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An old-school airline-disaster thriller from Renny Harlin, Deep Water pairs Eckhart and Kingsley for a sharksploitation-filled crash drama that delivers solid thrills even if the human drama and dialogue feel clichéd.
Variety’s review frames Deep Water as a neo-70s disaster movie from Renny Harlin that pairs a plane crash with shark attacks; it delivers pulpy spectacle and Harlin’s signature flair but offers little in the way of deep characters, rendering it more a stylish 'disaster product' than a fresh cinematic experience.
The Strangers: Chapter 3 wraps up the reboot trilogy with heavy-handed jump scares and a thin backstory, leaving Madelaine Petsch’s Maya as a bland final girl and delivering a disappointing, uninspired conclusion to the series rather than the tense payoff fans hoped for.
Director Renny Harlin and producer Courtney Solomon revealed their ambitious plans for The Strangers trilogy at New York Comic Con 2023. The films, based on the 2008 home invasion thriller, are not remakes or reboots but an extension of the franchise. All three movies have been shot and are planned for release in 2024, with the first chapter starring Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez. The trilogy will tell one interconnected story, with the third film revealing the origin of the Strangers. Harlin emphasized using sound instead of jump scares to scare the audience, and the masks worn by the killers were recreated faithfully to the originals.