1999 Directed by Renny Harlin
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.
Bruce Berman Akiva Goldsman Duncan Henderson Anna Roth Tony Ludwig Alan Riche Jonathan Schwartz Don MacBain Mark Scoon
Mark W. Mansbridge Jonathan McKinstry Bruce Crone Héctor Romero David Sandefur Andrew Rothschild Nick Navarro Ligia Ornelas
Kristen Branan William Mesa Jeffrey A. Okun Jamie Dixon Jerry Pooler John Knoll Thomas Boland Rebecca Marie Tiffany Smith Scott Dougherty Heather Smith Craig A. Mumma Ken Stranahan Joshua I. Kolden
John T. Reitz J. Paul Huntsman Andrew Somers Jayme S. Parker Rick Hromadka Adam Johnston Robb Wilson
Riche-Ludwig Productions Village Roadshow Pictures Groucho III Film Partnership Warner Bros. Pictures
Alerta en lo profundo, Синята бездна, Duboko modro more, Duboko plavo more, Bien Xanh Sau Tham, Sügav sinine meri, Perigo no Oceano, Útok z hlbín
top 5 rhymes in LL Cool J's immortal plot song: "DEEPEST, BLUEST (SHARK'S FIN)"
5.)
My world's deep blue
Killers gotta eat too
Looking for human flesh to rip my teeth through
Other fish in the sea but Barracudas ain't equal
To a half-human predator created by a needle
Jet black eyes baby they stare while you sleep
When your Titanic sinks I'm the one you gon' meet
4.)
Struggling to flow with hemorrhages in your throat
Getting the lap dance while I smash through your boat
Eat your whole fam'
Nothing left but a right hand
3.)
Your blood is so warm
Your life vest is off
And that turns me on
2.)
These waters are waist level
The…
Little known fact: this was the motion picture that finally spurred the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to create the Golden Globe Award for Best Use of Stellan Skarsgård as an Underwater Projectile. It was also, unsurprisingly, the award's first winner.
Deep Blue Sea is a mess, but a deeply entertaining one (if you pardon my stupid pun)
Because it's a mess and because I'm lazy and tired, I'll just provide some thoughts and notes, instead of a proper review:
* First of all, Saffron Burrows. She's pretty and all that, but what a black hole of charisma she is in this movie. I don't think she emoted at all, even when she was in danger. I know, that she was supposed to be the cold, rational scientist, but she acted like she was the coldest cyborg ever built. Her dramatic performance is on par with Ashton Kutcher in The Butterfly Effect (this is not an compliment, as anyone can imagine).…
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Gleefully yet seriously stupid. It cares about every moment of its absurdity. Deep Blue Sea offers a great underwater facility setting, a productive use of space and camera movement in conjunction with incredible animatronics and hilarious CGI, and strong stock characters who are easy to root for and observe in their bloody demise. Quality B-shelf action/horror hybrids like this are hardly made anymore, replaced by ironic z-grade DTV trash, so appreciate films like Deep Blue Sea as the treasure that they are.
Episode 14 of the Cineflek podcast out now!! (Apple Podcasts, Spotify)
In order to cure alzheimer's a team of researchers must enhance the brains of GIANT SHARKS! Really, what could go wrong??
This movie is seriously incredible. With a stellar cast and a premise like that, it's impossible not to have fun watching Deep Blue Sea. While you expect something closer to Sharknado, it ends up closer to the Jaws side of the spectrum while still delivering a few campy laughs.
You might be tempted to turn it off after the movie ends but stick around for LL Cool J's masterpiece theme song "Deepest Bluest (My Hat is Like a Shark's Fin)". Just incredible stuff. Also, he has a pet parrot in this movie.
I had my friend Mallory on the podcast to discuss this movie, and have Shark Attack cocktails! The episode is available everywhere now!
(Halloween Movie Fest 2020)
'Jurassic Park' + 'Alien: Resurrection' + some zany brainy shark action = Deep Blue Sea!
"So here's the riddle. What does an eight thousand pound mako shark with a brain the size of a flat head V8 engine and no natural predators think about? ... Well, I'm not waiting around here to find out!"
When it comes to ridiculous shark movies, Deep Blue Sea holds up pretty well when it comes to its horror and entertainment factors. Which helps to offset the story not making much sense and its blah characters. The two exceptions are LL Cool J who plays the witty cook, and Samuel L. Jackson who got to be a part of this film's…
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Deep Blue Sea is the type of movie where if you miss a line of dialogue or even a scene it’s no big deal.
The CGI is amazing and Michael Rapaport is the greatest actor to have ever lived.
It’s dumb cheese.
It’s fun cheese.
It’s Deep Blue Sea cheese.
1st hour: LL Cool J repeatedly threatens to kill a bird
2nd hour: God repeatedly threatens to kill LL Cool J
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Part of Dastardly Difficult December: film nr.65
One of my favourite words in the English language is the verb 'to guffaw'.
I don't guffaw often.
This film, with that one scene, made me guffaw repeatedly. Until it hurt.
It is because of that that it is one of my biggest guilty pleasures.
That and the super smart sharks.
And LL Cool J playing a chef.
And just, you know, stuff blowing up.
Part horror film, part action/adventure, part disaster movie, Renny Harlin's "Deep Blue Sea" is high-powered, multi-genre fun. Fast and full of crackling tension, the film is an exciting and full-bodied, pitting human versus nature in a battle of life and death. Harlin's most exhilarating outing, "Deep Blue Sea" is a relentlessly entertaining piece of work.
Yet another version of the "Frankenstein" myth, the film's narrative finds a group of scientists experimenting with shark's brains in order to find a cure for Alzheimer's. Of course, the scientists create monsters of the already-dangerous creatures, and all manner of Mako-generated mayhem breaks loose when the fish outgrow their captivity.
It is a compelling if recognizable story, and Harlin executes it with a ferocious…
I'M DRUNK AF BUT HEY MAN, I LIKE THIS FILM. IT'S FUNNY AND FUN AND CUTE. THOSE BIG DOOFUS SHARKS ATE SOME PEOPLE I LIKED. WHATEVER. I FORGIVE THEM. LL COOL J STEALS THE SHOW. UHHH IDK I FEEL ANNOYING NOW. I LOVE DEEP BLUE SEA. BADASS FLICK. I WATCH IT ALL THE TIME. LIKE ILY ALL. THE LETTERBOXD 'MUNITY IS SO SWEET. I MADE SOME COOL FRIENDS HERE. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ AND TODD GAINES AND ARIELROCKS5 YOU GUYS ARE SICK AF. CAN'T FORGET EMILY H. SHE'S THE BOMBDOTCOM. ANYWAYS, THOMAS JANE AND SAM L. JACKSON AND MIKE RAPPAPORT ARE COOL TOO. SHARKS ARE REAL. PEACE. BADASS FUCK. MY FRIEND CARTER IS IN THE ROOM. CC THE RAPPERMAN. HAHAHAHA HELLO.
It has some shark fun and B-movie thrills, but Deep Blue See is too over-the-top and catastrophe-y for its own good. A largely forgettable flick despite a why not premise...
Kinda blew my mind when I realized this is basically the plot of Jurassic Park with sharks.
Wish Jeff Goldblum had rapped about dinosaurs over the end credits of JP.
Deep Blue Sea is one of those movies that I saw at the video store as a kid and totally loved the cover art, but just never got around to actually watching it. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed it! As the movie went on I kept recognizing actor after actor and that's when I realized ah this was a pretty popular movie when it came out and still I somehow just totally forgot about it until now!
The best part of Deep Blue Sea is that if you miss some dialogue here and there, or get up and walk away for a bit, you really don't miss much. It's pretty easy to follow and understand which…
Loved the sharks, love that every character got absolutely murked, finally a film that taps into my phobia of deep water
But it was also a complete shitshow
One of my favorite killer shark movies! Always loved this one. Doubt it will ever change. Great cast, intense situations and unexpected kills!
Jaws on steroids!!
This is some crazy shit!
Really funny though, and highly entertaining, so much going on that time flies by when you're watching, Some good thrills and kills too!
This movie's plot is just too ridiculous for words but that doesn't matter...it works, it's fun and it's not to complicated. All good ingredients for a super crazy shark adventure. Imagine Jaws but waaaay more action and waaaay more extreme in every way.
Acting is really solid, we get a typical 90's group of "different people". Meaning...some girls, a scientist guy, a nerd, a cool dude, Samuel L. Jackson and a rap-artist acting quite badly.
Works like a charm!
The film is about a group of scientists working on…
Deepest Bluest my hat is like a shark's fin is one of the most enduring rap lyrics of the last 30 years!
My favorite shark film next to Jaws. I rewatch this endlessly and find so much entertainment in it. I’m a big fan of Thomas Jane and I think he did really well in this, and I’d maybe go as far as saying it maybe launched his career. Sam Jackson and Michael Rappaport are also very nice additions to this. Both are equally as great. The only issue I’d say I have is that in some scenes, the sharks change sizes from big to small or vice versa. Other than that, I love it and I watch this at least like once a month or so.
Truly a pillar of 90's b-tier blockbusters and a movie I've seen a million times.
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