Deep Rising
1998
Aboard the luxury liner Argonautica, a mysterious and deadly presence makes mincemeat of vacationing passengers, leaving only a handful of terrified survivors adrift at sea. Enter a mercenary sailor and his crew, who board the ship in hopes of pilfering its riches--but instead find themselves the strange monster's next prey. .. Read more
| Starring | Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi, Anthony Heald |
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| Director | Stephen Sommers |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller |
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Deep Rising
Aboard the luxury liner Argonautica, a mysterious and deadly presence makes mincemeat of vacationing passengers, leaving only a handful of terrified survivors adrift at sea. Enter a mercenary sailor and his crew, who board the ship in hopes of pilfering its riches--but instead find themselves the strange monster's next prey. Goofy fun from the director of THE MUMMY.
| Starring | Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi, Anthony Heald, Kevin O'Connor, Derrick O'Connor, Jason Flemyng, Cliff Curtis, Trevor Goddard, Djimon Hounsou, Clifton Powell, Leanne Adachi, Jack Anker, Anne-Simone, Linden Banks, Melanie Carr, Una |
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| Director | Stephen Sommers |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Sep 1999 Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
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Tremors meets Titanic in this dopey sea-monster movie from director Stephen Sommers. It's a tepid horror tale in which a hi-tech pleasure cruiser on its maiden voyage is overrun by modern-day pirates, then attacked by a multi-tentacled, Hydra-like creature. The film navigates an ocean of hilarious monster-movie clichés and derivative special-effects sequences, while Treat Williams does a poor Kurt Russell impression and Famke Janssen lets her wet T-shirt do the acting. This gruesome fantasy doesn't skimp on memorably tacky death scenes (a victim sucked through a toilet!), but it's sadly all at sea in terms of coherence and credibility.
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Glossy monster movie, with most of the budget going on special effects; the script appears to have been cobbled together after a hasty viewing of 50s horror movies.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
The Critics Were Wrong
Slated by the critics, for a change. Its back to B-Movie gold, with this quality non stop creature feature. Good effects, fairly witty script and a buckett load of action.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
A surprising favourite
At first glance, Deep Rising would seem to be just another monster movie, with something rising from the deep to denude a cruise ship of all its passengers. But there is something about this film that makes it greater than the sum of its parts. Somehow Treat Williams and Famke Jansen turn what should be a cheap shock thriller into something deeply satisfying. Perhaps it is the strong secondary cast, or the strangely different subplot - although the latter is put in place simply to give the monster some decent opposition - but whatever it is - it worked. Somehow, all the disparate elements of this movie came together and made a really good film.
I don't say it loud and I don't say it often - but Deep Rising is a firm favourite of mine and is well-watched and well-loved.
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