'Underwater' is 'Alien' but with Kristen Stewart and, well... underwater

There's only one joke to make here.
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Caitlin Welsh
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'Underwater' is 'Alien' but with Kristen Stewart and, well... underwater
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Underwater, no one can hear you scream. Well, they can if they're nearby and can catch an earful of your terrified gurgling, but also, I wouldn't recommend screaming, because you'll need that oxygen, because you're about to walk across the deep sea floor and try not to get eaten by a mysterious monster.

OK, so it's not as catchy a tagline -- but the isolated, hermetically-sealed sci-fi horror vibe of Underwater is too close to Alien not to have a go. (Alien But It's) Underwater stars Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, and Jessica Henwick (Game Of Thrones, The Force Awakens) as a ragtag bunch of adventurers in a scientifically advanced space station ocean base.

Even if it turns out not to be a sci-fi classic on the level of Ridley Scott's masterpiece, at least we'll have Stewart in the lead, serving Lori Petty-meets-Ripley-in-Alien-3 looks with a bleached buzz cut. For that aesthetic alone, it's all worth it.

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Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin is Mashable's Australian Editor. She has written for The Guardian, Junkee, and any number of plucky little music and culture publications that were run on the smell of an oily rag and have since been flushed off the Internet like a dead goldfish by their new owners. She also worked at Choice, Australia's consumer advocacy non-profit and magazine, and as such has surprisingly strong opinions about whitegoods. She enjoys big dumb action movies, big clever action movies, cult Canadian comedies set in small towns, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Replacements, smoky mezcal, revenge bedtime procrastination, and being left the hell alone when she's reading.


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