Black Water, Abyss is an Australian thriller film directed by Andrew Traucki. The plot sees a group of adventure seekers/ divers become trapped in a uncharted underground cave filled with vicious crocodiles.
Why do I keep coming back to the shark attack, crocodile attack, creature feature sub-genre? There is nothing left of interest in this sub-genre at all. Sometimes these sort of films can be good for a bit of low engagement, mindless viewing, but I found that was too much of an ask for this film.
Though this film is on for under 2 hours it feels much, much longer. I don’t know how you can make man vs crocodile boring, but this film finds a way. Honestly by the midpoint of the film I was completely checked out and bored; if I was not reviewing the film I would have turned it off.
The characters are exactly what you would expect, if you have seen any film like this before. It is the same collection of cliches and stereotypes that leave absolutely no impression on you at all, even as they are eaten by the crocodile.
The kills themselves are fine, probably the highlight of the film, but even then they are just average.
Overall, give this one a hard pass unless you need something to both infuriate you and send you to sleep.
Pros.
The kills are okay
Cons.
The characters are generic
The kills have no real impact as you don’t care about the characters
It is not scary or thrilling
It is tedious and hard to get through
0.5/5
Reviewed by Luke
Another Millennial Reviewer 