New disaster movie with shocking Rotten Tomatoes rating climbs Netflix chart

A new disaster movie has just dropped on Netflix, and despite a shocking Rotten Tomatoes score, it’s racing up the Top 10 chart. 

A low Rotten Tomatoes score or box office flop doesn’t necessarily translate when it comes to streaming. Countless times we’ve seen movies that had faded into obscurity, only to enjoy a new lease of life when they’re dropped on Netflix. 

There’s The Snowman starring Michael Fassbender, which, despite a shockingly low 7% from the critics and 18% from audiences, enjoyed success on streaming years after its release. Other recent examples include a Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams romance, an underrated Samuel L. Jackson thriller, and a Hugh Jackman sci-fi flick.

But the same can be said for new titles, too, as evidenced by the latest disaster thriller that just made its Netflix debut – and it’s already climbing the Top 10 chart. 

New disaster movie with low Rotten Tomatoes score climbs Netflix chart

The Abyss dropped on Netflix on February 16 and it’s already in third place on the Top 10 movies chart in the US, despite earning just 18% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. You can find the full chart list as it currently stands below: 

1. Thanksgiving
2. Lover Stalker Killer
3. The Abyss
4. Players
5. The Super Mario Bros Movie
6. Einstein and the Bomb
7. Crossroads
8. Orion and the Dark
9. Minions
10. Tom & Jerry

As per the official logline for The Abyss: “Frigga, who tries to balance her risky job as a security manager in the Kiirunavaara mine with her family life, has to fight for her life and the lives of her loved ones when her city starts collapsing into the mine.”

Although it’s too early for a critics score, a number of viewers took to Rotten Tomatoes to explain what they didn’t like about the film. “Had potential but they seemed to forget what they were making a film about part way through and it completely lost not only direction but any sense of believability,” said one.

“It was even worse than the worst disaster movie ever made up to this point: Earthquake (1974),” another wrote. “The acting was terrible, the dialogue stilted and the conversations under the circumstances really absurd, and the disaster itself way beyond ridiculous.”

Not everyone agrees, however, including this person who said: “It has a good story, believable characters and decent action. The special effects make the entire plot plausible. I was on the edge of my seat at times and, overall, was rooting for the main characters to come through the disaster.”

If you’re interested in forming your own opinion, The Abyss is available to stream on Netflix now.