47 Meters Down: Uncaged

Movie review by Jeffrey Anderson, Common Sense Media
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age 13+

Poorly made shark sequel has some gory moments.

PG-13 2019 89 minutes
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age 13+

Based on 11 reviews

Kids say

age 12+

Based on 33 reviews

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The parents' guide to what's in this movie.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is the sequel to 47 Meters Down. Expect shark-related violence: Characters are attacked, bitten, and killed, with gory wounds and blood swirling in the water. A gory human head is shown, and a character drowns, horrifyingly, on camera. A flare gun is fired at a shark, and bullies shove a character into a swimming pool. Language includes uses of "ass," and there are middle-finger gestures. Teen girls wear skimpy swimsuits. Unfortunately, this movie lacks everything that made the original worth seeing; this one has confusing visuals, underdeveloped characters, and weak jump scares.

Community Reviews

GFH1985
GFH1985 Adult
April 26, 2022
age 16+

Don’t waste your time!

The movie is a total waste of time unless you like to see blood and gore with sharks. The dialogue is atrocious and apparently people can talk underwater while still with a breathing tube. Not kidding! No-one pointed out to the clueless film-makers that you cannot hear underwater - yet here are the girls having conversations with each other! And a fish that screams! Interesting as fish have no lungs or vocal chords! And an alarm goes off and everything hears it! Hasn’t anyone told the brainless director that human ears can’t hear an alarm underwater! Oh my! Basic science! This is not just fantasy but the full-scale assault on the intelligence . Oh and btw, we have also to believe that a great white shark - one of the most voracious of oceanic predators - can survive, reproduce and evolve in an underwater cave so as to lose its eyesight. Duh! And just one last point - I have never scuba dived in my life but even I know that you cannot dive and swim at depth for long without fins. Was there no diving expert around when this movie was made? Or did he drop dead in horror at the goofs? The director and script writers have also not learned that less is more when it comes to tension and there is totally pointless slasher movie scenes which do nothing more than to revolt. I do not like to see young girls torn to pieces by sharks . Do not see it as it is not recommended. The dialogue between the girls is absolutely embarrassing btw and has obviously been written by 40-year-old blokes!

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Too much violence
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Brooke B.
Brooke B. Adult
February 18, 2021
age 12+

Suspenseful Thriller

This is a good suspenseful movie that I watched with my daughters, ages 12 and 14. There is very little cursing, and no extreme curse words. There is nothing even remotely sexual. There are, however, gory death scenes at the hands of sharks. On the bright side, it was full of good life lessons; Don’t scuba dive without a guide line into a cave you’re not supposed to be in without anyone knowing.
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What's the Story?

In 47 METERS DOWN: UNCAGED, Mia (Sophie Nelisse) and Sasha (Corinne Foxx) are reluctant stepsisters, with Mia's father, Grant (John Corbett), married to Sasha's mother, Jennifer (Nia Long). Grant has found an underwater cavern and is busy mapping it out, so when Mia and Sasha are booked on a glass-bottom boat tour, Sasha convinces Mia to run off with her two best friends, Alexa (Brianne Tju) and Nicole (Sistine Rose Stallone), instead. Since Alexa is dating Grant's assistant, she knows where the cave is and brings the girls there to swim. Discovering a shipment of scuba-diving equipment, they decide to go exploring. Unfortunately, hungry sharks appear, and the girls find themselves trapped, with their air tanks running out.

Is It Any Good?

Unlike the tight, gripping original, this pointless shark-related sequel is meandering and unfocused, with interchangeable characters and confusing visuals. Writer-director Johannes Roberts and co-writer Ernest Riera follow up their crafty 2017 hit with entirely new characters and a new scenario and location. But while the first movie deftly developed its two characters and then kept them in one spot, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged has four characters who rove all around a disorienting cave. It's impossible to tell at any given moment where anyone is or who anyone is. (It's almost as bad as Open Water 3: Cage Dive.)

The four teen girls, covered in scuba gear, continually shout one another's names ("Mia!" "Alexa!" "Sasha!" "Nicole!" "You guys!") as if that will help clear up who's who. It doesn't. The swishy underwater photography and constantly swinging flashlights completely obscure the space of the action, rendering much of the attempted suspense inert. Instead, Roberts is reduced to turning his movie into a traditional slasher-type scenario, with cheap jump scares and sudden appearances; none of it makes much sense. The ancient cavern setting could have been quite spectacular, but instead 47 Meters Down: Uncaged only serves to taint the memory of its predecessor.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about 47 Meters Down: Uncaged's violence. What's shown and not shown? How did it affect you?

  • What's the appeal of scary movies? Why do people sometimes like to be scared?

  • Why do you think so many people (and movies) are fascinated with sharks?

  • How does the movie treat bullies? What are other ways of handling them?

  • Have you ever taken a dangerous risk? How did it turn out? Were the rewards worth it? Was there a lesson learned?

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