![]() ![]() Overall, not horrendous but severely lacking in many areas. The direction seemed indicative of lack of experience or ease. The script is too talky and has no tautness, the pace is flabby and the story gets far too complicated with the twists not being that much of a surprise. The action is both dull and chaotic, there is nothing exciting and it's choreographed with no enthusiasm or finesse. 'Black Water' looks cheap, especially the badly organised and sometimes incomprehensible editing and catastrophically awful visual effects, so fake looking and doesn't blend well with the setting at all. None of the characters are developed enough and are very difficult to get behind. ![]() Unfortunately, Jean Claude Van Damme looks fatigued and goes through the motions, he didn't look interested at all or look like he wanted to be there. Some of the story intrigued at the promising start and the music while not the most memorable is at least listenable. To me, while having learnt not to trust ratings and not worry about going against the grain (though am in the minority here who respects critics opinions and tend to be on the same, or slightly above or below, page as them), the rating is about right and do have to agree with the criticisms here.ĭolph Lundgren is fun to watch and the main reason as to why 'Black Water' wasn't any worse, Lundgren being the best thing of the film. Does it has redeeming qualities? Yes, but not many. Is it a good film let alone a great one? Not even close. There are definitely worse films about, of the genre and overall. 'Black Water', when checking it out, certainly could have been much worse. Was also a bit apprehensive, with a less than favourable rating and generally reviews that were lukewarm at best. What drew me into seeing 'Black Water' in the first place? The reasonably likeable cast, a potentially intriguing story and that it was part of my low budget completest quest and popped up in my recommended for you section. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 3 / 10 Secrets that should have stayed below the surface ![]()
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