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

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 seaplane used in this film is the same one used in Six Days Seven Nights (1998).

Goofs:

Continuity: The above water fences were shown to be of the chain-link variety. Which is wire strands bent in a zig-zag pattern and interlinked to form a diamond pattern. However, when it was revealed that the sharks were sinking the facility to escape through the weaker, above water fences, the fence that the shark was tearing apart had a square pattern (resembling the flexible, titanium underwater fence), and the shark was pulling long, straight strands out of the fence.

Quotes:

Carter Blake: They got a pill for what's wrong with you?

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Sharks of the Deep Blue Sea (1999) (V)

Soundtrack:

El Paradiso Rico

A CGI Masterpiece

This is true but that doesn't mean it was a great movie. The effects were just simply great, especially for a shark movie. Definitely ahead of the Jaws series and almost everything else in terms of effects.

The directing was not great but it was not bad. Harlin does enough to keep you entertained the whole movie but that is about it. Don't expect some Spielberg Jaws masterpiece. What pushed it to above average was the one kill scene that you will never see coming. His directing probably made it more funny than scary. That is not horrible though. I won't say who though. The acting was average. This is not a superb cast but that shouldn't be too shocking if you look at the storyline. Nothing else is really worth talking about in the technical aspects.

Just watch it and you will see why it is just a CGI masterpiece.