Deep Star Six
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Movie Reviews of Deep Star Six
Movie Review: NOT ENOUGH CREATURE TIME
Summary: 3 Stars
DEEP STAR SIX is one of those pseudopsychological scifi thrillers where the writers and director spend more time on trying to give us character background instead of what we really want: the monster, folks!
The creature in this one isn't given enough screen time, so we're left with a been there done that examination of what solitary time underwater can do to one's psyche and cliche characters we've met before. The cast is fairly adequate, but even an almost classy turn from Miguel Ferrer can't really save this film's ambivalance. Still when the monster comes on, it's fairly chaotic.
Movie Review: The Abyss R-rated
Summary: 3 Stars
Sorry for the stupid title but I find it hard to come up with something short and original for every review. This is one great low budget underwater film and I`ve found it even better than the similar themed Leviathan. You can`t compare it to The Abyss because that`s a whole different kind of mosnter. The is movie is fun (which film who has Miguel Ferrer on the cast isn`t?) has some nice splatter effects (decompression) and the cast is doing it`s best to create likeable characters and keep a straight face in all the mayhem.Movie Review: once again,don't know why,but i really like it
Summary: 3 Stars
ok yes i know,it's a monster movie without a monster(well we see very little of it),it's really more an action movie underwater(the first of three that year,and the least),in five mins. you already can see who will live and who won't,and most f/x shots of the outside are so dark you can't see anything,it's all this and more, but ,but....i still like it!!!
if you are in the mood for it it can be fun.
Movie Review: "deep star six" is deep sixed alright but can be fun
Summary: 3 Stars
ok it rips-off alien,the thing, and every movie it thinks it can to tell story of people living under water tring to set up missile base on floor of the ocean, and awaken some kind of "monster" that doesn't even get started til over 2/3 's of the movie is over. more action movie than sci-fi/horror here but i still like it a little. slow and very dark it is hard to tell what's happening sometimes.Movie Review: DVD in full screen?
Summary: 2 Stars
Besides being a cheesy movie, although it has Miguel Ferrer, son of legendary screen star Jose Ferrer at the helm, I did buy it just to complete my trilogy of underwater Sci-Fi thriller movies (The Abyss*****, Leviathan*** and Deep Star Six**).
Not much to say here, except that it is a shame we still get dished up movies on DVD in the full screen version.
While I can still understand it for a movie in a ratio 1.66:1, where the cropping of the image would be minimal if at all, for a movie filmed in 1.85:1, 2.35:1 and up it is simply unforgivable.
Mostly movies by Universal are dished up like this (see the recent release of "Colossus - The Forbin Project", or even a splendid movie like "Iceman" starring Timothy Hutton and John Lone).
Also a shame are all those movies send to the market in mono, when they were originally released in Stereo Surround sound in theaters (see MGM/UA's release of "Meteor", starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood and "Midway" starring Robert Mitchum and Glenn Ford).
This simply shows that the industry has absolutely no respect for their audiences, or worse, that they consider them stupid.
It is even more amazing, since all the above titles were released at one time on Laserdisc with their original soundtracks and image ratios intact.
I should know, because I own them and therefore I have living proof in my hands that ever since Laserdiscs have been discontinued in favor of DVDs, the industry has made steps backward instead of ahead as the technology proves.
Yet they allow themselves the luxury to play games with us, instead of practicing what they always preach: excellence.
Some Hollywood dinosaurs should really die off if they cannot prove they still can maintain a bit of decency and honesty of the trade.
It is not enough to make a quick buck, my dears.
You need to really get back to work if you want to stay alive...
This is truly my honest suggestion to the industry, if they really want to go on producing movies.
For the DVD quality, there is little to be said. A bit better than the VHS version, at least in the title section, but still, being in Full Screen one has a difficulty to keep focus throughout the action scenes, since everything is framed at 1.33:1, hence confused for this sort of movie.
Not recommended at all.
Wait for a real reissue of this movie, and possibly in Widescreen.