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The Pool (2018)

Action | 91 minutes
2,69 13 votes

Genre: Action / Thriller

Duration: 91 minuten

Alternative title: Narok 6 Metre

Country: Thailand

Directed by: Ping Lumpraploeng

Stars: Theeradej Wongpuapan and Ratnamon Ratchiratham

IMDb score: 5,2 (3.962)

Releasedate: 27 September 2018

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The Pool plot

"No water. No ladder. No way out."

Day, an insecure and underpaid artistic director, has just finished a commercial in an abandoned Olympic-sized swimming pool. He is saddled with cleaning and emptying the six-meter-deep pool. Before he starts the heavy work, he wants to enjoy the sun and the chlorine for a while. He dozes without hesitation on his air mattress…

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Very moderate.

On paper, the concept of a man trapped in a drained swimming pool with a crocodile seems like a surefire hit in the ridiculous genre. Sometimes the world needs a silly horror film, and this one seemed like it from the start.

This film is indeed a rather silly one, but there are limits, and The Pool easily exceeds them. The misfortune the main character endures becomes simply irritating after a while. There may be some improbabilities in a film like this, but when it's conceived seriously and also goes completely over the top, there's little fun left.

Moreover, the underwater footage during the first 20 minutes is one of the few things the viewer can still enjoy visually. The crocodile looks truly awful, but the sets themselves are also rather sparsely decorated. Aside from some rather obvious filming flaws, this film simply isn't well-made. The camera occasionally floats beautifully over the water, but once the pool dries up, there's little enjoyment left.

The acting is decent, and the first half hour is passable. After that, you start to realize that nothing really happens. The pace is completely lacking, as is the flow. It eventually becomes tiresome to keep watching because the score never seems to rise; even a reasonably action-packed finale can't save it.

What this film needs is cinematographic talent. The bare bones are rather disappointing, and it can't compensate for the many implausibilities and dull events. The Pool sounds pretty good when you read the synopsis, but the execution is rather dull, and so this is a film you'll forget in no time. That's a shame, though.

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