SummaryInspired by remarkable true life rescue missions, The Red Sea Diving Resort is the incredible story of a group of international agents and brave Ethiopians who in the early 80s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel. The undercover team carrying out this mission is led by the charismatic Ari... Read More
Directed By:Gideon Raff
Written By:Gideon Raff
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
29
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Generally Favorable
7.1
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
29
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Jul 31, 2019
50
Interesting and timely, The Red Sea Diving Resort highlights the plight of refugees and casts those helping them in a heroic light, but it doesn’t quite deliver dramatically.
Aug 1, 2019
42
Possibly led by nobler intentions, the Israeli writer-director ends up cashing in on the mettle of those involved in a bold rescue mission, tweaking a terrifying reality until it resembles little more than a banal thriller.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
55% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
37% Mixed
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Jul 30, 2019
42
The Red Sea Diving Resort is a dull and derivative film that’s too in love with its heroes to bother with its victims.
Sep 4, 2019
38
The whole affair is so rushed and half-assed — they have Duran Duran songs on the soundtrack, years before the band released its first LP.
Jul 29, 2019
30
American audiences typically adore “white savior movies,” but this one pushes the stereotype to such an extreme ... it’s impossible to ignore how badly the film marginalizes the courageous Ethiopian refugees about whom it purports to care so deeply.
Jul 31, 2019
25
Great hero stories leave the viewer feeling inspired by the potential within the human condition. This one will just leave you depressed.
Aug 1, 2019
12
The Red Sea Diving Resort is terribly overcooked, turning the real-life drama into a light caper like “Ocean’s 11,” adding cartoonish dialogue from hack superhero films and slathering the whole mess in white savior complex.
Aug 6, 2019
6
The Red Sea Diving resort cannot seem to get past wanna be status. The film has a very hollow core and I think it comes down to mediocre writing and directing. Chris Evans is also a weak link in chain. Evans never made me feel his performance was authentic and when he had emotionally powerful scenes It just looked like acting. The rest of the cast is great and I loved them all. This is just plain and simply a good film that just is pushed down with mediocrity.
Aug 19, 2019
2
(Mauro Lanari)
Chris Evans as Captain Isroamerica. Do we really need the daily dose of propaganda? Personally no, not at all. And for those who have doubts that Evans can't play better roles, I recommend "Puncture" (Kassen brothers, 2011).
