First off, hats off to one of the best marketing campaigns I have seen in recent times for a horror (any?) flick. Truly magnificent work. That said, Smile lives in very familiar territory and is unable to separate itself from everything it is inspired by. The good thing is while you won't get anything original, you will get a decent rehashing of what you have liked before.
Solid creature feature entry. Pretty good practical effects and decent character development. Gets hamstrung by some plausibility issues (top security base but people are just walking in and out everywhere??) but definitely worth a gander.
Lotta fun. A little bit behind the snappiness of the first one but still a nice romp. Everyone here is really on their game too. I continue to be enamored with the development of Bautista's chops, Monae keeps giving reasons for me to be a big fan, and Craig's Benoit is one of the most likable new franchise characters to come along in awhile.
Both a lot of good and bad here. Let's start with the bad:
Kristen Stewart is near naked for a good part of the film and most it felt pretty unnecessary. I like eye candy but goddamn man. Worse than that though is my questions of the science behind a lot of what is going on. I don't know much about pressure under water and deep sea physics and what not, but a lot of the stuff that happens in Underwater seems pretty inaccurate.
The good is that outside of plausibility, Underwater is pretty suspenseful and the set and effects are top notch. I was really impressed with how well shot this was for a fairly average budget. Worth a watch for fans of creature features.