It's clear that JCVD and DL are past their prime. That said, at least Dolph looks like he's having fun making this moving and not taking himself too seriously (he gets 1 of my rating stars for that). Plot is paper thin, at best. Bad guys are cardboard cutouts. The women are WAY too young to be the love interests of these guys - more like daughters (who can't act). JCVD has all the acting range of ... well, JCVD.
Most amazing are the sets. Most of this movie takes place on what has to be the biggest, cheapest sub in the world. Aren't submarines like long tubes? You wouldn't know it here with all the extra-wide hallways running into each other at 90 degrees angles. More like an office building without windows. And the control room? I have more monitors and electronics in my home office. The control room looks more like an empty walk-in closet. I will say it's pretty impressive that an entire sub can be monitored and controlled by a crew of 4-5 guys, period.
No need to point out the shooting ability of the bad guys - other reviews have already covered that. How tough are the bad guy when they DELIBERATELY use rubber bullets? But, I will say it's always neat to see machine guns with silencers (the other rating star - sorry JCVD, none for you).
Review of Black Water
