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Following in the reptilian slime trail of Anaconda, this derivative monster movie from early 1998 plays like a cross between Titanic and Tremors, with parts of Aliens tossed in for good measure. Director Stephen Sommers couldn't recognize an original idea if it swallowed him whole--which, by the way, is exactly what happens to a lot of passengers on a luxury ship that is attacked by a giant serpent-like sea creature with a voracious appetite for human flesh. Treat Williams plays the leader of a mercenary crew whose members discover the ravaged ship and wage war on the creature; Famke Janssen joins him as an onboard thief and con artist who just happens to be highly skilled with automatic weapons. Of course, the action grows more intense as the body count rises and along the way the monster is gradually revealed in all of its gruesome glory. A guilty pleasure if ever there was one, Deep Rising arrived in theaters shortly after another waterlogged thriller, Hard Rain, and if nothing else it provides proof that the B-movie monsters of the 1950s are alive and well and as cheesy as ever in the age of digital special effects. --Jeff Shannon

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5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest horror movie ever created by mankind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, July 14 2004

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This movie is so great that they should make 2nd movie call "Monster Island:DEEP RISING 2". With different characters.

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3.0 out of 5 stars survive this, Dec 5 2003

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Michael Bolts (superior, wiusa) - See all my reviews

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some good moments in a film directed by Stephen Sommers(directed the dreadful Mummy movies). this one is his best one so far with Treat Williams and Wes Studi and Studi's shipmates and Williams crew go and highjack a luxury cruiseliner but find something different on board thats eatting alive all the crew. so they race against time and try to stop it and survive. Kevin J. O'Connor sparks some laughs alongside Williams. dont get to caught up in the moment, the beast at the end is stupid but the ship exploding is great and Anthony Heald is way funky in this pic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What's eating you? Go and gulp down this bloody thriller!, Nov 25 2003

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Boy, I do love the combination of ships and blood-fests. I thoroughly enjoyed both Virus and Ghost Ship, and now another favorite arises from the depths.

Despite no big name stars, get ready for some truly great performances from the cast; Treat Williams as Captain Finnegan, Kevin O'Conner (The Mummy) as Pantucci, Una Damon as Leila, and Jason Flemyng as Mulligan, just to name a few.

A group of would be robbers armed with torpedoes set out to terrorize and rob a luxury cruise ship, hiring Captain Finnigan and his ship and crew, who hire out to anyone with the cash, no questions asked. The cruise ship is sabotaged by an insider on board, but before the pack of robbers can make it onboard, something else takes control of the ship: the big squid thing.

Already on board is Trillian, played by Famke Janssen, a fairly incompetent female thief who manages to get herself locked in the vault before being able to steal a necklace she was after.

With Finnegan's ship disabled from running into a stray lifeboat, they all board the cruise liner, meet up with Trillian, and one by one fall victim Mr. Squid. Very action packed, rapidly moving, gorily fascinating splatter fest that is a five star must see. Especially when Mr. Squid vomits out the half digested guy who is still alive, one of my all time favorite horror movie scenes.

There are crunching skulls, folding metal, bursting pipes, rapid gunfire, and some pretty funny dialogue that manages to not sound out of place like so many flat one liners in horror films. All of the messy, gory, bloody lower levels of the ship, bending and peeling metal, various and sundry body parts, combine to announce the arrival of the squid-like monster with immense strength and an appetite to match. All in all, a wonderful journey with a surprise, funny ending. Enjoy!

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1.0 out of 5 stars The #1 lousiest movie of all time!!!!
Well, what can we say? absolutely one of the most painful movies we've ever watched! The plot was non-existent and the acting - oh my god! Lisez davantage

Published on Jun 22 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars Saw better special effects in Godzilla 2000.
Well it is a B-monster movie all right. The sea creature is really just some bad CGI effects thrown in for bad measure. Lisez davantage

Published on Jan 27 2004 by Joe Mac Guy