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Into The Deep: The Submarine Murder Case (2022) Movie Review – A Shocking and Jaw-Dropping Documentary

A Shocking and Jaw-Dropping Documentary

Back in 1886, Robert Stevenson wrote the psychological thriller, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Within the book, Stevenson writes about the duality of man; the idea that every single one of us has a good and evil side within.

So why am I bringing this up here? Well, Into The Deep: The Submarine Murder Case essentially toys with this idea and across its 90 minute run-time, distorts and changes what we think we know about Peter Madsen eccentric Danish celebrity, Peter Madsen. Well known for making his own submarines, filmmaker Emma Sullivan sets out to profile the inventor and his newest creation, which happens to be a homemade rocket. What she captures instead, is beyond her wildest dreams.

For those unaware of this case, Into The Deep focuses on the events before, during and after the disappearance of Kim Wall, a charismatic journalist with a bright future ahead of her. When she dives with him in the UC3 submarine… and is never seen again. We won’t reveal what actually happens here as that would be a disservice to this fantastic documentary.

The format that Into The Deep uses is certainly unusual and to begin with, it feels quite uneven in both pace and tone. However, stick with this as 20 minutes in  you’ll be absolutely gripped.

This true-crime doc is uniquely positioned in the field because the footage captured here is raw and authentic, with actual shots leading up to and after the disappearance. With film crews operating around this time, we see Kim’s friends and colleagues genuinely concerned for her wellbeing and see how they adjust to different facts that come about when the submarine resurfaces. This really helps with the immersive feel of this.

Speaking of immersive, the archival news footage from the time really helps this one out a lot as well. Ordinarily this can give a documentary some extra flair but here it genuinely feels like you’re getting breaking news as the different anchors report on new findings. This is backed up by some newspaper clippings from the time, while the film constantly flits back and forth between the past and those aforementioned moments after Kim’s disappearance. The final scene of this is absolutely chilling too and one heck of a way to close things out.

Into The Deep is one of those jaw dropping documentaries that’ll catch you completely off-guard if you (like me) are unaware of this case. On the surface (I’ll try to keep the submarine puns to a minimum!) this looks to be a pretty perfunctory and simple story but once this film dives into the murky depths below, it reveals a shocking and sinister truth that’s hard to believe. This is an absolute must-watch.

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• Verdict - 9/10 9/10

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I bet Chris will take any opportunity to tell people that he’s been to Denmark therefore he’s cultured and worldly. Why would you need an excuse to watch a documentary? And why would ‘I’ve been to Denmark’ be an appropriate excuse? Should it be watched only be those with an excuse? Only those who have been to Denmark? Make it make sense.

We just watched it – my excuse being that I have visited Denmark often, and love the country and its people, and thought I might recognize some of the buildings. But, man…that ending. What an incredible documentary.

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Written by David Beton and directed by Kate Cox, Into the Deep is now available in theaters, on demand, and digital. When Jess (Ella Rae Smith, The Stranger ) is charmed by a handsome stranger (Matthew Daddario, Shadowhunters ), she joins him for a romantic adventure at sea.

However, the mood begins to shift when an injured woman (Jessica Alexander, A Banquet ) takes refuge on their boat. When accusations start flying, Jess finds herself unsure of whom to trust. Torn between Ben and Lexie, tensions rise as it becomes clear that the wrong choice could cost Jess her life.

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Screen Rant chats with Matthew Daddario about his new thriller and whether he'd ever want to return to the world of Shadowhunters .

Screen Rant: You have a new movie coming out this week— Into the Deep . How did you get involved with this?

Matthew Daddario: I was actually...I was traveling for a wedding. And, of course, as an actor you receive information wherever you are—whatever you're doing, because you don't have your consistent work all the time, where you're like, "Okay, I got a job to go to on Monday. I'm going to take the weekend." It wasn't like that. I receive an email for this part: "Do you want to meet with the director?" Did all that and read the script and everything and I realized this is a great project. So I ended up missing a wedding for this filming. I did. Didn't I feel bad about it. But honestly, no, I really don't. Because I'm really happy that I did this movie.

Screen Rant: Oh yeah. I was going to ask if you at least enjoyed filming the movie.

Matthew Daddario: Oh, yeah, come on. I spent weeks out in Cornwall in a great little town that I had a great time at that I loved. It was awesome. A wonderful experience. Filming on this boat out on the ocean, seeing all of Cornwall, the people...just awesome. And great actors and great crew. It was an awesome experience, honestly. Really, really great.

Screen Rant: So how much were you actually on the water for? Were you docked anywhere for certain parts of the movie? Or are you out there all day?

Matthew Daddario: You're out there in the ocean. Look, if you're out in the ocean when you point that camera, you gotta look out and you gotta see the ocean, right? You can't see land unless that's part of the line, right? So we had to go out far enough that we're not surrounded by land? And then we've got to monitor the boat so it doesn't just move around, because the wind sure does like to move the boat and sometimes the sail's up. So we're out there. Yeah, we were out there. And we did a couple of weeks, three weeks, I want to say, out at sea. Two weeks? I don't know. And then two weeks, inside. Maybe three weeks. See, I don't remember. But we were really out in that boat. And the ocean is relentless and unforgiving, but it was very kind to us while we were there. So it was alright.

Screen Rant: Technically, your character is a sailor. Have you ever sailed before?

Matthew Daddario: When I was a kid, I did some sailing on those little...I think they're called Sunfishes. It's like a little two person and one person little boat and you go on a lake with them. And it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed that. It was cool to learn how. So I got the basics of that boat. But then after that, in the course of your life nowadays, you're not really going on boats. Unless you're, you know, going on vacation and you get on a boat. Unless you're part of like a boating culture along the water, you're not doing that a lot. And I don't live near any kind of boating culture. So I don't really get on a lot of boats. So when they told me, "Hey, we're gonna be getting on this boat in the harbor," I said, "Sounds awesome." Sure, I like boats, whatever, you know, I'll be fine. Okay. But then you're out in the ocean and you're like, "Oh wow. How do people do this?" Gives you a lot of a lot of respect for the people that make their livelihoods on the ocean. Because that is...it's tough. It's tough.

Screen Rant: That boat is small. How was it filming in such a confined space?

Matthew Daddario: On the inside, yeah. You know, it's funny. The boat is really cool. It's actually a British Channel Cutter...British...Oh, God, what's the word? Something-something Channel Cutter. And it's some sort of historic example of this kind of boat. It's a pretty significant boat and then beautifully maintained and restored. It's quite large and long. But you're right. Underneath is quite cramped. So filming in those areas is actually quite cool because it starts to change how you film things, and you're kind of in this claustrophobic, tight environment. And so it alters how you try to act for camera because it's a little bit tighter, you know. You have to consider lots of things. One thing you don't think about is that, and now I'm saying this and people are gonna look for it, I'm sure we screwed up every now and then. But when we're underneath, we're filming not actually out in the ocean. We're filming on set for underneath. But that means that the boat is still moving. And sometimes we're cutting right from the top where the boat is rocking. So that means when we're underground, we're on flat ground, and we've got to pretend that the boat is moving. So things are swinging and we're sort of walking wobbly. And you have to consider that the whole time. So there's an added layer of filming. Every now and then holding onto things...pretending that your legs are sort of unsteady. It was amusing. I think some of us were better at it than others. I kept forgetting. So look for it. Go out there and watch it and say, "Hey, look at him. What an idiot. He's not even pretending like he's on a moving boat."

Screen Rant: I'm sure people will look for it. I'm sure they will. Well, the cast is essentially just you, Jess, and Lexie. How was it working with a cast this size?

Matthew Daddario: It's great. That's one thing—I'm very happy that it was the two of them. Because if we had even one person who was not willing to deal with the somewhat harsh circumstances of filming on a boat...it's not the easiest environment in the world. Filming outside is always difficult, but on a boat, especially so. They were extremely patient, they were very tough. And thanks to that, we were able to always have a good time filming when it's possible that it could have gone to a negative place. So it was really an honor to work with them and I'm really happy it was the two of them. So it worked out great. We always were working with each other, we were always sort of supporting each other while we were on set, and that was nice, along with the director and the rest of the crew. We were always very close—physically, obviously. So it was great that everybody was so professional and likable.

Screen Rant: Okay...there is a Jet Ski in this movie. Did you get to ride it at all?

Matthew Daddario: No, I didn't! I'm gonna tell you, I wasn't even there when they filmed the Jet Ski riding scene. Somehow, I was not there for those moments. So I missed the moments when they're on the Jet Ski, except for when it's up against the side of the boat. And I want to file a grievance about that.

Screen Rant: I was hoping they at least gave you a test drive or something!

Matthew Daddario: Yeah, come on! It's a Jet Ski! I think the entirety of southern Florida is based off of the economy of Jet Skis. I know that's not true. It's a hyperbole. But I'm just saying...Jet Skis are awesome. People love them. It's a lot of fun. And it's a shame I didn't go out and ride one. I could have just gone somewhere and done it. You know, I'm sure there are Jet Skis available to me.

Screen Rant: It's not the same though.

Matthew Daddario: No, it's not. I want to do it on the movie Jet Ski. But I'm sure there's some insurance reasons—very good insurance reasons—not to let me do that.

Screen Rant: Is the thriller genre one you're a part of often? Or is this something that you're newly getting involved in?

Matthew Daddario: I like revenge thrillers. This is a little bit different. So Into the Deep...the revenge element is not exactly clear and the motivations for it are not exactly clear. It kind of keeps you guessing. I don't really know what you would call this. It's sort of an interesting thing because you're always wondering who exactly is...you know that something's up with Ben. He's not totally on the level. But you don't really know what's going on with Jess's character and exactly what is driving her. So that kind of constant questioning really provides a little bit of stress through the film, and I quite like that. But I really like the revenge thriller. I love when there's a character in the beginning who's wronged in a serious, serious way, especially when it's a family-oriented thing, and then you just see that person go on that hunt. And it's just the best, honestly. It just satisfies something in you, you know? I'm not really motivated by revenge, but I sure do like to watch it.

Screen Rant: I mean, that's fair. I like to watch it too. Thrillers are a genre that people like so...

Matthew Daddario: Yeah, why not? It's awesome. It has thrill in the name!

Screen Rant: Exactly

Matthew Daddario: It's implied by the name. We understand—thrilling. It's thrilling! Go see Into the Deep because it's thrilling. It's a thriller, it says it and implies it. It's on a boat out in Cornwall.

Screen Rant: That would make a great byline. "It's a thriller."

Matthew Daddario: Thriller. You'll be thrilled to see it.

Screen Rant: While I have you, I know Shadowhunters ended a few years ago, but the fandom is still very active. There's still a lot of love for the show. In this world of reboots and revivals, if there was ever an opportunity to go back to that world, would you take it?

Matthew Daddario: It depends on so many factors. You need to have good material. You need to have good people involved. You need to have good production. Then you need to somehow organize all of that. There's a lot that would play into that. But if somebody decided this is the kind of thing that they want to do—they want to make—I'd certainly consider it. I'd evaluate it the same way I'd evaluate anything else—except with a little more enthusiasm, obviously.

Into the Deep Synopsis

A woman's whirlwind romance with a handsome stranger soon turns into a web of deceit, mistrust, and violence aboard his yacht.

Into the Deep is currently in select theaters, as well as on demand, and digital.

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‘Into the Deep’: Film Review

Emma Sullivan's riveting doc dives into her former friendship with submarine killer Peter Madsen and interviews his horrified volunteers.

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Documentary filmmaker Emma Sullivan was already there when inventor Peter Madsen’s submarine, the UC3 Nautilus, went missing off the coast of Copenhagen in August 2017, with journalist Kim Wall on board. Sullivan had been filming Madsen, a hobbit-y egotist with electric blue eyes, for 18 months, and until that day, she believed she was making a film about his attempt to blast into space on a scrappy, self-made rocket, with the help of a dozen unpaid volunteers who believed in his charismatic DIY hustle. Madsen is found and flashes a thumbs up to Sullivan’s camera. But Wall isn’t — and the documentary turns into a rare opportunity to study a murderer before his first kill. Restrained, humanist and chilling, “Into the Deep” is both a portrait of evil and a story of the workers left ashore floundering to understand how they devoted their lives to a fiend.

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He just couldn’t have done it, insists Sara, a young girl with wide eyes and a tousle of curly hair. Later, she shows Sullivan an old text message from Madsen: “I have (murder) a plan ready,” he wrote, describing how he’d bind, torture and dismember Sara on the Nautilus if she didn’t get back to work. That’s how Wall was killed. For her own comfort, Sara tries to wave the text off as a joke. But she can’t stop thinking about how he’d invited her on a private submarine trip, too.

Yet, Wall is human even in silhouette. When the volunteers think about her, they cry. It’s for Wall, says a volunteer, that she gives the police Madsen’s laptop password, where the investigators discovered his obsession with gruesome decapitation videos. Her empathy for a woman she’d never met stands in sharp contrast to the boss she thought she admired — but who once menaced her with a hot poker, an outburst that Sullivan caught on tape.

Sullivan shuns tabloid sleaze. She tells the story spartanly, without blood or lurid violins. Her restraint, even her near-absence from the camera, has the paradoxical effect of making the film feel more personal. A less-involved filmmaker wouldn’t feel guilty selling the sizzle.

Joe Beshenkovsky’s editing is crisp and cooly unsentimental, except for a ham-fisted insert shot of a boat named Ship of Fools. That jab doesn’t feel like Sullivan’s intention. Tech geniuses like Madsen exist in a permissive stratosphere. They are allowed, expected even, to be megalomaniacal kooks, a heroic model overdue to be questioned. Madsen’s oddities — his rage against authority, his Lothario compulsions, the German military uniform, his declaration of war against a rival engineering org, Copenhagen Suborbitals — were within the margin of error for disrupters. Until people realized they weren’t.

“Into the Deep” floats the idea that Wall’s murder was one more experiment, another test for Madsen to prove he could pull off the impossible. Or perhaps it was his escape from losing the space race to his competitors, who were weeks away from showing him up. “Your life will end in downfall no matter what you do,” Madsen tells Sullivan months before the slaying. A man like him may as well aim for “the most spectacular downfall.” Mission accomplished.

“Into the Deep” will release via Netflix on Sept. 30, 2022.

Reviewed at Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 26, 2020. Running time: 90 MIN.

• Production: A Netflix presentation of a Plus Pictures production. Producers: Mette Heide, Roslyn Walker. Executive Producer: James Marsh.
• Crew: Director: Emma Sullivan. Camera (color): Sullivan, Cam Matheson, Henrik Bohn Ipsen, Lars Skree. Editor: Joe Beshenkovsky. Music: Dickon Hinchliffe.
• With: Peter Madsen, Emma Sullivan

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The New Netflix documentary Into the Deep explores the Submarine Murder case of Swedish Journalist Kim Wall, by Danish Inventor Peter Madsen. It offers a deeper insight into the chain of events that led to the horrifying end.

The documentary is directed by Filmmaker Emma Sullivan and has a runtime of one hour and twenty-seven minutes.

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As pointed out by the director, the initial purpose of the documentary was to follow and cover the workings of Danish inventor and entrepreneur Peter Madsen. The director wrote to him about the project and was soon taken on board. However, everything changed on the 10th of August 2017, when Peter disappeared with journalist Kim Wall inside the submarine.

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The documentary has a non-linear pattern that constantly switches back and forth, starting from the day of the disappearance. We learn the chronology of the events as they happened, along with the result of the final trial. Notably, with this approach, the documentary will keep you invested and attached to the minute observations.

Along with Peter, the documentary also features a team of his interns and friends, that go through a serious transition of processing the events. In the footage before the day of the disappearance, we can see them describing Peter as an enthusiastic and passionate man. Moreover, they also hail Peter in some regards but definitely mention his shortcomings because, for them, Peter is almost like a jigsaw puzzle.

They do their job and leave the so-called crazy genius with his inventions. However, it is only after the disappearance of the journalist, that the pieces of the jigsaw come together.

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It is important to note that the film footage was instrumental in the court proceedings following the trial. This is why there are many moments in the documentary which foreshadow the real nature of Peter and his brutal crime. Alas, everything only makes sense after the crime is committed.

Into the Deep will make you question many different things. Starting with a basic understanding of human nature and its duality. For instance, the vicious side of Peter is revealed layer by layer in the documentary. At first, he appears as a charmingly polite character, and then later a ruthless psychopath. The real-life depiction of events will surely give you the chills and horrific insights.

Into the Deep Final Thoughts

Based on true events, this crime documentary is an unsettling watch. Which is definitely not designed for the faint-hearted. The documentary explores serious and sensitive themes and is an exceptional piece of investigative cinema. All in all, this Netflix documentary will definitely leave an effect on you.

You can stream Into the Deep on Netflix. Tell us your thoughts regarding the documentary in the comment section below.

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It’s fake

Imagine that. After having lived through this whole tragedy, and eventually moving on, I hear that Emma has finally finished her movie. I watch it and think she has done a fantastic job of portraying what happened and what it was like for us friends and volunteers. I am curious what others think of the film and therefore read a review and afterwards look at the comments to get an idea what regular people think.

There’s a single comment.

By random dude from the internet with no idea what he is talking about.

“It’s fake”

I’m sorry this person was so insensitive. I just watched and I thought it was really well done and I felt awful for the victim and her family but also his friends who he deceived.

You’re right. She’s done a fantastic job. I’ve just watched this and was blown away. The empathy when filming crew members grappling with the massive deception; the flash-forwards and flashbacks telling an in-depth story, slowly contradicting the first impression; the parallel montage playing off each other and heightening the horror… impressive documentary. I’m sorry for family and friends who carry this horror.

I thought it was well done slowly unfolding the horror and real nature of this monster.

I just watched it and it’s riveting. I kept asking myself if I’d have picked up on his true nature and was left still wondering. The clip of him describing human predators … WOW.

I just watched this documentary and found it to be very tastefully done, while portraying the events of an ugly demise. My heart bleeds for all the interns and friends who worked with Peter Madsen as it must be terrifying to learn that someone you are so close to and admire, is a murderer, and you had no clue who he really is. That would haunt me for the rest of my life. My heart bleeds even more for the family and boyfriend of Kim Wall. Something that was meant to be an exciting adventure for her abruptly ends her life. They too will be haunted for the rest of their lives. Such a terribly sad story 🙁

I agree…..the clip of him describing human predators is unnerving. It was as though he was purposely describing himself, knowing that the interviewer had no idea who he really is.

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Kate Cox, Matthew Daddario, Jessica Alexander, Ella-Rae Smith

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Friday, August 26, 2022 Limited Friday, August 26, 2022 VOD / Digital

Plot: What's the story about?

In this intense action-thriller, Jess (Ella-Rae Smith) is swept off her feet by a mysterious stranger named Ben (Matthew Daddario), who takes her to his boat that’s docked nearby. Dangerously adrift miles from shore, their romance is interrupted when Lexie (Jessica Alexander) shows up, and soon the three get wasted and play sexy games. When the party takes a sudden turn for the worse, it’s clear that either Ben or Lexie is a dangerous liar. In the explosive climax, Jess must decide which one to help...and which one to destroy.

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Into the Deep Release Date: When was the film released?

Into the Deep was a Limited release in 2022 on Friday, August 26, 2022 . There were 17 other movies released on the same date, including Samaritan , The Invitation and Breaking . As a Limited release, Into the Deep will only be shown in select movie theaters across major markets. Please check Fandango and Atom Tickets to see if the film is playing in your area.

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Into the Deep was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, October 4 , 2022 .

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• Richard Dreyfuss will star in the movie Into the Deep , battling a killer great white shark.
• It marks Dreyfuss' return to a shark-related movie since his role in Jaws in 1975.
• Dreyfuss has continued to add to his impressive list of credits at the age of 76.

It is almost fifty years since Richard Dreyfuss faced down a great white shark in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws , and now he is about to do it all over again in the new movie Into the Deep . Releasing later this year, the movie is "about a group of divers searching for sunken treasure who witness the murder of drug dealers by modern-day pirates, but that is the least of their worries as a killer great white shark stands between them and their escape from the water."

Dreyfuss’ character in the movie has not yet been revealed, but he will star alongside Scout Taylor-Compton, best known for taking over Jamie Lee Curtis’ role of Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween , and Queen of the Damned ’s Stuart Townsend. The film is directed by Christian Sesma from a script by Josh Ridgway and Chad Law.

Movies featuring sharks , and other terrors of the seas, have always been popular in the horror genre. As one of the greatest thrillers of all time, Jaws certainly played a part in that popularity. Unlike his Jaws costars Roy Scheider, who appeared in Jaws 2 , and Robert Shaw, who starred in The Deep , Into the Deep marks the first time Dreyfuss has dipped his toe back into a shark-related movie since his appearance as marine biologist Matt Hooper in the 1975 film.

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Richard Dreyfuss Courted Controversy When Discussing New Oscar Inclusivity Rules

Since his first uncredited movie appearances in Valley of the Dolls and The Graduate in 1967, Dreyfuss found great success in Hollywood from his 1973 appearance in American Graffiti – which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – through movies including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Stakeout , and Mr Holland’s Opus , to his most recent role in the 2023 biographical sports film Sweetwater.

At the age of 76, Dreyfuss has continued to add to his impressive list of credits, both in movies and on TV, and Into the Deep is just the latest of these.

Earlier this year, the actor was caught up in controversy when expressing his opinion on new rules implemented by the Academy in relation to how movies would need to meet “inclusion standards” in order to have a chance to win the biggest prizes available at the Oscars. Slamming the idea that changing standards in society should dictate who can and cannot play certain roles, Dreyfuss told PBS’ Firing Line in March:

“They make me vomit. This is an art form. It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. And what are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. And you have to let life be life. Am I being told that I will never have a chance to play a Black man? Is someone else being told that if they’re not Jewish, they shouldn’t play the ‘Merchant of Venice?’ Are we crazy? Do we not know that art is art?”

As someone who has been in the industry across seven decades, Dreyfuss has seen the changing face of Hollywood as much as anyone. However, it seems there are somethings that will always continue to circle back again and again, and just like the constant conversations about movie diversity, Dreyfuss’ return to the water will soon be coming around when Into the Deep is released sometime later this year.

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Into the Deep Chronicles the Monstrousness of Danish Inventor Peter Madsen

In 2017, the world was riveted by the bizarre, grisly murder of Swedish freelance journalist Kim Wall by the Danish inventor Peter Madsen , who had invited her to take a voyage on his homemade mini-submarine for an article she’d been working on. Wall was initially reported as missing, with Madsen claiming that he had dropped her off after their trip. With each new terrifying development in the case (and each new body part that washed ashore), Madsen changed his story — until the nauseating enormity of his crime became clear.

Turns out, Australian filmmaker Emma Sullivan was making a documentary about Madsen at that very minute. Into the Deep , which premiered at Sundance last night and will be on Netflix later this year, is the kind of film that, through the dark fortune of timing, starts off as one thing and then proceeds to become something far more important and disturbing, effectively interrogating itself. Sullivan had started filming Madsen a year before the Kim Wall murder. She was fascinated by this vivacious, outspoken autodidact engineer with dreams of building a private rocket — an “intercontinental ballistic missile passenger ship,” in his words — and the group of young, impressionable engineers and students and other outcasts he had gathered around himself. Sullivan kept shooting throughout Madsen and Wall’s initial disappearance, and then through his changing story, and his court case. (He was convicted of murder in 2018 and sentenced to life in prison.) She would eventually become a witness, and her footage would become evidence.

Sullivan never shot Wall, however, despite being embedded with Madsen’s assistants. They didn’t know about her either, which seems weird at first. (“Something in this story does not add up,” notes one of Madsen’s young workers early on in the case.) Until it becomes clear that they didn’t know about Wall because Madsen was deliberately keeping her existence hidden. And he was keeping it hidden because he already knew what he was going to do to her. And once you realize that, you have to take a minute to let the monstrousness of this whole thing sink in.

Sullivan intercuts between different timelines — really, different movies — so that we see earlier, happier days among Madsen’s crew, and the remnants of the cheerful, wide-eyed documentary she was making, alongside the agonizing drip-drip-drip of increasingly terrifying information. And the film becomes a kind of forensic visual mystery into itself. Revelations from Madsen’s trial put certain earlier scenes in a different light. An emerging timeline connects seemingly unimportant, disparate events — revealing sinister purposes hiding beneath throwaway text messages, or offhand comments, or even just an out-of-place object lingering in the background. (“Why do you need a wood saw on a steel submarine?” someone asks, long after it’s too late.)

So, we may get an early testimonial from a crew member — one woman, for example, talking about how Madsen saved her from a hard life — and, not long after, see them recalling other times when he has creeped them out. Indeed, despite his crew’s initial insistence that they couldn’t imagine him ever doing anything like this, Madsen appears to have given off any number of warning signs. But everyone was sucked into the vortex of his charisma. Not only did they brush off the warning signs, they appear to have fallen under a kind of collective delusion. “He makes you feel like you’re close to adventure and fairy tales,” one crew member says. Another calls him “the most epic person you’ve ever met.” And yes, these are all the same reasons why Sullivan was attracted to Madsen’s story in the first place; she recalls seeing a TED talk of his on YouTube as the impetus for wanting to make this film.

But once reality comes screaming back, everyone starts to see Madsen in the cold hard light of day, and we realize that we’ve been watching a horror movie all along. Or maybe that’s not the right way to describe it, since we already have some idea of where it’s all headed. Rather, the director Sullivan realizes that she’s been making a horror movie all along — and that at one point she herself, like several of the other women who worked with him, might have become Madsen’s victim. One of the final scenes is an interview Madsen gave her, in which he speculates, out of the blue, about being a serial killer: “There is the possibility that you’ve actually come upon a human predator,” he says, looking straight at her. Once a pointless aside, it’s now a chilling confession.

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Into the Deep Review: Submarines and Murder Make for a Chilling and Unusual True Crime Doc

The film about Peter Madsen is too creepy to be true, but it is

Allow me to say something a little counter-intuitive here. Don't read this. Just trust me and watch Into the Deep when it debuts on Netflix later this year. Not enough? Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you.

Into the Deep isn't just a documentary about the Danish inventor Peter Madsen, it's about the unexpected turn into murder that happened while the documentary was being made. Additionally, the presence of Australian director Emma Sullivan's cameras is able to draw out a response from a group of people that may not have happened on its own. It's fascinating and I've never quite seen anything like it.

Up until summer 2017, Peter Madsen was a local celebrity in Copenhagen. Part genius, part kook, the very camera-ready engineer and futurist made his living giving public talks, then poured his resources (and sponsorships) into building rockets and submarines. Think of him as something of a very micro version of Elon Musk. (They even kinda look alike.)

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He assembled a group of admirers in what looked to outsiders like a benign, crafty cult. There was a degree of hanky-panky with some of the young women in the group, but everything seemed out in the open. These were freethinkers hanging out in an abandoned warehouse measuring g-forces and jet propulsion.

A guy like this is certainly going to draw attention, so documentarian Sullivan got herself to the compound near a Danish canal and started shooting. Additionally, a journalist named Kim Wall, on assignment for Wired magazine, came by for an interview. Madsen took her for a dive in the Nautilus , his hand-made sub, then the two disappeared.

That's where the movie starts, with the gang worried sick about him, but later he's found near the Swedish border; his sub has sunk. Kim Wall, he claims, got off the boat earlier, but then no one can find her. Her boyfriend says she's missing. And then body parts get found in the water.

Into the Deep jumps back and forth between before the disappearance and after, expanding the timeline and capturing a number of extraordinary things. The more flashy and disturbing side of this film -- and the one that will give us all nightmares -- is seeing how psychopaths preparing for a thrill kill are, in fact, living among us. Madsen isn't just a functioning adult, he is a capable leader and is terrific with people. We'll later learn that just a few minutes before a cheery on-air interview he was on his laptop watching brutal execution videos from the dark web.

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The secondary aspect of Into the Deep dawns on you more slowly, which is appropriate as it is all about Madsen's posse becoming aware that they were in a cult leader's grip. The longer he stays in prison awaiting his trial, the more his hold over them dissipates. Maybe he wasn't such a genius, they think. Maybe we would have been better off not spending all our spare time working on his bizarre projects. Worst of all, maybe we inadvertently assisted in the rape, torture, and brutal dismemberment of Kim Wall by making all of Peter Madsen's dreams come true.

Watching Madsen's small group of associates (most of them quite young) wake up is like a barbarous version of The Truman Show . They are not to blame, but once they realize what the man they admired was all about, they all take the eventual step to condemn him.

Emma Sullivan is brilliantly selective with how she metes out the footage. Early in the film, Madsen is a charming, mad genius. Who wouldn't want to fire rockets with him? Toward the end, we see just how premeditated and how meaningless Kim Wall's murder was.

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Madsen had nothing against Wall, he simply had it in his head that he had to kill a woman -- it was a goal, like climbing a mountain, or building a sub -- and he thought he was smart enough to get away with it. It's heartbreaking and terrifying when the other women in the group realize that had Wall not popped by for an interview, it would have been one of them.

I left Into the Deep in a daze, not knowing how to apply its lessons to everyday life. I suppose that if I ever meet someone who makes multiple jokes about beheading people, I'm getting the hell out of there.

This film is far greater than the typical true crime Netflix documentary (or one of the myriad podcasts out there) because it isn't about the subject, it is the subject. Footage eventually used in Into the Deep was submitted as evidence in Peter Madsen's trial. That's still not going to help me get to sleep tonight.

Editor's note: Before the film premiered at Sundance, its cinematographer, Cam Matheson, disavowed the film, and a woman, Anja Olsen, who appears in the movie, says she did not give her consent to be featured in the film.

TV Guide Rating: 5/5

Into the Deep was screened at Sundance. It comes to Netflix later this year.

‘Into the Deep’ Ending, Explained: What Happens With Jess at the End of into the Deep?

Welcome to the Ending Explained for Into the Deep, a new thriller that is now available on all platforms where you can buy and rent movies. The film is a basic thriller that tells the story of Jess, a young woman having trouble letting go of the past. When a mysterious and handsome stranger comes to sweep her away from her reality, Jess is ready to do it, and embark on a journey with him around the world. However, everything changes when another element is introduced to the mix and the consequences become lethal.

Into the Deep is one of those films that you see on display while browsing through Netflix or any other streaming service, and that makes you think that it is a low-budget effort with no redeeming values. There are many films on Netflix, Amazon, and other services, but if given the chance, you discover that Into the Deep is actually a pretty cool and entertaining flick. Forgettable? Sure, but it achieves its purpose in ways that more important films never get to do.

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Why Is Jess Afraid Of Water In Into The Deep?

The film starts by introducing us to its main character, Jess. Jess is a 22-year-old woman who is having some grieving issues. The movie introduces her by discovering that her dad has been sleeping with a new woman. You see, Jess’ mother is dead. She died 11 years ago in a car accident. The source of Jess’s trauma is not only the fact that her mother died, but that she was there when it happened. A truck struck their car and threw them into the water. Jess managed to escape the sinking vehicle, but her mother didn’t.

Jess has spent the following 11 years mourning her mother and blaming herself because she wasn’t able to help her when it mattered the most. Jess is suffering from a clear case of survivor’s guilt, but her father and her friends don’t recognize this condition and just advise her to let it go, as if by saying that all her mental problems could be fixed.

On the day before her mother’s death anniversary, her father reveals that he won’t be visiting her mother anymore at the cemetery. Jess gets mad about it and goes to work just like any other day. At work, she meets a very handsome man called Ben. Ben is American, and he is on the island as a tourist. Jess invites him to a party later that night, and Ben accepts the invitation. Later that day, Ben arrives at the party and the two of them start hitting it off. They clearly like each other.

Ben invites her to his boat, and Jess is impressed by its size of it. It is a true boat. They spend a wonderful night together; they drink, they kiss, and have sex. The next morning, Jess wakes up without remembering most of what happened last night. She freaks out a bit, but Ben manages to convince her that this is not kidnapping or anything like that.

What Happens With Jess At The End Of Into The Deep?

Jess and Ben continue to have a great time. They discover that their parents are both dead. Ben says it was his dad who died of cancer. Jess tells him the story about her and her mother. They have a wonderful time, and Ben convinces Jess to go on a trip with him. Jess cannot believe it, but she accepts it. However, something strange happens.

A woman on a jet ski appears out of nowhere and hits the boats. She is unconscious and Ben and Jess bring her aboard. When the woman wakes up, she reveals herself as Lexi. She says she hit her head and became unconscious. It is a weird situation, but Ben doesn’t ask many questions. They have drinks and spend the night playing games. However, when given some pills, Lexi doesn’t take them. She doesn’t seem to trust Ben very much. Later, Ben informs them that the boat’s engine is broken, and they cannot go back to the island.

The next morning, Jess wakes up to an unconscious Ben and a bloodied Lexi. Lexi says that Ben attacked her when she discovered he had lied about the engines not working. They work perfectly well. Jess begins to suspect Ben, but Lexi loses her favor when she becomes too violent. Jess frees Ben and he tries to kill Lexi. He leaves her unconscious, but when Ben tries to throw Lexi overboard, she realizes Ben is not good at all. Lexi wakes up and attacks Ben viciously.

It seems that this isn’t the first time Lexi has been on the boat. She remembers being there before, and she knows something bad happened, but like Jess, she was drugged and her memories are fuzzy. She wants Ben to remember and tell her what he did to her. Ben denies everything until the end. Jess comes back after having a fight with Lexi and ends up shooting Ben in the chest with a flare gun. As the boat catches fire, Jess and Lexi escape on the Jet Ski, while Ben’s body burns on the boat.

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Matthew Daddario is cannonballing into choppy waters with Into the Deep . The twisted thriller follows Jess (Ella-Rae Smith), a small-town resident still haunted by visions of her mother's death. One night, a mysterious and hunky tourist, Ben (Daddario), sweeps Jess off her feet and takes her back to his boat docked nearby. After a whirlwind evening of romance, she wakes up to discover Ben has taken them out to sea. Despite her initial concerns, Jess buys into his charm and promises of a good time.

However, their trip gets interrupted when an unconscious Lexie (Jessica Alexander) and her jet ski bump into their boat. What ensues is a bender of alcohol, drugs, and sex. When the festivities take a turn for the worse, Jess finds herself entangled in a cat-and-mouse game of lies and deceit. Who can she trust? Jess must piece it together and choose a side if she's hoping to survive. Daddario recently spoke with CBR about playing Into the Deep 's bad boy.

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CBR: Into the Deep almost has a Dead Calm vibe. Were you familiar with that 1989 thriller, and was that something you gravitated towards?

Matthew Daddario: It was definitely a conversation. I read a variety of things on the internet. There were a lot of things like, "Three people on a boat. What kind of film is this? Three people on a boat." I'm like, "That's a thing? That's a genre?" You put just enough people on a boat and trap them, [and] it creates an environment where people question each other. Dead Calm was definitely a reference. You definitely have similar themes. Once you are on water, on a boat, it creates this uncomfortable world, especially if one person becomes a liability.

As an actor, you are always mixing up genres . What did you find attractive about your character Ben and the Into the Deep script?

I haven't really played a bad guy before, certainly not one that is this kind of bad, which is somewhat of a manipulative and dangerous person, and who doesn't outright make that clear. He's not evil in the world of Shadowhunters , where evil is very defined or perhaps not defined well enough. Evil is clear, and generally, they look evil.

Ben doesn't look evil -- or I hope not, at least at first, unless there is something I should be aware of. He doesn't look evil. He doesn't seem evil. He doesn't seem bad. The reality is it's more complex than that. Playing a character like that was new for me and something I've wanted to do for a while. It's honestly something I would like to do again. It was very interesting. Sometimes you play hyper-optimistic characters, who are good characters, who follow the law but are less complex. It's nice to play a character, even if that character is fundamentally a bad dude.

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Ben keeps Jess and the audience on the edge. It's difficult to determine his motivations. How did you strike a balance between being charming and menacing?

Kate Cox, our director, allowed and encouraged and told me to do a variety of takes. For example, there's a scene when Jess arrives on the boat. I am sort of patching her up. In that scene, Ben is very odd. His reactions to her, how he stares at her... It's almost like he's observing, watching, but it's not exactly clear what he is doing or why he's behaving that way.

They were able to edit together a collection of different versions I played, or I played some that were where he's acting like, "This is weird. What are you doing? What's going on here?" Others are where Ben is completely congenial, completely nice and normal, and Jess seems strange because she is re-acting naïvely to what is totally normal behavior. That allowed them to make the decision in parts because we had to toe that line. How much is going to give it away? Even the slightest bit of a sinister quality will sell immediately that this person is not just slightly strange but that he is demented in some way.

Ben surprises Jess by bringing her out to sea while she's sleeping and without permission. She buys into his explanation, but how does Lexie's sudden appearance change the narrative?

I think there are certain cracks, initially, when we are watching Ben and his reactions to her. He says the right things at the right time. In fact, he almost puts you at ease, very effectively, when he says, "You are right. I messed up. This is all wrong. I should go back." He's always very good at that. Any time that the pressure starts to come on, he somehow misdirects and makes it almost, "You are confused. I don't know. You are obviously overreacting to something that I didn't mean to do. It's just a mistake. You misread the situation. You are putting out weird vibes. You are the weird one."

Once Lexie comes, that becomes more difficult. She is also playing him a little bit because she has a goal. Once she is on the boat, Ben can't quite manipulate as easily because he has to navigate what her deal is and Jess' deal. It definitely puts him in a bind. I still kind of wonder, "Did he attack her in that machine room, or did she come out of nowhere and attack him?" I just don't know. I don't really know. It's up for the audience to decide.

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That's the joy of movies like this or in the vein of Jagged Edge , where audiences don't get answers until closer to the end.

It does go really late until you realize, "Wait. No, no, no." Honestly, it's at the moment where Ben is choking Lexie up. That's hard for me to watch. Thank god for Jess because she was so good, and she's so tough. When she drags me, when she is dragging my body, she's actually dragging my body. I don't really know how she was doing that. That's not exactly a simple task to drag somebody across a carpeted floor who is significantly heavier. She did that. She's tough. So, that choking-out scene... His complete disinterest in her well-being, and the way he treats her body almost like it's just a thing, really gives you the worst feeling.

Into the Deep unfolds on open water. Three people. One boat . Can you talk about some of the logistical challenges of filming this movie?

Filming outside is always tough. I say this all the time. Some people have the tendency to be like, "Oh, it's not such a big deal," but it is. Weather really messes things up. Hot, cold... For actors, it's incredibly difficult. There are times I have filmed in situations where it's so cold, and I am wearing clothing appropriate for much warmer weather, and your face gets so cold that you can't actually pronounce your words. You have to be like, "OK, let's try and do this." You smack yourself around a bit, but eventually, there is a limit.

Adding to this, you are on a boat. It's confined. All around you is potential death. You are being monitored by people who know exactly what they are doing, people who are trained for this. There are people who will get in the water immediately, who have scuba suits on, to get you and save you. Still, there is this constant fear element to it. On top of that, the boat is rocking. People get sick, and they do get real sick. Not me. I didn't. I took my medications. So, yes, this is a very tough environment to film in. However, it's extremely rewarding, and we got very lucky with [the] weather. It was actually surprisingly warm and [had] a lot of sun. It was nice. You have to thank the Cornwall, England people for that.

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Lastly, on Shadowhunters , your character Alec was a superhero in his own right. Do you have any desire to spandex up and play in the DC or Marvel sandbox?

There used to be this stereotype about comic book characters that they are not written all that well, or they are not written in some meaningful manner... that it's not a true arc. I have learned over the years... I see a new character come around, and I start reading the Wikipedia. I see these are very interesting concepts. People are thinking intensely about character development. They are really interesting, intricate characters -- sometimes better than characters I'm seeing in what we would consider more formal forms of writing and art.

That is something I would really like to be a part of, something where it's all a character study of something slightly unusual. That's what makes these heroes so interesting. Some shows are doing it. Some movies have delved into it. I don't know what character is out there, but there are definitely a few that I would find very interesting to play. It's a world that has a lot more area to explore.

Your Shadowhunters pal, Dominic Sherwood , mentioned to me that he would be up for playing Captain America . Could you be the villain to his Cap?

Oh, in a heartbeat. If he wants to be in charge of Captain America , if he wants to fill those boots, and he wants to do that... My buddy from England... He wants to play Captain America... we have to have a conversation about that. But I will play the evil villain from England.

There's the vampire Baron Blood, who would be up your supernatural alley…

Oh, hey. As long as I am fighting against Dom as Captain America, and as long as I win here and there, I'd be happy.

Into the Deep releases in theaters, On Demand, and Digital on Aug. 26.

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Where to Watch

Watch The Dive with a subscription on Hulu, rent on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV.

What to Know

The Dive 's taut tension and real-time unraveling of its action make this an entertainingly harrowing experience despite occasionally murky visuals and a fairly standard survival story.

Critics Reviews

Audience reviews, cast & crew.

Maximilian Erlenwein

Louisa Krause

Sophie Lowe

Screenwriter

Joachim Hedén

Jonas Katzenstein

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