Deep Gold

Having followed the progress of Deep Gold (the film shot for almost 3 years), the result is kind of a mixed bag. Overall, I liked the action scenes, and the story is relatively OK (for an action/b-movie). The acting of villain Michael Gleissner is surprisingly good (given that he is the director), so is the acting of Jaymee Ong and Laury Prudent (I was not sold on the lead, Bebe Pham). The story drags on in the beginning, but I liked the comic relief that the "harbor master" (Kersten Hui) provided.

The underwater action scenes provided great action, but they were too dark and often lacked details. The cinematography did not seem to have consistency throughout the film (it seems like over the long shooting time, several cinematographers worked on the film).

The closing titles are interrupted with an "interview with the mayor", summarizing what has happened ... totally unnecessary and annoying.

This is without a doubt the single worst movie I have ever seen and been part of. I worked for the short-man-syndrome extraordinaire, Mickmeister (as he likes to call himself).

He loves himself so much that he puts himself into his own "art" that he funds on his own (because he has too much money and no one wants their own names connected to him so they will never fund his "work"). He is the reason this whole movie is so exceptionally awful! Don't believe me? Look at this:

https://youtu.be/16xpd7bDBnA

I mean honestly, how big can your ego be?

Anyway, back to the movie. What a load of hogwash! EVERY other review on this site that has more than a 1-Star rating is obviously fake. I would rather watch my pet decompose before watching this again.

I didn't pay to watch this movie but i felt like they owed me money after watching this.

i want 2 hours of my life back.

and FYI guys, this movie is not a Filipino movie. it was shot in the Philippines which is why the scenery is not a disappointment,

but the director, writer and producer is a crappy German.

can you believe that this movie was shot for more than 2 years? complete waste of time, money and energy!

worst movie ever

bad acting

awful story

I guess if you care about how female characters look and not so much about the story ... you might find something here that others are not. But anyone else will not really be smitten (sorry for the pun) or enticed (and that one) by the movie overall speaking.

Having said that, I guess you can see some women empowerment in this, if you really want to. But overall it really isn't that good. There is some blood and some action, but don't expect too much from that either ...

I didn't really know what I was getting myself into here when I picked up "Deep Gold" and decided to give it a view. I had somewhat expected it to be a treasure hunting movie of sorts.

Which it was, in a way...

"Deep Gold" was entertaining enough for what it turned out to be, which was a semi-low budget action thriller. Mind you, there are far, far better movies in the genre out there. I managed to sit through "Deep Gold" to the end, and it should be said that the movie wasn't actually boring. But on the other hand, it wasn't a masterpiece either.

The movie was shot in the Philippines, but somehow it eluded me why they spoke English and not Tagalog, the main dialect of the Philippines, or Cebuano, the local dialect spoken in the Cebu area where the movie was taking place. To reach out to a wider audience perhaps, I can only speculate. However, it felt forced and the movie seemed to lose some of its authenticity by having the Filipino and Filipina performers speak English.

While "Deep Gold" hardly was a memorable movie, and one that I am sure will be obliterated from my memory in less than 48 hours, then it was still an enjoyable enough movie if you enjoy B-movies - which I happen to do. Then again, I am all for giving every movie a chance.

Bebe Pham, playing Amy Sanchez, carried the movie quite well almost singlehandedly. So that was quite an accomplishment and testament to her acting talent and performance.

"Deep Gold" is, however, not the type of movie that will make it around for a second viewing, because the movie just didn't have that much appeal or that much of a plot and storyline to support more than a single viewing.

I am rating "Deep Gold" five out of ten stars.