Deep Fear

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Deep Fear

2023

1h 29m

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Mystery & Thriller

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Set in the Caribbean, Deep Fear is an intense and visceral survival thriller with furious action throughout. Madalina Ghenea stars as Naomi, an accomplished round-the-world yachtswoman, who sets out on a solo trip to meet her boyfriend, Jackson -- played by Ed Westwick -- in Grenada. Her tranquil three-day sail aboard 47-foot yacht 'The Serenity' takes an unexpectedly dark turn when a storm forces her off the plotted course. Circumnavigating an uninhabited reef-fringed island, she responds to a distress signal to aid a sinking vessel where she finds survivors clinging to the shattered remains of a boat. Events soon take a malevolent twist when it transpires the survivors are savage drug traffickers; Jose, played by Stany Coppet, Maria, played by Macarena Gomez and Tomas, played by John-Paul Pace, who force Naomi to dive down into the hull of the sunken wreck to retrieve 350 kilos of cocaine. The plan is thwarted when Naomi finds herself surrounded by a frenzy of great white sharks -- lured by the dead bodies in the wreck. In a tense and deadly undersea attack, Naomi must use her wits, skills and determination to survive both the narcos and one of nature's most awesome apex predators.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

Ridiculous and predictable, this shark thriller almost makes it as a camp classic or a "so-bad-it's-good" movie, but it's ultimately just too feebleminded and lethargic.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 29, 2024

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Paul Mount

Starburst

Despite some iffy acting, Deep Fear is enlivened by some well-staged action scenes, intermittent bloody shark attacks and some proper tension during the diving sequences.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 9, 2024

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Dave Golder

Radio Times

Deep Fear is well shot, with some impressive underwater cinematography, and the shark attacks are surprisingly effective when they finally arrive.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 24, 2024

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Waniya S

I mean it was ok, a storm was coming but then it’s just forgotten, it wasn’t even heavy on shark attacks which would have made movie really interesting if she was trying to survive with a broken ship after the results of storm.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/25

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Nell Z

Entertaining enough throughout, but it fizzled out towards the end. If the shark was high on cocaine, they all would’ve been safe because it wouldn’t want to eat anything for a while. Plot hole!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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michael g

Watch this mainly for the shark attack footage, which is surprisingly well done for a low budget movie. The first half of the movie is slow, but the second half grabs your attention, especially when the villains arrive and the shark action picks up. As for the sentimental and human interest part of the plot, it’s banal and uninteresting but doesn’t take too much screen time, so you can ignore it. The female lead is more eye-candy than actress, but good acting is not the strong suit of this film anyway.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/12/24

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Sarah O

this movie makes me wish i was blind.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/16/24

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Fiona F

The most Un Sharkey shark film ... When the shark finally arrives it's all a bit flat took to long to get started was all very predictable .

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/23/24

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Bonnie W

Terrible, bad acting and absolutely poor writing. Lines are said very lazily with no effort.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/15/24

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Marcus Adams

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Madalina Diana Ghenea

Naomi

Ed Westwick

Jackson

Macarena Gómez

Maria

Stany Coppet

Jose

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Synopsis

Set in the Caribbean, Deep Fear is an intense and visceral survival thriller with furious action throughout. Madalina Ghenea stars as Naomi, an accomplished round-the-world yachtswoman, who sets out on a solo trip to meet her boyfriend, Jackson -- played by Ed Westwick -- in Grenada. Her tranquil three-day sail aboard 47-foot yacht 'The Serenity' takes an unexpectedly dark turn when a storm forces her off the plotted course. Circumnavigating an uninhabited reef-fringed island, she responds to a distress signal to aid a sinking vessel where she finds survivors clinging to the shattered remains of a boat. Events soon take a malevolent twist when it transpires the survivors are savage drug traffickers; Jose, played by Stany Coppet, Maria, played by Macarena Gomez and Tomas, played by John-Paul Pace, who force Naomi to dive down into the hull of the sunken wreck to retrieve 350 kilos of cocaine. The plan is thwarted when Naomi finds herself surrounded by a frenzy of great white sharks -- lured by the dead bodies in the wreck. In a tense and deadly undersea attack, Naomi must use her wits, skills and determination to survive both the narcos and one of nature's most awesome apex predators.

Director: Marcus Adams
Producer: Marc Bikindou, Engelbert Grech, Sean O'Kelly
Screenwriter: Robert Capelli Jr., Sophia Eptamenitis
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Brilliant Pictures, Fred Films, Ashland Hill Media Finance, Media Finance Capital
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 3, 2023
Runtime: 1h 29m

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