INTO THE BLUE By Tom Meek

110 MINUTES | APPLEVALLEY +ENTERTAINMENT +FLAGSHIP +HOLIDAY + PROVIDENCEPLACE16 +SHOWCASE

In this underwater thriller, Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious) and Jessica Alba (Sin City) play divers who discover a shipwreck in the Bahamas that may hold millions in gold. They also happen upon a sunken plane brimming with cocaine. In order to get the gold, they need big cash (which they don’t have) to rent the requisite heavy equipment. And though Walker’s Jared and Alba’s Sam dream of the mother lode that will set them up for life, they won’t cross the line (cash in on the coke). That’s left to Jared’s cocksure buddy Bryce (Scott Caan), a New York defense attorney who should know better yet brokers a deal with cutthroat drug dealers anyway. Double-dealings and shark-infested waters ensue. Walker and Alba are likable enough (and buff enough) as the wide-eyed lovers in over their heads, and director John Stockwell (Blue Crush) keeps the tension high, but the tedious plot twists and cheesy, shot-in-a-pool underwater scenes sink this unofficial remake of The Deep.