Advantages: Well paced adventure with involving action. Disadvantages: Unoriginal in numerous ways.
Deep Star Six (1989) is set on a deep-sea research station, working to install a new nuclear missile facility. Lone warnings from the resident marine biologist (Nia Peeples) about unearthing previously undiscovered prehistoric life are soon answered in the form of a very big and very nasty monster. When the creature attacks, panic quickly follows. The crew struggle for survival whilst trying to secure the nuclear missiles and find a way to the surface.
... ...underwater adventure movies, making it easily comparable to The Abyss and Leviathon; both of the same year. I found this one sits nicely in the middle as a sort of evil twin to The Abyss that proves more entertaining than Leviathon, while owing its roots to films like Alien and The Thing. Director Sean S Cunningham (Friday 13th), who found fame producing the infamous Last House on the Left, delivers a fair share of gruesome moments, but the film ...
ThePolarOne 17.06.2004
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Science Fiction - Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga - Original Language: Japanese - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Ayako Kawasumi, Fujiko Takimoto
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