Jared Cole and his girlfriend Sam Nicholson are a young couple living in the Caribbean. Jared is an unemployed diver whose dream is to find treasure in the Caribbean Sea and Sam works at a local resort as a shark handler. When Jared's best friend Bryce Dunn, a selfish New York lawyer and his new girlfriend Amanda Collins arrive, the two couples spend a couple of days experiencing paradise. But, they discover an airplane on the sea floor that crashed during a hurricane and they find the cargo on-board the airplane is cocaine. Jared and Sam's lives are in danger, when Bryce and Amanda make a deal with a dangerous drug lord who wants the cocaine. Jared's rival, Treasure Hunter Derek Bates learns what they are doing and tries to negotiate the cocaine to raise money for a expedition where he intends to find a sunken boat with treasure. Jared, Sam, Bryce, and Amanda find themselves racing against time to find the shipwreck before somebody else does. In Caribbean Sea, the diver Jared and his girlfriend Sam have a simple life, aiming at finding a treasure, but without money to buy the necessary ship and equipment. When Jared's friend, the egocentric and selfish young lawyer Bryce, and his new girlfriend Amanda arrive in the island to spend a couple of days with them, they dive together and accidentally find a wrecked airplane loaded with cocaine, and evidences of a sunken boat with a treasure. Afraid of losing the treasure for the arrogant hunter Bates, Bryce tries to convince Jared and Sam to negotiate a small part of the drug to raise the necessary money for the expedition, but the correct couple does not accept the proposal. Bryce and Amanda decide to deal themselves with a drug lord, jeopardizing the life and integrity of Jared and Sam. An unofficial remake of the 70s THE DEEP, Alba and Walker star as a couple who pass their days soaking in the sun and searching for unknown treasures on the ocean floor. After a hurricane sweeps through their area, Walker decides to go hunting for valuables that may have been unburied due to the sand being shifted. During this process, they are joined by another couple, and this is when the story gets interesting. They do find something, and possibly more than they bargained for. During the course of the movie, they will have to weigh moral issues and the consequences of certain choices they make. The underwater scenes are exhilarating and beautiful.<br/><br/>We also get a lot of glistening bodies to look at. This "scenery" will please and attract any viewer who wants to see great looking people in their swimsuits, and not just brooding in passivity. The characters aren't one dimensional, but react to the situation they find themselves in.<br/><br/>The climax is quite brutal for a PG-13 rating. There are exciting twists and turns during the denouement. The introduction is rather slow, but it helps to set up the characters and the environment. So, don't listen to the negative reviews, and see it for yourself. You'll be glad you saw it. 7/10. "Into The Blue" is a good movie for one of those night's where you have nothing else to do but to watch movies. Don't get me wrong, it's not a terrible movie, it is just not what i expected. From the trailer it looked like this was going to be a good action / thriller. I was wrong. For the first 45 minutes it focuses on a diving instructor (Walker) and his girlfriend (Alba), who have friends visiting and search for treasure under the ocean. They find a crashed plane under the water, loaded with cocaine. It leads you to believe that finally it is going to get suspenseful in this part of the movie…wrong. After some more treasure hunting and leaving the whole plane / drug find on hold, at about 1 hour and 15 minutes in the movie is where the plot comes into play. They have to get the drugs from the plane to the drug dealer in 12 hours. Now instead of doing that right away they keep going treasure hunting for about another 15-20 minutes. Then finally at about 1 hour and 20 or 25 minutes into the movie (with 25 minutes left in the movie) the action and suspense that is shown in the trailer come into play. Overall, "Into The Blue" is a good movie with a decent storyline and a satisfying ending and action, when it is shown. Just letting you know, don't go into this movie thinking that all of the scenes shown in the trailer is what the movie is about because it is not. It is about 75% Drama, getting to know the characters and the sub-plot and the other 25% is where the good action is. It is a good movie for Drama / Action fans. Recommended as a rental. 6/10 Laughably awful.
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