Entertainment Studios cancelled the 2 August home release and instead committed to a theatrical release in the United States in summer 2017. However, on 25 July 2016, Variety reported that Dimension had sold the rights to Entertainment Studios. Original distributor Dimension Films had initially set a North American DVD and VOD release date for 2 August 2016. Additional photography took place in January 2016. Principal photography took place in the Dominican Republic, and Pinewood Indomina Studios, Dominican Republic in July 2015, and concluded the following month.
When Lisa looks around for Kate, she realizes that her sister is not present and begins crying, remembering that Kate was killed by the great white shark. As Coast Guard divers arrive to rescue her and carry her to the surface, Lisa begins coming out of her hallucination, calling out to Kate. It is revealed that Lisa has been hallucinating all this time due to nitrogen narcosis and that she is still at the bottom of the ocean with her leg pinned under the cage, with Kate gone. The men pull the sisters onto the boat, saving them, and start patching up their wounds when they see that the shark has bitten off half of Lisa's leg. She sticks her fingers in the shark's eye and it releases her. Both women make it to the boat but Lisa is attacked again. One of the sharks bites Lisa's leg but she escapes. Kate accidentally drops the second flare and lights the third, discovering that they are surrounded by sharks.Īs the third flare goes out, Taylor yells for them to drop their gear and make a break for the surface, and they swim as fast as they can. At the 20-meter mark, Taylor reminds them they must wait five minutes to decompress and avoid the bends. Due to the nature of Kate's wounds, the sisters decide to swim to the surface, using one of the flares to scare off the sharks. Lisa uses her BCD to lift up the cage, freeing her leg, and she swims to Kate.
Kate is injured and her blood is attracting more sharks. Lisa uses the spear from the spear gun to pull a tank toward her and dons it, getting more air. As she returns to the cage, she is attacked and (presumably) devoured by a great white shark. Kate finds three flares to signal the coast guard. He also warns that the second tank may cause nitrogen narcosis, which can lead to hallucinations. He sends air tanks down and tells them the coast guard is an hour out. Kate tells Taylor they are low on air and Lisa is trapped. The spare cable is attached but it also snaps and the cage sinks back down, landing on Lisa's leg and pinning her. Lisa takes his spear gun and the winch cable and swims back to the cage. Javier attempts to usher her back towards safety but he is killed by a great white shark. Lisa becomes disoriented about her position. A shark tries to attack her but she avoids it. With Kate low on air from the previous swim, Lisa swims out to get Javier's attention. Both women are running out of air but soon see a flashlight in the distance. He advises them to stay in the cage because the sharks are close by. Johnson) will be coming down with a spare winch cable to attach to the cage.
Kate swims up seven meters to resume communication with Taylor, who tells her that Javier ( Chris J. They are soon surrounded by great white sharks but the cable breaks, and the cage sinks 47 meters below the surface to the ocean floor and out of communication range with the boat.
Taylor sends Lisa and Kate down, with masks that allow them to talk to him on the surface and to each other. Unbeknownst to everyone, the cable supporting the cage is fraying. They lie to Taylor and tell him that Lisa is experienced. Kate is a certified diver, but Lisa is new to diving. At the docks, Lisa is wary of the boat and its owner, Captain Taylor ( Matthew Modine). They decide to go watch sharks from a diving cage with two local men. Sisters Lisa ( Mandy Moore) and Kate ( Claire Holt) are on vacation in Mexico after Lisa's boyfriend recently broke up with her.