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Memories of watching Jaws when I was just a boy, being taken to the cinema with my dad and my brother, watching this great but terrifying film (as I felt at the time), still come back to me sometimes. The claustrophobic, almost drowning feelings that is invoked, the horrific sights of bloodied limbs falling to the sea bed, of severed heads coming out of the bottoms of boots, and of dangling legs in the sea. The horror that was Jaws, to me, at about the age of ten.
I had nightmares after watching that film. I would not put my feet out of the end of the bed covers, for fear of then being bitten off by sharks…
And this is the evoking feeling that Deep Blue Sea presents you with. I am older and wiser now, and I can laugh at the scenes of razor sharp teeth biting into flesh. But that feeling, that horrific feeling of being hunted, for food, by really big creatures – now, that is there. Memories are stirred… and for the fact it made me just a little bit scared and uneasy Deep Blue Sea is damn good.
So to the plot…
Made in 1999 and directed by Renny Harlin, Deep Blue Sea tells the story of a group of scientists working in the middle of the ocean, researching into finding a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease.
This research involves enhancing sharks brains. But the sharks (with their new enhanced brains and super intelligence) decide they don’t like being cooped up like this and being experimented on and try to get out.
By breaking into the research facility (I won’t describe the inventive way this happens, you have got to see it for yourself), the place is swamped with water and the sharks are on the rampage.
Written by Duncan and Donna Powers, this is a cleverly done movie. One by one, the team are killed and eaten by the sharks. These scenes are shown using wonderful special effects… and fun.
Yes, it is tongue in cheek at sometimes and horrific at others.
Characters…
Saffron Burrows plays Dr Susan MccAllister, the head of the research team. A tough cookie, her father suffered badly from Alzheimer’s and she wants these tests and this research to be a success because of this. Perhaps she wants it so badly that she will cut corners where safety is concerned?
Samuel L Jackson is Russell Franklin, a multi millionaire who has come to visit the centre having pumped lots of money into it. He has come to see if his money is being spent well or whether the research should be stopped. He wants to see results…
Thomas Jane plays a heroic, well-weathered and experienced mariner in Carter Blake. Brilliant swimmer, brilliant…everything, you just know he is going to save the day.
LL Cool J is the expendable chef, Sherman Dudley, faced with death at every turn. A comical character… but is he that expendable?
Also starring…
Michael Rapaport as Tom Scoggins Stellan Skarsgard as Jim Whitlock Jacqueline Mackenzie as Janice Higgins
To sum up then…
This is Jaws of the modern day. The effects are great and the storyline is plausible (to some degree). I felt the characters were clichéd, but believable. What surprised and pleased me most was that it does not stick to the Hollywood Way of things – i.e.: not all the good guys make it to the end…
Favourite quote:
Carter Blake: “What you've done is taken God's oldest killing machine and given it reason and will. What you've done is knocked us all the way to the bottom of the Goddamn food chain. That's not a great leap forward in my book.”
Production Year: 2003 - Action/Adventure - Director: Jan De Bont - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Angelina Jolie, Ciaran Hinds, Chris Barrie, Gerard Butler, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Rob Cohen - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Asia Argento
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
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Advantages: Enjoyable nonsense, ably constructed and pretty effective at times Disadvantages: Gaping plot holes, "only-in-the-movies" stupidity from the stereotypical characters, some poor continuity with the sharks' size, not exactly logical
EnglishPatient 03.03.2001 ·
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Review of Deep Blue Sea (DVD)
Advantages: Realistic, action-packed, suspenseful, good music, great acting Disadvantages: Could make you a bit jumpy next time you're stranded on an oceanic research station
MichelleScott 29.12.2000 ·
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Review of Deep Blue Sea (DVD)
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Sep 10th, 2002
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