Submerged

This had so much potential to be an incredible feature but its convoluted plot and anti-climatic ending left much to be desired.

This Australian horror movie starts out well, setting the scene with a solid introduction to our main characters. For a low-budget film, there is some really good character developments.

The story follows two sisters, one of which has a special gift where she can predict the future, or at least see future events/premonitions, moving to a small town after a fire killed their parents.

Intergraded with this storyline are flashbacks to a young man kidnapping and murdering two young women, drowning them - hence the title.

The two storylines come together when it is revealed the young man we've been watching murder these two young women is actually now an older man who is still hell-bent on killing. He's now talkative, where as in the flashbacks, he's been silent.

The end still confuses me and feels unsatisfying. There needed to be an additional 10-20 minutes tacked on to explain the ending. Some scenes featured in the movie could have also been cut to lower the runtime.

Acting was solid from some people involved. Ella Roberts, Ben Crawford, Richard Lovegrove, and Nicole Mazurek were standouts. Everyone else seemed to be phoning in their performances or were below average. Visuals were nice and the story moved at a good pace.

Overall, Submerged is a film that you'll watch once and easily forget. It has it's moments but not enough for it to be overly memorable. Good effort for a low-budget amateur production.