er Fraser (Mendelsohn, referred
to as a Brit, but very much sporting his native Aussie accent) expresses his distaste at the idea
of the Russian crew members
receiving the same cut as the
Brits. As the nervy Daniels points
out to Robinson, the fewer men
who make it back, the larger everyone’s cut will ultimately be.
Given the reputations of some
of the narcissists onboard, this
makes for a tense, paranoid trip
to the dark depths of the big
blue.
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Director Macdonald does an
effective job of conveying the
claustrophobic tension of this
premise, his camera roaming
the tight corridors of the submarine in a way that recalls, as does
the male dominated milieu of
the film, John Carpenter’s The
Thing. James Cameron’s Aliens is
clearly an influence also, as McNairy’s slippery company man is
practically a carbon copy of the
character played by Paul Reiser
in the earlier movie.
As with most of Macdonald’s
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