Pressure (2015 film)

Pressure is a 2015 action film. Directed by Ron Scalpello it tells the story of four men who get stuck at the bottom of the ocean in a diving bell.

Danny Huston - Engel
Matthew Goode - Mitchell
Joe Cole - Jones
Alan McKenna - Hurst
Ian Pirie - Karsen
Daisy Lowe - Emily Lou
Gemita Samarra - Lisa

A group of employees working for the oil company Vaxxilon are working on a boat in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia. One night a boss, Karsen sends four of his men, Engel, Mitchell, Jones and Hurst down in the diving bell to fix a damaged oil pipe. Having completed the work they make the ascent but the support ship is hit by a storm, causing the cables holding the bell to break. Desperately trying to make contact with the ship, one of the crew members goes out to assess the damage, only to find the body of Karsen, and the wreck of the supply ship hit the bottom of the ocean. The four men then have to use their wits and knowledge of diving and the bell to try and escape from the ocean floor, 670ft down with a limited oxygen supply.

The film received negative responses from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.com. 2 out of 9 critics gave the film a positive review, a Rotten rating, with 23% of audiences giving a positive review. Alistair Harkness writing for The Scotsman commented, "The diving bell's claustrophobic setting never really translates into claustrophobic tension on screen". whilst David Hughe's from Empire Magazine states the film, "Fails to realise the potential of a potent premise". Conversely Jeremy Aspinal of the Radio Times commented, "It's perfectly watchable, if not quite on a nerve-shredding par with lung-busting thrillers like The Poseidon Adventure, The Abyss or Black Sea."