Things go deep enough to produce a satisfying rumble. Solid LFE support adds thumps to sharks slamming into windows, explosions, and an underwater mine going off. Discrete moments jump out only during major action scenes, the most notable being some grenade destruction, sending debris into all speakers. The design is restrictive, favoring stereos/fronts, missing opportunities to spread ambient water effects into each channel. In DTS-HD, the budget limitations make themselves audible. Black levels though never hit their mark, likely reduced at the source, if sapping the visual energy. Sunlight drives home the heat via contrast, rarely letting up unless in the ocean. Various water gear comes coated in bright, neon shades, popping when against the earth-tone buildings. The main exterior set offers rich color and a slight warmth from grading. Underwater cinematography deserves credit too, avoiding usual pitfalls like banding. Facial definition consistently performs to modern HD standards, bringing enough sharpness and clarity to give things a pleasing veneer. In close, the digital cinematography’s abilities show up. It’s especially prevalent on walls inside the “command center,” for lack of a better term the yellow-ish walls draw all manner of blocking issues. Compression becomes a significant concern, diluting detail. Noise runs throughout, a bit thick, and the encode falters. Warner sends Deep Blue Sea 3 out to Blu-ray on a BD-25, and the minimal file size leads to issues. Then again, that lore is little else aside from a one-off idea: “build a better shark.”
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The human drama isn’t enough, and links to the series barely expanding lore. Delivery is wonky, obvious, and forced, biding time until it’s acceptable to start offing these thinly composed characters, the worst being a comic relief tech geek (Alex Bhat) whose cliché, grating lines means he’s certain fish food.
#Deep blue shark documentary movie#
It’s one thing to invoke pertinent issues, even in a movie like this, but Deep Blue Sea 3 soaks in them. That said, no one is setting out to save the ocean after watching Deep Blue Sea 3 (after all, the ocean has sharks). And, while not wholly embracing the exploitation roots, Deep Blue Sea 3 does go in for modest sex appeal, men and women alike.
Some surprising, unexpected kills break expectations, and the shark’s climactic demise rates as a classic fit for a Jaws sequel in gruesomeness.
Digital effects lack the finishing sheen (but most do hold up to scrutiny), the setting is purposefully cramped (if creatively set on the South African coast), and there’s no major players in the cast (although the pulled-from-TV regulars do well).ĭeep Blue Sea 3 does have a small spark. Importantly, Deep Blue Sea 3 is only modestly budgeted, financially distanced from its theatrically-released progenitor. … no one is setting out to save the ocean after watching Deep Blue Sea 3Ĭredit where it’s due: Deep Blue Sea 3, even with its long-winded speeches and overly aggressive theme, is an infinitely better sequel than the dire Deep Blue Sea 2.
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