Film Review – The Dive

For screenwriter Joachim Heden, a second chance to work with his concept for suspense has been provided. 2020’s “Breaking Surface” was a Swedish production concerning trouble in the deep waters for two sisters who don’t have anyone else to turn to when trying to survive a nightmare scenario. “The Dive” is an English-language remake, with Heden once again returning to script the endeavor, joining co-writer/director Maximilian Erlenwein for a reworking of the concept, trying to approach the same viewing experience in a different way. There’s not much to the story, which largely consists of vague relationship issues, leaving the bulk of the viewing experience to tense situations of rescue and endurance. “The Dive” mostly scores with dread, with Erlenwein providing a tense take on the central crisis for most of the run time. The effort does occasionally spin its wheels trying to come up with things to worry about, but a defined sense of claustrophobia and frustration is never far from view. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com