Immersion

source: Immersion

I liked the movie but I must admit that I was about to stop it during the first 20 minutes, don't do it because it's worth it! The psychology, the terror of the unknown and the tension are present all the time. It's strong, and it's not surprising that it is only for people over 18 years of age, you are warned! It's almost a fight between father and one of his daughters. Tenacity, arrogance, stubbornness, lack of communication... The part that we see in many psychological movies from our sofa, what would you do? This part I like the most! Yes, it may be that the decisions made are not the best, but it is also the fault of the lack of communication, what is in the bag? Where is the missing friend? ..in short...all these questions that these two guys could have answered might have led the situation to another end. Don't miss this one!

It is impossible to watch Immersion by Nic Postiglione without thinking about Roman Polanskis debut feature Knife in the Water. Most of the story goes on during a boat trip, where there is danger lurking. This Chelean/Mexcan movie tells the story about a father and his two daughters on a boat trip, where they try to avoid to save a group of three men seemingly about to go under with their boat. He re-decides, and goes on to save them, something which turns the trip into a nightmare. Well played out, mysterious, and nerve wrenching - a thriller which feels very true, and still a little unfulfilling. The whole thing is about the nerve here, and it works pretty well.

Although the directing and closeup shots were admirable, the amateur writing overshadowed the good. It started off fine, then went to dumb, then ended up laughably unrealistic. First act: the father-daughters dynamics were set up perfectly, leaving a suspenseful interest going into the second act. Then the writing becomes weak; there's no logical reason any father - who was clearly very protective of his daughters, would invite them back onto the boat, especially when the two daughters finally grow up and recognize the danger. The false logic here is for him to turn them over to the authorities, when he could've just left them there, and clearly since he had cell service, called the police to get them squatting at the house. Creating such an illogical narrative just kills all suspense created, and starts to become laughable. Then in the third act, he all of a sudden wants to kick them off the boat with a spear gun - no sense, but even worse, the spoiled brat daughter (already having acknowledged the danger), jumps off the boat - for what, spite? That was just laughably dumb. Even all the mini-mystery scenes such as "what's in the box" or "open the bag" was infantile writing, because anyone that has nothing to hide would've easily obliged. At least actually put something questionable in the cooler or the bag instead of something that could've been so easily shown from the start. It's just a lazy and lame red-herring attempt to build suspense, that ultimately lets you down. I also found the color choices in the cinematography to be too bland, and the entire film was too dark. In many scenes, the sky was so bright and the faces too dark. That's just amateur filmmaking. The performances and score however were spot on, and the only reason I'm being generous with my 5/10. I wouldn't recommend it either, and feel I wasted 82 minutes of my time. It's just not worth the good build-up with the many let-downs in the second and third acts. There's many other better films out there similar to this one you're better off watching.