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'Underwater' rips off 'Alien' – and that's fine — movie review

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Karl Delossantos
Jan 11, 2020
∙ Paid

Underwater follows the crew members of a deep-sea drilling rig as their vessel begins to fail. However, the real danger is lurking in the darkness of the sea.

Quick review: Underwater is like if you took all the character development, world-building, and plot out of the original Alien and just left the horror bits — somehow it works.

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