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Movie Reviews of Deep Blue Sea
Movie Review: The best shark movie since JAWS !
Summary: 5 Stars
What another shark movie? After four "Jaws" movies, we thought it was safe to go back in the water. Well this could be the movie that makes sharks scary again. "Cliffhanger" and "Die Hard II" director Renny Harlin takes us to a top secret lab where a group of scientists are trying to harvest a "miracle serum" and save humanity from Alzheimer's. The only trick is that they have to extract it from a shark's brain. Ok, the plot is ludicrous at best but how it's pulled off is quite a ride.
Echoing "Jaws", "Aliens" and "Jurassic Park", Harlin's thrilling disaster movie with sharks really gets the adrenaline pumping and never looks back. The only question you ask yourself is "Ok, who's gonna make it?" and that's all you need to be captivated. The visuals in this film make every "Jaws" movie look like the shark I used to play with in my bathtub. These sharks are phenomenal.
A standout performance has to be the new heroic portrayal of shark-wrangler "Carter Blake" played by newcomer Thomas James. A cross between Clint Eastwood and Harrison Ford, James delivers us a hero not seen since "Indiana Jones" last jumped across the screen. The type of hero we like to jump out of our seats and cheer for.
As for the rest of the cast they sum up like this. Saffron Burrows plays the head scientist who thinks of nothing but her career even if half the people are dead. Next, we have LL Cool J's preaching cook who is there for comic relief. And finally we have billionaire Russell Franklin who wants to shut the place down if the cure isn't harvested during his visit. But put these aside and the rest of the cast are never explored and should we say "lunch".
Movie Review: Underrated; Action filmmaking at its best
Summary: 5 Stars
Deep Blue Sea is one hell of a movie. I don't care how much criticism this underrated film has endured. It succeeds enormously in both presenting thrilling action sequences as well as developing characters, story, and plot. It's not just a glorified video game posing as a film. Firstly, the acting is top-notch. The hero and heroine, respectively, are played by indie actors Thomas Jane (Boogie Nights) and Saffron Burrows (Timecode) the latter of whom actually portrays a doctor, not just a beautiful woman impersonating one (where are you Denise Richards, ahem, The World Is Not Enough...). Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J, and Stellan Skarsgard leave lasting impresssions too as the crew members fending off hungry sharks on a floating research base. LL Cool J in particular has a charismatic and convincing screen presence.
Not only is this film supported by a talented cast, but Deep Blue Sea also avoids cliche of horror/action flicks. The script successful ommitts any trace of romance among characters, or a villainous human character trying to con the rest of the group, and literally, you have no idea who will make it to the end...it's that unexpected.
In turn, the Jaws influence is relatively non-existent. For a movie titled "Deep Blue Sea," the action director Renny Harlin generates is original. I never knew action filmmaking could be this inventive until I saw Deep Blue Sea.
If people can sit and call trash like "XXX" "guilty fun" than most intelligent thinking people won't have a problem with calling an entertaining, well-helmed movie like Deep Blue Sea real genuine fun. A thrilling foray into the action genre.
Movie Review: 2nd Best Shark Film Yet
Summary: 5 Stars
Of course every shark film made after 1975 will get compared to Jaws. Jaws is a classic from start to finish. I dont consider Deep Blue Sea a classic, but its still a very good film. It shouldnt be compared to Jaws because its really NOTHING like it other than having sharks in both movies. Ive always enjoyed the films acting and its furious pace. Its really an action packed thriller. Thats the best way to describe it. Deep Blue Seas special effects have been talked about ever since the film came out. Of course, opinions vary on if the effects are good or bad. I personally havent seen a movie where the CGI stuff looked 110% real. Nevertheless, I think the sharks look pretty cool. Maybe not completely real, but they look really good. I thought the effects as a whole were always awesome in this. The effects are some the factors that make the film good but they arent what make it great. What makes this great is the pace and action scenes during the entire film. It doesnt stop with the action, the whole film is like one huge ride. Its pretty much nonstop. Like I noted, the acting is good too. The actors certainly did the best they could with what little dialogue they had. Thomas Jane played his character very well and I loved his performance. Ive seen the film numerous times and every single time Ive been entertained to the fullest. Thats what its meant to be is entertaining, not a huge epic. I loved this from the first viewing. I think that its underrated and deserves a lot more credit. I recommend it to those who like a good thriller or action movie.Movie Review: 14 year old Michelle
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie! My brother saw it with his friends when it came out, and I loved movies like these but was not able to see rated R movies, but my mother made & exception because my bro saw it first and said that it good, this movie is probbly the most realalistic when it comes to the sharks, shark attack scene's and special effect's, the cast was great, and the cast is & inportent part of a movie, with a bad cast it reck's the whole movie, but everything about this movie rocked, the shark's are so real, it's scary, I'm still shaky about going in the water, the shark's are anamatronic, outside of the really gruseum attack's, that's another thing, if you like movies like this and want violence, gut's, blood, gore and scary diolouge, then this movie will be your favorite, I own the movie, and just to let you know about the badder stuff in it, such as Profanity and Sexual content here's the 411, they have the F- word in it 4 times, though on of the time it is not clear because the man is gasping for air when he say's it, it has G-D- in it like 3 times, (YUCK!) and other not so bad languge that you can watch on t.v., and as far as sexual content, there is none, except when a girl takes her clothes off so her clothes don't catch on fire, but she's in her underwear, you could see that part on t.v., that's another thing, DON'T WATCH IT ON T.V.! They butcher the scene's, it ruin's the movie, watch it on dvd, they take out a few shark attack scene's, This movie is probbly my favorite in this genera, all in all, it rock's WATCH IT! NOT ON T.V.!Movie Review: Highly underrated monster movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Comparing this movie to Jaws is just plain dumb. If Jaws is the ultimate shark movie then does this mean that Hollywood should never produce another shark movie again? Renny Harlin has delivered on all the goods right here in this B-movie that never tries to be more than what it is - a scary movie about killer sharks. DBS kicks the blubber out of ALL the Jaws sequels and it certainly eats up all the other direct-to-video shark attack movies. It can easily take second place on the shark movie list which is not a bad thing considering that Jaws is rated as one of the best movies ever out of all the genre types.This is a great action flick with lots of stunning set pieces to boot. The whole film takes place on a deep-sea rig that is a marine institution for sharks that are being biologically altered to produce medicine. Then all hell breaks loose and the genetically modified sharks start eating everybody up. The end action sequence is mind-blowing and the special effects are top notch.
In short - if you are going to see a shark attack movie then watch Jaws, but if you want to see another then this is the one to get, hands down. The suspense is great and the film moves forward at quite a fast pace. There is never a dull moment to be had in DBS and you should all be thankful that someone had the courage to go out and make a competitive shark attack movie like this one (not to mention that Hollywood found a new leading action man in Thomas Jane.)
Great stuff and a thoroughly enjoyable monster movie.