47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is best for ages 13+. It's rated PG-13. 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is a survival-thriller centered on four teenage girls exploring a submerged Mayan city who become trapped by a group of deadly sharks. The film earns its PG-13 rating primarily through sustained…

47 Meters Down: Uncaged is officially rated PG-13. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 13+.

47 Meters Down: Uncaged is a survival-thriller centered on four teenage girls exploring a submerged Mayan city who become trapped by a group of deadly sharks. The film earns its PG-13 rating primarily through sustained, intense creature-related terror, claustrophobic settings, and several sequences of bloody, lethal…

The film contains no sexual content, though female characters are occasionally shown wearing bikinis during diving scenes.

Violence is frequent and intense, featuring several shark attacks that result in blood, severed limbs, and characters being devoured. One character is shown in half from a distance before being consumed, and another sustains a gruesome, disfigured injury…

Language is mild, featuring a few uses of words like 'hell' and 'crap', along with minor insults and teenagers flipping the middle finger at one another.

There is a fleeting scene involving the use of chum to attract sharks, which involves dumping buckets of fish remains into the water, but no human substance use is depicted.

The film touches upon themes of trauma, abandonment, and survival in the face of death. There are brief mentions and visual depictions of ancient Mayan human sacrifice, including scattered human bones found in the temple ruins.

47 Meters Down: Uncaged runs 90 minutes, directed by Johannes Roberts, released in 2019.

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