Every piece of action and dialogue had to be choreographed down to the second to give the film its real-time sensibility.

Critics split over the controversial comic book film, but it cleaned up, both with award nominations and at the box office.

The opening shot of “Underwater” roves around the empty, industrial passageways of some kind of transport vessel, the walls creaking. Motivated by an unknown force, the camera’s pan ultimately lands on Norah (Kristen Stewart), who has cropped bleached hair and a mouthful of toothpaste, clad in her skivvies. Immediately, the audience recognizes this will be […]