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Nothing new to see here, no sharks, no scares, no story. Been done a million times before and much better! Although Casper is looking good for an old guy so the ladees might get some excitement from this but sadly not for me it bored me to tears!

It's not a masterpiece but it had some good points. The story was reasonable, acting not bad, pace good and it has great cinematography. I've seen much worse with higher rating on IMDB

My deepest fear would be sitting through this film again! The back cover of the DVD presents this film as a thriller, with three of the four pictures clearly showing action shots. 'Fear' and 'Terror' get a mention on the case. In reality, so little happens in so few locations that this could very easily be made into a play. But not a good play. Not the sort of play you would want to actually sit through. Halfway through the film a spider ran across our floor and I had to remove it - to give you some idea, that was a highlight!

I didn't expect that much from Casper 'Rico' Van Dien, as the last thing I saw him in was an episode of Monk and he hardly set the world alight with that performance. Judd Nelson on the other hand is usually good value for money, but he doesn't even appear until nearly an hour into the film. He probably gets five minutes of screen time, despite his name appearing on the front of the box. When he does appear, he mumbles his lines incoherently and doesn't seem at all bothered, which I'm guessing he wasn't. He looks good for 60 years old, but this wasn't the Judd Nelson we know from Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Cabin by the Lake, Relentless etc..

I'm trying to think of something positive to say about the film, as I can usually find something (I've been watching the Andy Milligan box set this week, so my tolerance for poorly made films is very high indeed). In truth, there are no redeeming features. At 87 minutes including credits, you couldn't even say it was mercifully short, because an incredibly simple premise is drawn out to easily twice the amount of time it should've been. This could very well have been a 25 minute Tales From the Crypt episode, were it not for the lack of gore.

This film is abominable - AVOID.

Just dont waste your time with this film. A very boring lead up to an already used (at least 100 time) plot. Total waste of time and quite insulting to watch. This movie is something perhaps an amateur with a little money can make. Very bad all around. The female Brianne Davis was such a horrible actress that it made me sorry to waste my time watching this poor film.

I gagged myself through it just to see the ending. It was so bad the sharks didn't even come around with blood in the water.

Was nice to see Judd Nelson & Casper Van Dien in a normal film. For what it's worth its worth checking out.

We went to the "World Premiere" of this movie along with 30 or so others. It's a distinctly average action picture set mostly in the middle of the ocean on high end boat.

The acting and production are OK, but the film is let down by its structure and its general lack of suspense. I think it is supposed to a mixed genre film: action/suspense. A fundamental problem is that the action really only comes in the third act. The low budget for the film means that the action is of relatively low impact. Another fundamental issue is the lack of suspense in the movie. One of the main characters is obviously a sleaze-ball, so there is no surprise later when he isn't what he seems.

There is a lot of scenes of the high end boat which really could be taken directly from the manufacturer's sales video. One of these is used twice in the movie!

Ok to watch if you are streaming one evening, though frankly there are better things to watch.

Terrific Love Triangle thriller, with a hired hitman added to the trio, all stranded at sea. Think "Dead Calm" but, while Billy Cruddup played just an admitted Very, Very sick kid (Kudos, Billy). Husband (Griff Furst)'s rival (Casper Van Dien) is an obsessed super-wacko his contemporary, accompanied by his hired assassin. Ups the Testosterone meter off the dial, sexual and all other ways. And consider they're all parrying around this delectable delicacy of a girl-next-door (Brianne Davis), with enough estrogen to come out on top with the man she's deeply in love, and he likewise devoted.

Character interaction absolutely crackles at every turn and just enough gimmicks and reversals to raise the energy level to the stratosphere.

Not that Bad!!! It's strange to see Judd Nelson playing a villain after seeing him in the Breakfast Club years ago!!

Dont waste your time to watch this film, so bad, even the film is not better than the trailer/poster picture.

Virgin Island, boat, two men and woman and Judd Nelson as the surprise. A predictable, «thriller» but if you regard it as commersial for green beatiful sea and a nice boat it's not the worst I've seen - though pretty close.

It certainly was nothing like the synopsis. It was boring. It was terrible. It was almost a film of nothing. Judd nelson was on screen maybe 8 minutes woth 8 lines.

1 point cause Casper VD was in it and 1 point because the camera work was fine.

Predictable. Been done before and better. All the characters were pretty unlikable and you could care less what happened to them. This film had bad acting, poor direction, and amateur camera work. Not worth the time In My Humble Opinion! (minor language, sex scene, no nudity)

I rarely made a review but after watching this movie, I had a feeling to write something so other will know what is going to do with it. This is some kind one had a 2 pages of script but insist to make a 90 minutes movie. So the first 50 minutes was just nothing. So if you still insist to see this movie, skip and go to 50:00 and you won't miss anything.

Awful writing, acting, and filmmaking other than the pretty blue water. If this had been a film school project it would have gotten an F.

Terrible movie, bad plot, terrible ocean footage. Acting may be ok, but the story line is so bad that I couldn't finish. Guy was a marine and when he has his wife's abductor, he doesn't shoot. What is he waiting for, an apology?

Then the boat owner has an adolescent crush on his friends wife and his only plan is to kill his friend. Heck, DogMan has better plot lines than this silly movie. I don't know what else to say, but I have to write more or they will not accept this review. Save your time. Play a game on your phone. Rewatch grapes of wrath, anything... Went back to reading a book by the fire. Want my 1.5 hours back.

I don't see how movies like this make any money at all. A plot similar to Dead Calm, but no where near the quality of that movie. A pretty horrible script. Predictable characters and a whole slew of cliches. It's not even up to bad romance novel quality. I really should not have made it to the end without shutting it off.

Remember when Judd Nelson was in that movie with that song 'Don't you, forget about me?' Well this is definitely one that you should forget about. Even better yet, don't see it at all and save yourself 90 minutes or however long it was.

This one gets a generous 2/10. Generous!!

Dead Water starts with a combat veteran, his wife, and the brother of the veteran's best friend going on a multi-day trip on the friend's fancy boat. (The best friend died in combat.)

Whew! Now, personal tension between all three occurs, of the pesky superficial kind. The characters act in one fashion and then flip suddenly. But, did something happen when our combat veteran was away?

Well, all of that doesn't matter. The plot has only minor things to do, and it's written so poorly that the scenes jump in the middle of themselves from drunk fun to caustic accusations.

And to make matters worse, there is another plot that is inane. And doesn't need any description here as it will be obvious when it first peeks its head above water. (Get it? A movie on the ocean? Water?)

Acting is fair to poor, but it may also be related to how bad the dialogue is. If you are watching this for Judd Nelson, I'd pass as he has a small role that has no depth, and is really a throw away of a role.

Dead Water is dead in the water.

This film story sounded great, as it went on the audio was bad the acting was bad it was loud and quiet slow just a bad written movie