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Gargantua (1998) -- There's trouble in the South Seas when marine biologist Jack Elway and his son, Brandon, are drawn to an obscure Polynesian island to study the effects of recent seismic activity on the area's marine life.
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2.7/10   745 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Ronald Parker (written by)
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Release Date:
19 May 1998 (USA) more
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Plot:
Marine biologist Jack Ellway and his son Brandon are drawn to the Polynesian island of Malau to study... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
just a waste of time more (33 total)

Cast

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Adam Baldwin ... Jack Ellway

Julie Carmen ... Dr. Alyson Hart

Emile Hirsch ... Brandon Ellway
Bobby Hosea ... Colonel Wayne

Doug Penty ... Paul Bateman
Peter Adams ... Dr. Ralph Hale
Alexander Petersons ... Derek Lawson
Monroe Reimers ... President Manny Moki
Darren Selby ... Kikko
Tony Briggs ... Police Chief
Puven Pather ... Naru
Mae Montero ... Tari
Fiona Edwards ... Girl #1
Aislinn Crowe ... Girl #2
Don Battee ... T.J. (as Donald Battee)
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Germany:90 min | 120 min (including commercials)
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References Beginning of the End (1957) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
just a waste of time, 21 December 2002
6/10
Author: Chris Winston from Fairbanks, U.S. Territory of Alaska

"He like cheese balls" - best line in the movie!! Other than that this was garbage, about as yummy as the DDT that supposedly transformed cute little salamanders into these beasts who kill if you get in their way. I can understand joking how this is a great movie but giving it a "10"? That's really not funny. Nothing in this movie deserves a "10" except maybe the sand on the beach. Chock full of mostly bad acting, mostly bad effects. Boy Scouts from Nebraska could probably stage a more realistic take over and evacuation of a tropical island. I will say I did like the little guy; I thought the baby monster was kinda cute. Adam Baldwin did okay. The helicopters were nice. The sun was shining. It was kind of an interesting story but just flopped. How could it not? A tv movie like this, what kind of budget were they looking at, like 5 or 600 bucks, maybe a thousand? It goes to show ya that almost everything made-for-tv, especially in the action category, is worth less than the time you spend to watch it.

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