Deep Gold

Great job on the underwater diving scenes and car chase! There were many exciting scenes that kept me glued to my seat. I really like how this film featured the beautiful island of Cebu, Philippines! Nice shots on the scenic view which showcased the pristine blue waters around the island. It made me want to book a ticket to the Philippines.I didn't know any of the actors. One did stand out. Kudos to Jaymee Ong for a wonderful performance. Her acting was awesome and natural. Some of the actors though should take up acting lessons.

Overall, the movie was entertaining. Cool soundtrack. I wouldn't mind buying the DVD to keep. Congratulations to the cast and crew.

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.

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.

Action! Treasure! Bikinis! Water! On the surface, Deep Gold promises the potential viewer an action-packed film that you'll love so much, you'll keep coming back to see it again and again. The problem with promising something huge is that it's hard to deliver on that promise, and Deep Gold certainly failed to deliver.

The main reason I'm writing this review is because this film was awful enough to be memorable as one of the only movies I ever recall throwing away immediately after watching. Deep Gold seems like it might be a decent movie when you start watching it, but the way in which the plot progresses is simply uninteresting. There isn't anything about the characters that makes them stand out. The words "lackluster" and "generic" keep coming to mind even as I write this, and it's true: you've seen this same basic story repeated many times over in much more exciting movies. The worst part is that the action sequences are poorly cut, poorly choreographed, and aren't as enjoyable as they seem to believe they are. They're also sometimes awkward and annoying, but the music is rapid and intense, leading to a bizarre, unpleasant feeling of dissonance that is difficult to explain.

I will admit that there are a few visually interesting aspects, particularly since it was shot in the Philippines. There are plenty of boats and other water-related things that a land-locked soul might enjoy seeing, and also some shots in mountains and forests that look different from what we're used to seeing in many Hollywood productions. Reasonably attractive women in bathing suits, shiny black pants, and light clothing are included as an attempt at providing some mild titillation. Unfortunately, this "eye candy" doesn't save Deep Gold from its problems.

What really irked me after being disappointed enough to toss the film directly into the trash can was coming to IMDb out of curiosity and seeing a lot of highly rated reviews. They couldn't sound more like paid shill reviews if they tried. I am surprised that they are still up as of December 2015.

This is NOT a film that you're going to enjoy enough to want to watch twice, but you might want to watch it once just to increase your appreciation of other (better) films, or perhaps if you have a serious thing for Filipino ladies in films and don't care about the plot.

I don't know what to start off with... I have to say that I registered on IMDb just to review this POS movie.

I've watched plenty of bad movies but haven't seen this bad ever. I had to stop watching half way. Clearly this has been done by a rich guy with too much money on his hands, with no skills at all on directing etc. I even tried to watch this thinking it was a bad comedy movie, but it was just too much. Making a review of the movie is very hard when it's so sh*t. One word is enough to describe the movie and you know what that word is. OK, if you like to fall asleep in a very short time, then this is perfect movie for you.

All those reviews with more than one star must be scam.

Do not bother to watch this.