Halle Berry Is Back, and Swimming with Sharks, in Dark Tide
That's not a metaphor -- in the sea-bound thriller Dark Tide, Halle Berry makes her return to the spotlight as a diving expert convinced to come face to face once again with the kinds of Jaws-esque sharks that traumatized her years ago. This means the one-time Bond girl's back in a bikini, if you care about that kind of thing. Watch the trailer after the jump and decide if this is going to re-energize Berry's career.
Dark Tide is helmed by Top Gun actor-turned-filmmaker John Stockwell, who previously directed Blue Crush and Into the Blue (not to mention Crazy/Beautiful, Turistas, and others). One look at the trailer for Dark Tide and it's apparent Stockwell is in his wheelhouse; not only is this yet another lady-fronted watery tale, a la Blue Crush, it's also a glossy exotic travelogue of sorts, a la Into the Blue.
The film stars Berry and real-life flame Olivier Martinez as a couple of divers paid the big bucks to take a client out for shark dive sans cage. But when they agree to it, things start to unravel. Someone's getting pruny fingers!
Verdict: Looks to rank a smidge above direct-to-DVD.
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Agree totally with your Verdict.
I cannot remember a single shark movie since Jaws that was worth a damn. Apparently Halle does. The Shark Week stock footage is a nice touch.
Maybe we're due! Or... not.
Deep.
Blue.
Sea.
It's got LL Cool J and a parrot, Thomas Jane, sharks, a rap song, Samuel L Muthaflippin Jackson, it's directed by the competent hand of Harlin, and in the end, it has a rap song that was SEVERELY overlooked come Oscar Season.
Haha, awesome. And on an urelated topic, I now want to sit down and watch the Pellington as soon as I get home.
I know it full well. Try this: Throw back a shot every time the "hero" Jane falls down or stumbles. You'll black out before Saffron is standing on the filing cabinet in her wet lingerie.
I used to love these sorts of trailers on VHS rentals. This looks like one of them.
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