{"id":4261,"date":"2012-05-15T22:49:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T05:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2021-05-28T17:52:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T00:52:18","slug":"review-darktide-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2012\/05\/review-darktide-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Tide Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dark Tide<\/em><\/strong> receives high marks for its underwater camera work but the story is lame and the acting is sometimes even worse. Halle Berry for her part is OK with a limited role.<\/p>\n

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\nDark Tide (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama
\nLionsgate | PG13 \u2013 114 min. \u2013 $29.99 | April 24, 2012<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:<\/span>
\nDirected by: <\/strong>John Stockwell
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Amy Sorlie (story), Amy Sorlie and Ronnie Christensen (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/strong>March 30, 2012 (limited)<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>None
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, English, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>22.4 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Poor Halle Berry, her post Oscar filmography has been less than impressive to say the least. First there was Die Another Day <\/em>(though to be fair, she signed on to that prior), followed by the dreadfully dank supernatural thriller Gothika<\/em>, the awful and shameful Catwoman<\/em> (she was hot, so that\u2019s something), yet another suspense-thriller turkey in Perfect Stranger<\/em> and most recently the dreadful ensemble romantic-comedy New Year\u2019s Eve<\/em>. Berry has also had a couple decent roles such as X2<\/em> and Thing\u2019s We Lost in the Fire<\/em>, but needless to say, her career hasn\u2019t exactly been on the upswing.<\/p>\n

Her latest is Dark Tide<\/em><\/strong>, which received an extremely limited run, so limited that Box Office Mojo only has a foreign tally ($432k). Yikes. But beyond the box office, there\u2019s a reason this movie probably had a difficult time finding a distributor: it\u2019s simply put, downright boring and lacks a cohesive or coherent narrative.<\/p>\n

When the movie opens, we meet Kate (HALLE BERRY), an expert in everything shark related. She\u2019s working with a documentary filmmaker, Jeff (OLIVIER MARTINEZ), who just so happens to be her boyfriend. During one of their excursions to film a few sharks in the water, one of her crewmates gets attacked and eaten by one of these sharks; as you can imagine, the fella didn\u2019t make it through…<\/p>\n

Fast forward a year and we find Kate playing it safe, only taking customers out into the water for some sightseeing, refusing to allow anyone near any sharks and especially outside one of those cages. Unfortunately for her, the bills are piling up as the number of customers are drying up, preferring to go on ships that allow shark seeing. So with money troubles, she is offered a lucrative job by the now ex-boyfriend to take a snobby rich guy (RALPH BROWN) and his far more down to earth son (LUKE TYLER) out onto the seas and swim with the sharks. Initially resistant, she eventually caves but only under the condition that a shark cage would be used rather than free swimming.<\/p>\n

Basically, the middle part of the movie has her butting heads with the rich douchebag, dealing with the emotional baggage of losing a friend and possibly rekindling a romance with the ex-boyfriend. It\u2019s just as dull and boring as the first part and if not for the underwater photography, it would\u2019ve been a complete waste of time. The third act somewhat picks up and while I\u2019m not sure if director John Stockwell did it on purpose to put the audience in the characters flippers, it\u2019s a chaotic sequence as a storm heads in, topples over the boat leaving passenger scattered all around, each trying to do one thing or another.<\/p>\n

The biggest problem I had with Dark Tide<\/em><\/strong> is that it simply wasn\u2019t a very interesting or compelling movie to watch. Halle Berry, God bless her soul, makes the most out of a lousy script \u2013 by Ronnie Christensen (Passengers<\/em>) and Amy Sorlie (debut) \u2013 that crawls at an alarmingly slow rate, introducing us to characters we couldn\u2019t care less about and participating in a plot that is, at best, boring as hell.<\/p>\n

Outside of Berry, the supporting cast I suppose are alright. Olivier Martinez is a bit smarmy as the ex-boyfriend; Ralph Brown as Rich Guy Douchebag starts out as a jerk but gets the obligatory arc where he becomes less of a douche; Luke Tyler is alright as the son who is embarrassed by Mr. Douchebag; and Mark Elderkin plays the ship hand who probably is the most likeable character of the bunch.<\/p>\n

The one and only saving grace to this movie is thanks to John Stockwell\u2019s incredible underwater photography, giving audiences some awe striking shots of all creatures underneath the sea in very nice detail. Given Stockwell\u2019s history, it\u2019s no surprise how he got the gig, if only the script wasn\u2019t better because otherwise Dark Tide<\/em><\/strong> might\u2019ve been a memorable film rather than one destined for the annals of obscurity.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release comes with a matted slip cover (which matches the inner cover), unfortunately outside of a few previews<\/strong>, there\u2019s nothing else on the disc.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dark Tide<\/em><\/strong> swims and bites its way onto Blu-ray with a good 1080p high-definition transfer, showing off the deep blue underwater shots as well as the land scenes which have fine detail levels and a color array that looks well balanced. The only drawback is, whenever they are in the water, banding is quite apparent so it\u2019s not as smooth as I\u2019d like it, but still it\u2019s not overly distracting.
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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track isn\u2019t anything fantastic but perfectly fine for this release. The lossless track tends to show off when character bob up and below the water and during the mundane musical score. Dialogue levels are mostly crisp and clean and some of the audio effects, as few as they are, were also fine.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Dark Tide<\/em><\/strong> receives high marks for its underwater camera work but the story is lame and the acting is sometimes even worse. Halle Berry for her part is OK with a limited role. The Blu-ray offers up solid audio and video transfers but there are no features so even if you enjoyed the film, you might want to hold off until it\u2019s around $5.<\/p>\n

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The Movieman<\/em>
\nPublished: <\/strong>05\/15\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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