47 Meters Down Film Review: Gravity Meets Jaws!

47 Meters Down is a 2017 British horror film written and directed by Johannes Roberts starring Claire Holt and Mandy Moore. The film was distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment in the United States, a subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment. The film follows the story of two sisters who go on holiday in Mexico. Lisa (Mandy Moore) and Kate (Claire Holt) met two Mexican guys who invite them to experience the close-up encounter with the great white shark. Lisa at first was hesitant to go with the two strangers they've just met in the bar until she was convinced by her sister Kate to enjoy the activity and trust the guys as they were just like the other tour guide whom they can depend on. The suspense started when Lisa and Kate entered the cage and go down under the vast ocean to meet the killer sharks. The cable that carries the cage starts to fray and the cage fell off 47 meters down to the seafloor. The film's underwater cinematography is creepy and visually engaging. The film's tone was very similar to Alfonso Cuaron's outer space thriller 'Gravity' in the sense that both the female protagonists were vying for survival in a vast space without an oxygen (outer space and ocean) and they both, in the end, went through hallucination, seeming helpless and hopeless that they will be given another chance to live. The film is good, though it can always be compared to Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws', the film has its own strengths which can also be attributed to the plot based on real-life events. That's why you can feel the sincerity, the agony, the horror that the main characters experienced in the film. One of the best films I have seen so far this 2017! 

47 Meters Down (2017) Film Poster

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