Gargantua (1998)

Marine biologist Jack Ellway and his son Brandon are drawn to the Polynesian island of Malau to study the effects of recent seismic activity on the area's marine life. Along with the local ... See full summary »

Director:

Bradford May

Writer:

Ronald Parker

Stars:

Adam Baldwin, Julie Carmen, Emile Hirsch

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

Marine biologist Jack Ellway and his son Brandon are drawn to the Polynesian island of Malau to study the effects of recent seismic activity on the area's marine life. Along with the local doctor Alyson Hart, they soon become caught up in the investigation of a series of recent drownings with unexpected results. As Jack explores the surrounding ocean for a mysterious marine creature, Brandon discovers and befriends a three-foot-long baby creature that is able to leave the ocean and walk on land. As more dangerous and giant creatures come onto the island, and the military begins to take offensive action, Jack must risk everything to save the creatures, the island and his son.

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Plot Keywords:

kaiju | ocean | biologist | widower | restaurant | 

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film made its television premiere on the same night that rival project Godzilla (1998) held its advance screenings.

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Connections

References Gorgo (1961)

User Reviews

We need negative numbers in the voting choices!

I gave this piece of garbage 1 because that is the lowest there was. It deserved less.

The "creature" effects were terrible. The "baby" moved like a cheap shop dummy badly in need of lubrication. About the only good thing I can say for the effect of the adult creatures is that at least you couldn't see through them. I would suggest that next time the "script writers" come up with a cause for the mutation, they show some logic in the way they show it on screen. Hint: I would very much suspect that DDT does not glow luminescent green a few thousand feet under the water!

There was at faint glow of hope. At one point in the movie the Internet gets mentioned. When they showed someone using a computer to look at something, they didn't have one of those ridiculously pathetic GUIs where every key press was accompanied with loud clicking.

To paraphrase Monty Pythons The Holy Grail, when you see this one coming "RUN AWAY!"

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gargantua - Das Monster aus der Tiefe

Filming Locations:

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1