Movie Details
Screenwriter
Chad Law
Josh Ridgway
Director
Christian Sesma
Producer
Daemon Hillin
Genre
Action, Thriller
Distributed by
Saban Films
Release date
January 24, 2025
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$51,955
Into The Deep Movie (2025 Film) Cast
- Callum McGowan as Gregg
- Scout Taylor-Compton as Cassidy
- Quinn P. Hensley as Cassidy
- Nina Padovan as Cassidy
- Jon Seda as Jordan Devane
- Stuart Townsend as Daemon Benz
- Richard Dreyfuss as Seamus
- AnnaMaria Demara as Nancy
- David Gray as Ed
- Lorena Sarria as Itsara
- Tofan Pirani as Apache
- Ron Smoorenburg as Chucky
- Tom O’Connell as Chason
- Maverick Kang Jr. as Pierre
Premise
Christian Sesma is the director of the 2025 American action thriller Into the Deep, which was written by Chad Law and Josh Ridgway and starred Richard Dreyfuss, Scout Taylor-Compton, Jon Seda, and Stuart Townsend.
Into the Deep (2025 film)
After her father was killed by a shark, Cassidy, a marine researcher, chooses to face her concerns by going diving with her new husband, Gregg, close to Madagascar. They’re also looking for lost wealth. A couple called Pierre and Itsara are among the other divers aboard their boat, which is helmed by Gregg’s buddy Daemon. But when contemporary pirates, under the psychopathic leadership of Jordan, take control of their boat in search of a missing drug shipment, their journey takes a perilous turn. To recover the contraband, the visitors are forced to plunge into shark-infested seas by the pirates. Both the vicious pirates and the lethal sharks are encountered by the divers as they fight for their lives.
Richard Dreyfuss delivers a lecture about shark conservation at the film’s conclusion.
Reviews
Christian Sesma’s 2025 film Into the Deep makes an effort to combine high-seas exploration with shark-infested excitement, but it ultimately fails to establish itself. In the movie, Richard Dreyfuss plays Cassidy’s grandpa, Seamus, in a reference to Dreyfuss’s famous performance in Jaws, and Scout Taylor-Compton plays Cassidy, a talented diver facing her tragic past. The story follows Cassidy and her husband Gregg (Callum McGowan) as they go diving close to where her father was killed by a shark. When contemporary pirates, commanded by Jordan (Jon Seda), take control of their boat and force them to recover drug packages that have been drowned in shark-infested waters, their adventure takes a dangerous turn.
Although the idea is promising, the implementation is flawed, according to critics. The Guardian’s Leslie Felperin calls the movie “pulpy yet weirdly woo-woo,” praising the sharks’ realistic representation but critiquing its cliched dialogue and lack of tension. The movie is “ultimately more about drug cartels than sharks,” according to Heaven of Horror, which warns audiences not to be duped by the actors or marketing. Dreyfuss’s last monologue, in which he lectures about shark conservation throughout the end credits, is one of the film’s odd decisions. It seems out of place with the story that comes before it. In conclusion, a conventional narrative and undeveloped characters hinder Into Deep’s ability to fulfill its exciting notion.
In this shark-infested pirate film, Richard “Jaws” Dreyfuss and Scout Taylor-Compton (better known as Laurie Strode from “Rob Zombies Halloween 1&2”) play the lead roles. “Scout Taylor-Compton” portrays a marine biologist who, with her spouse, goes back to the same area of Madagascar’s sea where her father was murdered by a shark years prior to confront her anxieties. But when a crew of contemporary pirates shows there in pursuit of a hidden drug cache that now rests on the sea below, her efforts to confront her anxieties and put the past behind her are destroyed.
Our Hero and Heroine are forced to plunge into the shark-infested ocean to find the missing narcotics by the pirates, who are unwilling to put themselves in danger. There can never be another “Jaws,” so let’s face it, if you were hoping for one, you’ll be let down. How much you like this movie will depend on where your expectations are placed. Not all of “Into the Deep” is negative, but it won’t take home any awards or rank among the best Shark films. There is a surprising amount of violent Shark action, the narrative is ordinary but accomplishes its goals, and the acting—which will never be Oscar-worthy—is passable. There is some enjoyment to be gained if you just put your feet up, turn off your brain, and see “Into the Deep” as a harmless “B” film. There are undoubtedly worse films out there. “Into the Deep” will gladly kill 90 minutes on a Sunday afternoon, but don’t anticipate a classic or another “Jaws” unless you can suspend ALL believe.
