“One tiny spark becomes a night of blazing suspense!” That tagline from 1974’s The Towering Inferno could easily have been slapped on Renny Harlin’s Deep Water. Maybe combined with “You’ll Never Go in the Water Again!” from Jaws. Even The Poseidon Adventure’s classic “Hell, upside down!” might apply to a scene or two. While the director’s last studio hit, 1999’s Deep Blue Sea, shares shark DNA, the new thriller’s roots are deeply embedded in 1970s disaster movies, not least the truly dreadful Airport ’77. Or as dreadful as any movie featuring screen divinity Lee Grant and Brenda Vaccaro can be.
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