Those worried about the frequency of action can rest easy, because the frenetic shark attack moments are plentiful and evenly spaced out. Such moments were scarce and easily forgivable.
The CG is convincing, despite a few instances of inconsistency between shots. While mostly CG, there were a few welcome practical shots for close-ups. The most important part of any shark film is the sharks themselves, and Deep Blue Sea 3’s were a very pleasant surprise. I’ll leave what happens next to your imagination, but the utilization of the compactor makes for a memorable moment. One heart-pounding scene has Emma desperately trying to escape the jaws of a shark and swimming into a large trash compactor to bait him. Technically the film is on point, and as a set-piece enthusiast, I really appreciated the ingenuity. There are several either fully or half submerged scenes with the actors in tight spaces, and the danger they’re meant to evoke is palpable and believable. Despite the obvious hardships common to sinking sets, Pogue and company pulled it off. Here, the film’s visual presentation could easily pass for a theatrical release. Sometimes direct-to-video productions have less than average lighting, cheapening the overall aesthetic. The first unexpected delight was how damn good the film looked. To my surprise, what I expected to be shark chum turned out to be a competently made sequel. Tensions heighten on land and sea, and Emma must fight to save her crew and her research. After a close call involving the bull sharks and some sort of technological intervention, Emma begins to question the intentions of Richard’s team.
Emma is stunned with bittersweet confusion when she learns that leading the expedition is her ex-boyfriend, Richard ( Nathaniel Buzolic). All is well on “Little Happy Island” until a private team bully their way aboard, claiming to be searching for three uniquely intelligent bull sharks. Emma Collins ( Tania Raymonde) is knee-deep in finding the correlation between climate change and great white sharks appearing in formerly unoccupied waters. Like the original, Deep Blue Sea 3 takes place on a remote man-made island built for climate change-based research. Non-theatrical sequels are notorious for their dip in quality, but Pogue and Blackman’s entry is here to take a bite out of that stereotype. Now, hopeful once more, Deep Blue Sea 3 is upon us and director John Pogue and writer Dirk Blackman aim to course correct the many issues of the second film. While not surprising that the direct-to-VOD sequel disappointed, it was still a bummer to see my beloved shark flick floundering. Even so, I had my reservations Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018) failed to capture any of the fun, charm, and effects-heavy proficiency of the original.
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