Renny Harlin (The Strangers: Chapter 1,2,3, Die Hard 2) directs Deep Water, working from a screenplay by Pete Bridges (“Two Years Later” TV series) and John Kim (Bait). The film tells a straightforward story: when a plane is damaged during an international flight, it is forced to land in the ocean.
Synopsis: After a Los Angeles–Shanghai flight crashes in the Pacific, survivors face sharks and mysterious company.
The film stars Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley as the commercial plane pilots. They are both tenured pilots, and each has their personal story about life during their career. While the focus is not on the pilots, the character Eckhart portrays is closer to the story of a family of four on the flight, Jaya (Kelly Gale, most recently seen in Beast in April), who has a son named Finn (Elijah Tamti) and is recently married to a gentleman who has a young daughter named Cora (Molly Belle Wright, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Omaha). It is evident that Cora has not adjusted to her Daddy being married and having to take care of Finn on the flight. As the audience watches the unfolding events on the flight, this task weighs heavily on Cora’s mind. I watched the film ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” and became a fan of Molly’s performance. She is once again a standout young actress, working alongside Aaron Eckhart and other established adult actors. She is one of the main reasons to take a chance to view this film. If you are a fan of watching an actor portray a self-centered and obnoxious character who can really get on your nerves in a split second, consider watching actor Angus Sampson portray that character. You don’t wish anyone harm on a flight, but Sampson portrays this passenger’s behavior as something to watch in some scenes. Then, as a viewer, you may begin to consider what you would do to survive.
Rated R and 107 minutes
Deep Water opens in theaters May 1, with limited release on April 30, 2026.
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