A newly released survival film has stormed straight to Netflix's number one spot and we can't work out why.
Set in the Caribbean, the movie follows Naomi (Mădălina Diana Ghenea), a round-the-world yachtswoman, who sets out on a solo trip to meet her boyfriend, Jackson (Ed Westwick) in Grenada.
However, her three-day sail aboard 47-foot yacht 'The Serenity' takes an unexpectedly turn when a storm swerves her offtrack to an uninhabited island.
After managing to find survivors who are clinging to the shattered remains of a boat, she learns that these people are in fact savage drug traffickers played by Stany Coppet, Macarena Gómez and John-Paul Pace.
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The group then force Naomi to dive down into the hull of the sunken wreck to retrieve 350 kilos of cocaine, where she is confronted by a frenzy of great white sharks.
Take a look at the trailer for Deep Fear below:
Although the 2023 film has charged to the top of Netflix's Top 10, Deep Fear only has a 13 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
And viewers aren't convinced on the movie, despite the promising premise.
One wrote: "Great scenario if they had had some money to actually hire capable actors and a film crew.
"Despite the bad acting, insignificant technical advising means all screenplay for either diving or sailing are p**s poor. Great movie if you are fighting through insomnia.
"I watched it out of curiosity and was amused at finding out all irrelevant facts and errors."
A second added: "A very slow and boring movie.
"The acting was bad and the writing was so boring I about fell to sleep. The plot was the same tired shark plot that has been seen in every single movie since the beginning."
Another also wrote: "Perhaps there are some who will enjoy this film. Unfortunately, even though I am a die hard creature feature fanatic, I'm not one of them.
"I can tolerate sharks on cocaine, and other plot holes, but the divers communicating by radio whilst underwater was something I couldn't abide. The movies greatest disappointment was that it was an exercise in deep boredom."
Though a few did enjoy the thriller, with one viewer writing on X: "Deep Fear is one of the best shark movies I've ever watched recently, especially after the Meg."
While someone else added: "Deep Fear on Netflix get a 10/10 for me. Good movie."
If you want to check it out for yourself, Deep Fear is available to stream on Netflix now.
Topics: Sharks, Shark Attacks, Netflix, TV and Film
Anish Vij