-07T02:10:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T07:10:34","slug":"47-meters-down-uncaged-2019-blu-ray-dvd-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/02\/47-meters-down-uncaged-2019-blu-ray-dvd-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019) [Blu-Ray\/DVD\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Johannes Roberts\u2019 \u201c47 Meters Down: Uncaged\u201d is a real testament to the concept of the score and how a great score can often help enhance a movie going experience. A lot of times the score can even become its own character. \u201cUncaged\u201d has a score that genuinely stinks with a droning blaring bass that sounds more like library music than anything else. And that\u2019s when there is a score since inexplicably, only about twenty percent of the movie\u2019s run time has an actual score. The rest is complete silence that punctuates this absolutely awful sequel.<\/p>\n

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After moving in to a new town, Mia (Sophie N\u00e9lisse) and stepsister Sasha (Corinne Foxx) decide to set out diving, and hope to explore a submerged Mayan City with their two friends (Sistine Stallone, Brianne Tju). Once inside, their rush of excitement turns into a jolt of terror as they discover the sunken ruins are a hunting ground for deadly Great White Sharks. With their air supply steadily declining by the minute, the group must navigate the underwater labyrinth of claustrophobic caves and eerie tunnels in desperate search of a way out of their doom.<\/p>\n

A mix of \u201cThe Descent\u201d and \u201cJaws 2,\u201d Roberts and the studio never quite knows how to launch off of the original film\u2019s premise without being repetitive. So they concoct this convoluted premise with endless efforts to build this feeling of hopelessness and claustrophobia that fails on every turn. When \u201cUncaged\u201d has a chance to feel tense, it ends up becoming more annoying than anything, feeling gradually like a chore to finish. While \u201c47 Meters Down\u201d was about a young woman choosing life and choosing to find a way to fight for her life by any means necessary, \u201cUncaged\u201d is about being\u2014well\u2014as viciously fucking mean and violent as possible. There\u2019s no real message here to \u201cUncaged\u201d beyond watching some sharks eviscerate a young girl\u2019s entire life and livelihood.<\/p>\n

Just when you think life can\u2019t suck enough for our protagonist, here come a school of man eating sharks to consume pretty much everything she knows and loves in a haze of red sea water. \u201cUncaged\u201d is mean, it\u2019s about as mean as a typical sequel to \u201cFinal Destination\u201d and it undercuts a lot of the attempted drama and humanity that the original film propped up for the audience. The original at least tried some kind of humanistic journey of life affirmation, while this one dives head first in to schlock territory turning every character in to cannon fodder. There is about as little characterization as possible for the whole cast, so whenever anyone dies a horrible or sad death, it inspires a shrug more than a deflated sense of sadness.<\/p>\n

To compensate, Roberts fills the film with as many shark jump scares as possible, as they always dart from the dark or out of the water to snatch a victim. Suffice to say, after about the fifth shark jump scare, I was about ready for it to end. Just call it a day and check out 2019\u2019s \u201cCrawl,\u201d instead. Now, that\u2019s<\/em><\/strong> how you do a man vs. nature film.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The new release doesn\u2019t go too heavy on the features, but it does include an in depth audio commentary with director Johannes Roberts, James Harris and Ernest Riera. <\/strong>There\u2019s also the twelve minute \u201cDiving Deeper: Uncaging 47 Meters Down,\u201d <\/strong>a standard EPK discussing production, shooting, and the idea for the sequel to the original.<\/p>\n