Xlyfindel I actually really like this movie because it has my cute ex-girlfriend's name in it as one of the main characters. Aside from that and it being really cute to watch together I can't give it a really stellar rating. I would have lost all interest about halfway through the movie when it hit a standstill trying to set up dramatic tension between the paper thin characters. It is also a very pretty movie with the setting in someplace I would love to go vacation along with gratuitous underwater scenes. This is the other thing that broke my suspension of disbelief, they are under water for way too long! Even with the professional diver background it seems like it was an unrealistically long amount of time between breathes, which is fine, but then the element of drowning is put into play later. I like the acting in this plenty enough, its just the story and motivating forces moving the character actions seem kind of weak.

Jackson Booth-Millard This is not a sequel, but it is certainly a follow-up from director John Stockwell (Crazy/Beautiful) to his own Blue Crush, with another water based film, filled with a couple of girls in bikinis, obviously a good hook. Basically, in the Caribbean Sea of the Bahamas, diver Jared Cole (Paul Walker) and his girlfriend Sam Nicholson (Razzie nominated Jessica Alba) decide to take a diving trip, with Jared's best friend Bryce Dunn (Scott Caan) and his new selfish New York girlfriend Amanda Collins (Ashley Scott). After spending a little time in their paradise, they come across some pieces of treasure on top of some sort of ship or something. But then even more interesting, a crashed plane on the sea bed, and inside a whole hoard of cargo bags containing cocaine, but they are not telling anyone else about this until they find enough of the treasure to make their fortune, and they are ignoring the drugs. Slowly, they realise that their are people looking to take their hundreds of cocaine bags, and Jared and Sam's lives are in danger as suspected of thieving. They are on a race against time to make sure the shipwreck is found, and the cocaine stash destroyed, along with the bad guys, before it's too late. Also starring Josh Brolin (James's son) as Bates, James Frain as Reyes, Dwayne Adway as Roy, Tyson Beckford as Primo, Gill Montie as Big Dave and Chris Taloa as Quinn. Just like the near predecessor, the ocean sequences are beautifully filmed, and there are some good moments of diving and jet skis, and seeing the two girls, well, Alba more so, in bikinis, makes good viewing, but this film doesn't stay consistent. It is interesting for the first forty to fifty minutes, but then it trails into a boring non exciting crime thing, so while it isn't all boring, it isn't as good as the film that came before. Okay!

Angelus2 Jared is a diver who ends up in trouble with a drug-lord whose cocaine has ended up in the bottom of the ocean.This is average action movie, however I'm not sure I'd call it an action movie as there is limited amounts of action. The acting is, actually better then expected, but still poor....I mean Josh Brolin is in this movie...He raises the bar for Walker and Alba, who sink miserably.The cinematography was brilliant, beautiful beaches with wonderful shots of the ocean floor and the its amazing inhabitants...It was genuinely better than expected...I mean, you've got Jessica Alba in water...What else could you possibly want?

Floated2 I saw this movie today, after already reading reviews panning it; so I decided to watch it because I was bored and there wasn't much on television that hour.This movie is pretty alright, its not that bad as some complained but its really not that great also Into the Blue has great scenery, great cinematography, beautiful Caribbean setting, and splendid action. There was a LOT more action than I had anticipated in this movie. The drug-smuggling / underwater struggles / were wonderful.I enjoyed the ending of the movie, it had great action and I thought it summarized the whole film great. Though it was very predictable. The good guys win and the bad ones lose, that was greaattt!!! (tony tiger) This all makes for a good mixed genre movie that I think did it's job very well indeed: great entertainment!