Deep Blue Sea (1999)
57 %
Reviews Counted: 88 Fresh: 50 Rotten:38 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Consensus:
Aside from a few thrills, Deep Blue Sea is unoriginal and unintelligent.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Synopsis: In search of a cure for Alzheimer's Disease, a team of scientists experiment with the brains of sharks, making them smarter and faster. When a corporate executive (Jackson) comes to tour the facility the sharks start an uprising that threatens not only the project but the lives of the team.... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rapaport, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Stellan Skarsgaard
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I can't imagine wanting to see Deep Blue Sea again, but as a one-time-only, low-expectation, Sunday-afternoon diversion, it kept me amused.
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01/26/06
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04/09/05
Harlin, perpetrated, I mean, directed CUTTHROAT ISLAND, but oddly enough, it did not stop studios from giving him big bucks to repeat his mistakes.
04/05/03
LL Cool J and Thomas Jane (are you looking for the new Steve McQueen? HE'S RIGHT HERE) keep the movie rolling.
12/08/02
If science can make sharks super- intelligent, why can't it do the same for screenwriters? ...For a movie about the advancement of knowledge, "Sea" is often flabbergastingly dumb.
06/23/02
Call it silly. Call it obvious -- there's nothing more obvious than a shark attack. But this is one of the few big-fish horror films that still has the power to surprise.
06/18/02
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Harlin, in telling a standard tale of morality and conflict, turns in a plotless, empty picture that dissolves into an emotionless videogame.
06/05/02
You might guess that this movie will feature yelling, at least once, 'Let's get the hell outta here!'
03/19/02
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A scary film about some of the consequences of messing with Mother Nature.
03/03/02
Despite scene after scene of mayhem, Harlin manages to create and and sustain extremely well-coiled tension.
04/17/01
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