When it comes to planning your weekend, make sure this new Netflix film is your last resort.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 20, 2022

Raff saw an opportunity with this tale, took it, and didn't bother to do it justice. That's pretty much all there is to say.

| Original Score: C- | Jun 8, 2020

Even though it's an action film, it errs on the side of having an academic style. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 12, 2019

If you want something to put on in the background while you clean, turn on Red Sea Diving Resort. The soundtrack will alert you to which scenes to watch.

| Sep 2, 2019

It's an unfortunate white savior flick, for whatever that implies.

| Original Score: C | Aug 17, 2019

The Red Sea Diving Resort is built around a narrative with massive potential, but the movie never quite delivers, reducing it to a film that is merely adequate.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Aug 16, 2019

The Red Sea Diving Resort didn't need hamfisted, overly explanatory and preachy dialogue, to tell its tale. But that's what it has, which does a disservice to the very real people who lived and died this story.

| Aug 12, 2019

Because it is based on true facts the movie has a leg up. Chris Evans leads a good cast in telling a fascinating story.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 10, 2019

The first act does work well but then the proposal is not satisfactorily developed. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 9, 2019

Sappy lines like, "We're all just refugees, aren't we?" jar against the clearly intended grave portents of today's ongoing global free-movement crisis.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 9, 2019

Chris Evans stars in Gideon Raff's oversimplified yet suspenseful action-thriller - and the end credits feature real-life footage of those involved in the rescue.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 8, 2019

Great true story becomes uninspired film; violence, language

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 6, 2019

'Red Sea' undoubtedly has a Hollywood spit shine, with its modern musical score, heavy stylization and story conveniences. That said, the act of heroism and human sincerity at its center keep it sharp and worthwhile.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 5, 2019

Chooses star-vehicle bravura over the historical plight that really matters

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 5, 2019

The problem... is that it doesn't feel particularly interested in the political intricacies of the situation and it's definitely not interested in presenting the perspective of the Ethiopian refugees with any psychological subtlety.

| Aug 5, 2019

It's like if a Rambo movie decided to be about something meaningful.

| Aug 5, 2019

A large part of the problem is the casting of Chris Evans as the leader of the Israeli spy ring that set up the hotel. He is most known for playing Captain America and seems not to have put aside his shield for this film.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Aug 5, 2019

Raff missed the opportunity to shake the narrative further by showing Kabede's daring rescue efforts from his perspective.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 4, 2019

If you're looking for entertainment with some heart, you'll enjoy The Red Sea Diving Resort, and the end, when clips of the real agents and the Ethiopian immigrants are shown, is extremely moving.

| Aug 2, 2019

The Red Sea Diving Resort is staggering in its utter lack of self-awareness, a movie attempting (and failing) to be very righteous in its discussion of refugee rights and displaced peoples.

| Aug 2, 2019