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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
Director Stephen Sommers
Genres Horror

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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
Director Stephen Sommers
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 42 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 27 Sep 1999
Production year: 1998
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (4) of Deep Rising

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    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.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • 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.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    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.

    Get your mates round have a few beers and enjoy.

      • Jamie Sherlock from Corsham, WILTSHIRE, England
      • Posted 10 May 2004 09:05

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Titanic vs It Came From Beneath the Sea

    An above average creature feature which keeps to the '50s B movie style but updated with superior sfx and better acting. The sfx are used carefully with the creatures slowly being revealed which gives time for the main actors to fill out their characters, and you almost cheer the creatures as the baddies get their come-uppance one by one. I am surprised this film did not spawn a sequel.

      • A customer from Birmingham, UK
      • Posted 29 Jan 2005 18:37

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