Deep Blue Sea

1999

1h 45m

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6.0/10

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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.

Directors

Renny Harlin

Writers

Donna Powers(screenplay by)

Duncan Kennedy(screenplay by)

David L. Snyder(original concept by)

Stars

Saffron Burrows

Thomas Jane

LL Cool J

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Dr. Susan McAlester

Carter Blake

Preacher

Russell Franklin

Janice Higgins

Tom Scoggins

Jim Whitlock

Brenda Kerns

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Directors

Renny Harlin

Writers

Donna Powers(screenplay by)

Duncan Kennedy(screenplay by)

David L. Snyder(original concept by)

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5/10

The science behind this may well be plausible - that cures for human ailments may well rest elsewhere in the animal kingdom. To that end Saffron Burrows ("Susan") enlists the help of millionaire philanthropist "Russell Franklin" (Samuel L. Jackson) to develop a cure for Alzheimer's using sharks captive in a converted offshore submarine refuelling base. When he arrives at the facility he meets the rather oddball crew including "Carter" (Thomas Jane") "Preacher" (LL Cool J) and "Jim" (Stellan Skarsgård) before quickly discovering that these genetically altered fish are tired of being the guinea-pigs in the lab and are bent on revenge. The film does not hang about; the effects are quite scary at times but the one great snag is given that the sharks are supposed to be super-intelligent: why did they agree to star in a film with the dreadfully flat Burrows - there are bits of flotsam in this film less wooden than her performance. Jane & LL Cool J have some fun as they try to evade their menacing foes and though it certainly isn't "Jaws"; it's not terrible...

Geronimo196728 Aug, 2023