Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writers:

Nicholas Garland (co-writer)
Sean Keller (written by)

Release Date:

23 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Thirty years ago, Ray Reiter witnessed the brutal death of his parents at sea by a strange, octopus-like creature...

Plot Keywords:

Kraken | Scuba | Loss Of Mother | Artifact | Babe Scientist

Cast

Charlie O'Connell	...	Ray
Victoria Pratt	...	Nicole
Kristi Angus	...	Jenny
Cory Monteith	...	Michael
Jack Scalia	...	Maxwell
Aleks Paunovic	...	Ike
Nicole McKay	...	Kate
Michal Yannai	...	Sally (as Michal Yanai)
Kyle Morven Tejpar	...	Young Ray
Mike Dopud	...	David
Emy Aneke	...	Firefighter
Elias Toufexis	...	Keith
Christa Campbell	...	Emily

Also Known As:

Deadly Water (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

Canada:88 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Brightlight Pictures

Trivia:

Young Ray (Kyle Morven Tejpar) seen reading a book "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. The book was influenced by Tennyson's poem the "The Kraken"

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Jim, the skipper, is beheaded and thrown over-board by the wire, we see the actor swimming in the water. Moments later, we see him again moving around in the water as the Kraken's tentacles grab him.

Quotes:

Nicole: You guys are awesome for what you've done but this goes way beyond the internship and the classes and I think you guys should stay on shore.
Jenny: There's no way I'm missing this adventure.
Nicole: Too dangerous.
Jenny: Nicole we started this together and we're gonna finish it. You've taught me a lot especially to staring out a challenge and get the better of it and that's what I'm gonna do.

Movie Connections:

References Metropolis (1927)

Soundtrack:

If I Say

Raiders of lost sea artifacts meet a Kraken

Not a bad story, but the low budget rears its ugly head at times to undermine the effectiveness of the movie. A lot of the plot is predictable, but the film moves quickly and takes some time to introduce characters so you at least have some involvement and know what's going on. An illustration of the low budget is when a motor boat is "destroyed," you only see this as a CGI image from a distance. (No boats were harmed during the filming of this movie.) I also love the "metal mask," that looks like a pie-tin mold.

It's another big-sea-creature-on-the-loose story, but this one actually has an unusual motive for its vicious brutality (not simply hunger), a plot twist often absent in these made-for-TV flicks. The human characters are two teams of scientific artifacts treasure hunters (sort of an aquatic version of Raiders of the Lost Ark), and they're both after the same artifact. The bad guys all wear black so you know they're the bad guys; the baddest of the baddies (and the leader) always wears black suits, even though all the action is at a beach or on the water. Every line of dialog this guy has is a threat to somebody; they could have put a sign up saying "Generic Theat in Progress" whenever he shows up. The good guys wear other colors, even in their scuba gear so you know who's who during underwater fight scenes. The creature's inevitable attacks predictably interrupt these fights, and provide for other common monster movie clichés.

Certainly not a landmark film, but OK for a watch if you like these sea monster movies, or if you have nothing better to do.