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Overview

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5.6/10   39,388 votes
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Director:
Renny Harlin
Writers (WGA):
Duncan Kennedy (written by) and
Donna Powers (written by) ...
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Release Date:
28 July 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Bigger. Smarter. Faster. Meaner. more
Plot:
Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the bait as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(55 articles)
‘12 Rounds’ DVD Giveaway - Winners!
 (From Screen Rant. 3 July 2009, 8:15 PM, PDT)

Five Favourite Films with Renny Harlin
 (From Rotten Tomatoes. 29 May 2009, 2:42 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
The Sharks ate the plot more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Thomas Jane ... Carter Blake
Saffron Burrows ... Dr. Susan McCallister

LL Cool J ... Sherman 'Preacher' Dudley

Michael Rapaport ... Tom "Scoggs" Scoggins

Stellan Skarsgård ... Jim Whitlock

Samuel L. Jackson ... Russell Franklin

Jacqueline McKenzie ... Janice Higgins
Aida Turturro ... Brenda Kerns

Cristos ... Boat Captain
Daniel Rey ... Helicopter Pilot (as Daniel Bahimo Rey)
Valente Rodriguez ... Helicopter Co-Pilot

Brent Roam ... Helicopter Winch Operator

Eyal Podell ... Boy #1

Erinn Bartlett ... Girl #1
Dan Thiel ... Boy #2 - Kevin Crawford
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Глубокое синее море (Russia) [ru]
Alerta en lo profundo (Argentina) [es]
Blu profondo (Italy) [it]
Deep Blue (Japan) [ja]
Deep Blue Sea (Spain) [es]
Deep Blue Sea (Japan: English title) [en]
Deep Blue Sea (Germany) [de]
Duboko modro more (Croatia) [hr]
Duboko plavo more (Serbia) [sr]
Mavi korku (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Perigo no Oceano (Portugal) [pt]
Peur bleue (France) [fr]
Terreur sous la mer (Canada: French title) [fr]
Vathia agria thalassa (Greece) [el]
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MPAA:
Rated R for graphic shark attacks, and for language.
Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA | Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The 3 sharks are killed in the same ways and the same order as the sharks in Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978) and Jaws 3-D (1983). more
Goofs:
Continuity: When they are extracting the protein from the shark, the monitor displays real-time MRI imaging showing the insertion of the probe into the shark's brain. This is impossible, since they removed the imaging device before placing the probe jig. more
Quotes:
Russell Franklin: You think water moves fast? You should see ice. It moves like it has a mind. Like it knows it killed the world once and got a taste for murder. After the avalanche, it took us a week to climb out. Now, I don't know exactly when we turned on each other, but I know that seven of us survived the slide... more
Movie Connections:
Featured in When Sharks Attack! (1999) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Good and Plenty more

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27 out of 32 people found the following comment useful:-
The Sharks ate the plot, 30 December 2006
6/10
Author: mjw2305 from England

Deep Blue Sea is one of those films that you simply cannot take seriously or you will go out of your mind with annoyance. It seems like the film makers thought about having a plot, but then they found they could have way more fun playing with the CGI Sharks (which are pretty good actually) The conversation between the film makers probably went something like this.

'Hey i have a great idea for a story, we can breed super sharks with oversize brain capacity in the quest to find a cure for Altziemers disease'

'That sounds good, then we can have the sharks get out of control and add some action sequences'

'Yeah good idea, but lets show the scientific side first while we build the characters'

'Yeah of course we have to build the characters and set the scene, wow what's that over there; come and take a look what the special effects team have done it's brilliant'

'Wow that's really cool, lets have lots of that.'

'But what about the story and character depth'

'We could always show the sexy female lead in her underwear, i reckon that and loads of sharks and death will distract the audience enough and they'll never notice'

And so Deep Blue Sea was born, and guess what? It's actually a good laugh and has wall to wall action, sharks and blood; and oh yeah! The female lead gets down to her underwear too, SHOCKER!

Please accept my apologies for the rather corny review, but i felt it was very fitting for this movie.

6/10 By the way Yes i did enjoy it, just in case you were wondering.

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