Deep Blue Sea

Jacqueline McKenzie, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport

With a voracious trio of mako sharks wreaking havoc, Deep Blue Sea dares to up the ante on Jaws, but director Renny Harlin trades the nuanced suspense of Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster fo...( read more  read more... )r the trickery of the digital age. In other words, why build genuine terror when you can show ill-fated humans getting torn into bloody chunks? The aforementioned makos have been lab rats in an effort to harvest a miracle cure for Alzheimer's disease from the brains of sharks, but the research has an unfortunate side effect: the sharks get smarter, and they're determined to break out of Aquatica, the deep-sea complex where they've been penned.

Model-actress Saffron Burrows plays the researcher; Thomas Jane pulls double-duty as shark expert and action hunk; Samuel L. Jackson's the corporate sponsor who chooses the worst time for an Aquatica tour; and rapper LL Cool J is nicely cast as Aquatica's cook and comic relief. Michael Rapaport, Jacqueline McKenzie, and Stellan Skarsgård round out the cast, most of whom are turned into shark food as the makos turn Aquatica into a floating junkyard. Harlin takes devilish pleasure in providing sudden, unexpected shocks--no small feat in such a derivative thriller--and as a series of action set-pieces, Deep Blue Sea never disappoints. It's inevitable that Burrows should end up in her underwear like Sigourney Weaver in Alien, but even then the movie offers a credible reason for the strip-down; that Deep Blue Sea can be simultaneously ridiculous and sensible is just another one of its shlocky charms. --Jeff Shannon

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R, 105 min.

Directed by: Renny Harlin

Released: July 28, 1999

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DVD Released: June 5, 2001

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  • June 22, 2008
    This movie is to sharks what Andy Dick is to acting. Embarrassing.
  • May 21, 2008
    Steven Spielberg already made the ultimate shark movie, the world didn't really need another one. Until Renny Harlin decided to make Deep Blue Sea. Yes it's even more unrealistic and not always entirely logic, but also so extremely exciting you're on the edge of your seat the ent... ...( read more )
  • March 22, 2008
    This has to be one of the best movies in 1999! I found myself laughing when I saw the floppy disks and zipdrive, that used to be everything for anyone who worked with pcs! Anyway, oh la laa Thomas Jane, miiiiyaaoowwrr!! ---- CGI back then was still crappy compared to what we have... ...( read more )
  • March 3, 2008
    Deepest Bluest My Head is like a shark's fin? That sums up the movie.
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • June 24, 2009
    What happens when you take a sci fi movie and give it a nice budget? You get "Deep Blue Sea"...its horribly acted, corny, and all around dumb. But hell if you are in the mood for mindless entertatinment its a good stop.

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June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Call it silly. Call it obvious -- there's nothing more obvious than a shark attack. But this is one of the few big-fish horror films that still has the power to surprise. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A neat package of terror, sharks and special effects! full review

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  • neelvparmar
    July 19, 2008
    wow! i really like this movie and i'm this movie's all fan here and i think i'm join this fan member. ok? bye then.
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    April 30, 2007
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  • jbpelican
    August 25, 2006
    This was great, your run of the mill shark times ten, creating a beast of pure violence and destruction. LL Cool J was a funny bastard too.

    Justins Best Bit: The end of Samual L Jacksons survival speech..........
  • JesusOnlyKnows19
    June 19, 2006
    Ll COOL j PLAYED AN EXCELLENT roll in this movie, 1 who preaches! Awesome.....Amen to that!

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