Deep Blue Sea (1999)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Renny Harlin

Writers (WGA):

Duncan Kennedy (written by) and
Donna Powers (written by) ...

Release Date:

28 July 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Bigger. Smarter. Faster. Meaner.

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.

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Research | Alzheimer's Disease | Storm | Shark Attack

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

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

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]

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

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #36877) | Netherlands:12 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Malaysia:18SG | Netherlands:16 (VHS/DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KNT | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

Fox Baja Studios, Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

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).

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.

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...

Movie Connections:

Featured in When Sharks Attack! (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Good and Plenty

The Sharks ate the plot

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.