Into The Blue owes its basic plotline to the old Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte movie, The Deep. A couple in the Caribbean stumbles across two wrecks in the same spot. One is an old Spanish galleon promising a trove of treasure. The other belongs to drug smugglers and still oozes with illegal contraband.

The similarities stop there, though, and the issues inherent in that plot that The Deep ignored, Into The Blue tries to touch on: what do you do with the contraband when alerting the authorities will turn your treasure wreck into an inaccessible crime scene; and what do you further do with it when you suddenly find yourself in need of quick cash. Throw in the fact that Into The Blue actually involves two couples (not one, like The Deep) whose wants, needs and desires don't exactly jibe and you have a more interesting story.

That being said, we're still not talking My Left Foot or Shakespeare in Love here. In general, underwater treasure is a pretty tired plot and is rarely well told because you can only go so far with it. Into The Blue takes this reality and goes about as far with it as it can. No more, no less. The story had us engaged until the end when they threw in a couple of contrived plot twists and then let it further devolve into an underwater shoot 'em up.

This movie was made by the same crew that brought us the surf movie Blue Crush a few years ago and it has a similar look and feel to it. Divewise, there are approximately 30 minutes of underwater footage. Some of that footage, particularly at the beginning, is marred by a music video soundtrack. The rest is pretty good.

With all this in mind, we recommend Into The Blue with the proviso that you don't set your expectations too high. The movie is available on DVD.