Deep Blue Sea
“Bigger. Smarter. Faster. Meaner.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 68, rated by 1 admin.
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Researchers make sharks more intelligent and then attempt to survive inside the facility that was meant to contain them. Renny Harlin turns the escalating laboratory disaster into muscular, knowingly excessive action. The science is dubious, but the pace and reversals make this a dependable group shark movie.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4/10
- Plot
- 9/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 7.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 9/10
“The research team has improved the sharks beyond the facility's staffing capabilities.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 68
Synopsis and movie facts
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.
- Released
- 1999
- Directed by
- Renny Harlin
- Running time
- 105 min
Starring
- Saffron Burrows as Dr. Susan McAlester
- Thomas Jane as Carter Blake
- LL Cool J as Preacher
- Samuel L. Jackson as Russell Franklin
- Jacqueline McKenzie as Janice Higgins
- Michael Rapaport as Tom Scoggins
- Stellan Skarsgård as Jim Whitlock
- Aida Turturro as Brenda Kerns
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 8914.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the borrowed genetic-containment setup but finds the film enjoyably watchable in its schlock excess.
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