![]() And it’s a genre that’s been long out of favour in Hollywood for a number of reasons. Deep Water is his comeback after two decades, and he chose to make another movie in a genre he had a big hand in popularising in the 1980s and 1990s. With Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill. People may complain this is a failure on Lyne’s part to live up to the expectations his return sets in people’s minds. Shallow Grave, Deep Water: Directed by Jay Hernandez. A few odd decisions are made in regards to the look of a couple of scenes, but the storytelling decisions are ultimately what yanks us out of the story. Most of the problems are with the script, but there are some glaring missteps from the direction and with technical aspects. Characters make one borderline unbelievable decision after another. ![]() Tracy Letts pops up as a mystery writer called Don Wilson, and it’s not apparent why or how he belongs to this group of friends other than because the story needs him to be there to start putting together potential clues. This is one of the many nonsensical elements of Deep Water, most of which start piling up in the last act. It paves over some of the rougher parts of what’s generally a flawed screenplay by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson ( Euphoria), adapting the 1957 novel by Patricia Highsmith. For about two-thirds of this throwback thriller’s runtime, the twisty, fascinating, and downright confusing dance Vic and Melinda have between each other is enough to keep audiences engaged. Iornically, the performances of Affleck and de Armas and the complex relationship between their characters are what keep Deep Water from careening off into utter disbelief. The only thing keeping them together is a tenuous agreement that Melinda can galavant around with other men, just so long as she doesn’t abandon Vic and their daughter Trixie (Grace Jenkins). Vic (Ben Affleck) and Melinda (Ana de Armas) Van Allen are a married couple in Louisiana whose relationship is hanging on by a thread. With his first movie in 20 years, director Adrian Lyne ( Fatal Attraction) dives back into something familiar with the erotic psychological thriller Deep Water.
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