Overview
- Deep Water, a shark-attack survival film from director Renny Harlin and starring Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley, is now playing in theaters.
- Reviews fault the CGI sharks, sound, and acting, with several critics saying the movie looks and sounds cheap.
- Many write-ups single out an extended midair-to-ocean plane-crash sequence that drew strong audience reactions at recent screenings.
- Producer Gene Simmons has led a high-energy promo push, urging fans not to see it alone and pitching it as a crowd-pleaser.
- The Dallas Observer reported that Simmons and Gary Hamilton formed Simmons/Hamilton Productions with a multibillion-dollar plan to make 25 films in five years, with Deep Water billed as the first.