Right, well I decided to sit down and watch the 1979 movie "Up from the Depths" in mid-2019. I had a suspicion that I might be finding myself in for a movie that was cashing in on the success of the 1975 movie "Jaws".
And right I was. "Up from the Depths" from director Charles B. Griffith and writer Alfred M. Sweeney was indeed such a movie. It was actually doing fair enough on its own in most aspects, but believe you me, this was no "Jaws".
The movie is riddled with some fairly pointless characters that were just milling about doing nothing much of any importance, and it made the movie feel somewhat unserious.
There was also a comical sense permeating the movie, which made it feel goofy at times throughout the course of the movie. Many of the characters were the source of this goofiness, for better or worse. Sadly, the comedy wasn't made to the point where you would find yourself laughing. It was just sort of bland.
"Up from the Depths" also feature a very young R. Lee Ermey, which was a nice surprise, though his role was small.
This was an adequate movie, but no contender for "Jaws" in any way. It makes for a slightly less than mediocre entertainment. But it, where "Jaws" can be seen again and again, "Up from the Depths" just doesn't possess that quality, and it is a movie you watch once and never again.
And right I was. "Up from the Depths" from director Charles B. Griffith and writer Alfred M. Sweeney was indeed such a movie. It was actually doing fair enough on its own in most aspects, but believe you me, this was no "Jaws".
The movie is riddled with some fairly pointless characters that were just milling about doing nothing much of any importance, and it made the movie feel somewhat unserious.
There was also a comical sense permeating the movie, which made it feel goofy at times throughout the course of the movie. Many of the characters were the source of this goofiness, for better or worse. Sadly, the comedy wasn't made to the point where you would find yourself laughing. It was just sort of bland.
"Up from the Depths" also feature a very young R. Lee Ermey, which was a nice surprise, though his role was small.
This was an adequate movie, but no contender for "Jaws" in any way. It makes for a slightly less than mediocre entertainment. But it, where "Jaws" can be seen again and again, "Up from the Depths" just doesn't possess that quality, and it is a movie you watch once and never again.