{"id":1010,"date":"2014-03-04T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T16:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2014-03-04T10:03:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T16:03:12","slug":"red-water-2003-tv-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=1010","title":{"rendered":"Red Water (2003) &#8211; TV Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Red Water&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information follow <a title=\"IMDb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0365677\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Struggling charter boat captain, John Sanders, is approached by the Discovery oil company and his ex-wife to lead an expedition on a Louisiana river to assess an oil drilling rig.\u00a0 Meanwhile, a criminal organization is diving nearby for sunken treasure.\u00a0 At the same time, shark attacks have begun on the same river and everyone is on the hunt.\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This rather slow moving made-for-tv movie, featuring veteran actors Lou Diamond Phillips and Kristy Swanson, not to forget the fun and colorful Coolio, seems to rely too heavily on the stunning scenery (amusingly &#8211; or sadly-, instead of filming in beautiful Louisiana, it was filmed in South Africa).\u00a0 The acting was the only good thing about the movie. The plot, such as it was, couldn&#8217;t decide what it wanted to be, with a variety of villains and twists from which to choose.\u00a0 I suspect that the film makers intentions were high drama and suspenseful thriller with understated violence rather than horror, but ended up with meh.\u00a0 The effects are about what one would expect from this type of movie.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t the worst film I&#8217;ve ever seen, there were parts that were amusing (the eye candy was appreciated) and suspenseful, but mostly it was rather unmemorable.\u00a0 I gave this 1\u00a0 beers.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intheaudience.net\/\/clipart\/beer.JPG\" width=\"41\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"mojodawn\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Red%20Water%20%282003%29%20-%20TV%20Movie\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Red Water&#8221; For more information follow this link. 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