William Eubanks measures out his slow dread and jump scares smartly enough, even if it's all tied to a template as old as time, or at least Ridley Scott
the monsters are gnarly, the sets and effects are spectacular chum for the imagination, and the cast is able to elevate a damp programmer into a dizzy genre pleasure. "Underwater" is fun even when you can't fathom what must have happened...
Kristen Stewart's soggy, silly monster movie; A much-delayed attempt to resurrect the "Alien" formula underwater has some effective moments but fails to justify its own existence
joining the ranks of "Sphere", "DeepStar Six" and "Leviathan" as soggy Alien do-overs, "Underwater" finds a few tweaks to the monster play book, but not enough to make it live
it's worth seeing for Kristen Stewart's against-type star turn, the impressive production design and immersive sound work; "Underwater" is too straight-laced to be a cult classic, but it is, in the end, just a good survivalist horror movie
an effective sci-fi thriller that acknowledges its inspirations; this is a creature feature, whose gory jump-scares and icktastic critter design are the reason you're here
"Underwater" is a stupefying entertainment in which every claustrophobic space and apocalyptic crash of water registers as a slick visual trigger, yet it's all built on top of a dramatic void. It's boredom in Sensurround
by Benjamin Lee [The Guardian ]
