Sam (Jessica Alba) and Jared (Paul Walker) are a young couple in the Bahamas, divers and aspiring treasure hunters. While the arrogant salvager Bates (Josh Brolin) has loads of expensive equipment, Jared gets by with a small, battered boat. Jared and Sam find a historic wreck, but nearby is a wrecked airplane with a large quantity of cocaine. Jared and Sam want the treasure; their diving partners also want the drugs. Dangerous criminals realize the plane and cocaine are submerged somewhere in ...[Read Story ]
In one scene Geoduck and Crowbar make references to Abbott and Costello. Director Charles Barton, and especially writer John Grant, are veterans of the Abbott and Costello features which were also being made at Universal. An animated trailer was created for this film by Walter Lantz.