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Dead in the Water [VHS]

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This is a good movie for anyone that wants to be amused and thrilled on a random day in the week. Good for watching with friends. I think the movie is done very well. Intriguing beginning that makes you ponder throughout the whole movie about the end. In short: Great movie! Great thriller!

I'm still trying to figure out what on earth that floating body was about at the very beginning, and that's just the START of the confusion. Dominique's character just wasn't likeable at all, and I had no sympathy for any of the characters. Henry Thomas was the best of the lot, although even his character was a bit strange.
Fortunately I didn't buy the DVD for this film - I bought it for the excellent short film in the extras. Any fans of 24's Carlos Bernard should watch it. The Director of Dead In The Water redeems himself with this little film, and despite being only 25 minutes long it is far superior to the main feature. Thought-provoking and intelligent. Worth buying the DVD just to see this!

I watched this movie on the WB, I believe, it was on last night and had to suffer through lots of commercials. It is not nearly as bad as the other reviewers here have pegged it. Of course, I just knew the twist at the end was coming. Anyway, the scenery is great and makes you want to go down there to Brazil on a boat trip.

It felt like summer after watching it. I loved the feeling it gave me. It had some beatiful scenes of Rio de Janeiro. Dominique Swain was very good as well as Henry Thomas who played a creepy character. Although I think most people will hate it due to the slow moving nature of its story. But be patient as it gets really good and includes a cool twist at the end.

This movie was not a very in-depth movie. The main character, the girl, is crazy. The ending was awful. The background music is bizzare. Don't waste your time.

Dead in the Water has to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Yes it is slow paced. That is not really the main problem. The problem is that nothing ever happens. I can handle slow pacing if it is used to establish intersting characters or an intricate story, but this movie has neither. Basically nothing happens for the first 40 minutes. There is some expository dialogue about trading stocks that is confusing and completely uninteresting, and does nothing to establish the characters or the story. When the "big turning point" finally happens there is not much reason to care. The features on the DVD are hardly noteworthy. There is an alternate ending that makes no sense whatsoever. There is also a short behind the scenes featurette and a short film made by the same director. My advice is to avoid this movie and save yourself the nearly two hours of sheer boredom.

Boy, what a bust. On all counts. The story goes nowhere. The actors, who have all done good work in other films, have nothing to work with. As a suspense/thriller, which is apparently what it is supposed to be, it fails miserably on every level.

And the DVD itself? The only feature of interest is the writer/director's short film, with a commentary track, that is more interesting than the feature length film. Inexplicably, an alternate ending to the feature is included that not only has no audio (and it IS a dialogue scene), but makes no sense whatsoever in context with what we've scene in the finished film. And the Production Featurette? 3 or 4 minutes of raw video footage of a handful of scenes being shot.

Stay far away from this one, it's not even good for a laugh.

Yes,that's Henry Thomas,the kid from "ET:The Extra Terrestrial",as part of a love triangle involving Dominique Swain,her boyfriend&a cute(?) Brazilian guy dealing with murder,jealousy&angst.

As would be expected,most of the action takes place on the water.Dominique Swain plays a rich heiress who flirts with cute(?)Brazilian guy,angering her boyfriend.Her boyfriend pushes the Brazilian overboard--who,it turns out,can't swim.Confusions ensue.Swain seems intent on killing her boyfriend,while discussing capitalism&all her $$$$$ with Henry Thomas.

Though I am a fan of Brazilian music,I don't remember the soundtrack for this movie.It's all about three troubled rich kids on a yacht.And they are very,very,very confused.

I got all excited when I saw dominique's name flash on the screen. I loved her since Lolita. But this movie just sucks big time. The very beginning was horrible and it got a little better after the murder but I saved myself from this horrible movie and changed the channel. I didn't care about the movie anymore.

the body in the beginning is the main girl. at the beginning she floats with her blue top and pink/orange bikini bottom on. at the end before she does what she does she jumps off the boat wearing that. this movie overall has no point. just like this review. i just wanted to clear up that other reviewer's confusion.