47 Meters Down (2017)
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Two sisters must fight for survival when their diving cage plummets to the ocean floor, leaving them trapped with hungry great white sharks.
The story
Sisters Lisa and Kate are on vacation in Mexico and decide to go shark watching from a diving cage with two local men. Although Lisa is inexperienced and wary of the off-the-books activity, they lie to the boat owner, Captain Taylor, claiming to be experienced divers. During their descent, they are surrounded by great white sharks when the winch boom breaks free, sending the cage to the ocean floor. Trapped and out of communication with the surface, the sisters must find a way to escape as their air supplies dwindle and predators circle nearby.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Sisters Lisa and Kate are on vacation in Mexico and go shark watching in a diving cage, lying to the captain about their experience. While underwater, the winch breaks, sending them to the ocean floor. Kate manages to briefly re-establish communication with Captain Taylor, who sends a man named Javier down with a spare cable. Javier is killed by a shark, and the spare cable snaps, pinning Lisa's leg under the cage. Taylor sends down air tanks, warning of nitrogen narcosis. Kate leaves the cage to retrieve them but is seemingly devoured by a shark. Lisa manages to attach a tank but is left alone until Kate's voice appears on her radio, claiming to be alive but injured. Lisa frees her leg and swims to Kate; they decide to surface using a flare. However, they are surrounded by sharks. After a frantic struggle where Lisa is bitten, they reach the boat. It is eventually revealed that Lisa was hallucinating due to nitrogen narcosis; she is still at the bottom of the ocean with her leg pinned, and Kate was killed earlier.
- Original title
- 47 Meters Down
- First release year
- 2017
- Runtime (minutes)
- 85
- Production countries
- United Kingdom; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Johannes Roberts
- Writers
- Johannes Roberts · writer; Ernest Riera · writer
- Cast and characters
- Claire Holt · Kate; Mandy Moore · Lisa; Matthew Modine · Captain Taylor; Chris Johnson · Javier; Yani Gellman · Louis; Santiago Segura · Benjamin
- Genres
- survival horror; adventure; drama
- Themes
- survival; sisterhood; hallucination
- Tone and mood
- tense; terrifying; suspenseful
- Premise and plot tags
- survival horror; underwater; sharks; trapped
- Franchise connections
- 47 Meters Down
- Reception
- The film received generally mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, grossing over $60 million on a $5 million budget.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 52 · scale: 100 · review count: 24; CinemaScore · score: C · scale: A+ to F; PostTrak · score: 55%
- Awards and nominations
- Saturn Awards · Best Horror Film · 2018 · Nominated
- Production trivia
- The film was originally titled 'In the Deep' for a home release but the title was reverted.; The film was the second highest grossing indie film of 2017.; Lukas Seoane worked as a consultant to authenticate the shark behaviors.
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