a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Deep Blue SeaAfter watching and immensely enjoying The Meg recently I have a hunger now for more shark filled movie treats. So I thought I would revisit a film that is becoming old enough now to be considered as a classic of the genre. By no means is Deep Blue Sea a masterpiece but like The Meg it is a damn good time.Originally released way back in 1999 it's a movie that hasn't aged well in terms of visual effects. Set on a remote research station way out at sea a group of scientists try to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Lead Scientist Dr Susan McAlester played rather coldly by Saffron Burrows has discovered that a certain protein which resides in the brain of sharks holds the key to such a cure. The problem is to harvest enough protein the scientists need to make the sharks brains much bigger. Bigger brain means smarter fish which means sooner or later the clever carnivores will over throw their human captors. Sounds absolutely ridiculous doesn't it? Well you're right it is but DBS still manages to grip and enthral its audience with a series of nail biting set pieces. Director Renny Harlin sure knows how to direct good action scenes. With movies like Cliffhanger, Die Hard 2 and The Long Kiss Goodnight under his belt he sure has a proven track record.Deep Blue Sea is an exciting movie with a good ensemble of characters. Harlin devotes just enough time to allow the audience to get to know the crew. That way when the gruesome deaths start to happen we will root for those onscreen.DBS is as much a disaster movie as it is a shark one. The brainy beasts figure out that by sinking Aquatica (the inventively named research station) they will be able to escape out into the ocean. Apparently that's what a 8000-pound Mako shark with a brain the size of a flathead V-8 engine and no natural predators thinks about! By sinking the facility the humans become trapped and must also fight to get out without either drowning or being devoured.What makes Deep Blue Sea work isn't the action or the terrible CGI but the cast. Renny Harlin really has managed to wrangle together a great set of performers here who help sell this rather silly B movie. This was the first time I had seen Thomas Jane in a movie and I think he's the real stand out here. He plays Carter Blake, a shark wrangler who you just know is the dude who will save the day. From his charismatic performance here I believed he would go on to be the next big action star. Sadly it didn't work out that way. Stellan Skarsgard is believable as the eccentric scientist Jim Witlock. His gruesome death being a particular highlight. Also LL Cool J brings the comedy element as the god fearing chef named Preacher. It is perhaps Samuel L Jackson who is the weakest link. He basically plays himself again and it's fitting when he gets ripped in two by two hungry sharks mid way through the movie. This particular scene brings me on to the special effects. Sam Jackson's death scene is one of the worst CGI creations in the history of cinema. The problem is the computer generated sharks don't move naturally. There's no organic flow to their movement. They appear not to be moving through liquid but rather like gliding through air. It's rather distracting and the fish look like poorly rendered visuals from an early PlayStation game. The animatronic effects fair much better. The mechanical creations move through water much more convincingly and they are detailed superbly. Well they are until you notice that a Tiger shark looks exactly the same as a Mako only with stripes. In reality a Tiger shark has a much blunter snout and bulkier body. Here though the SFX guys have just used the same model only spray painted stripes over its back to make it look like a different species. People who love all things Sharky will notice this!Comparing DBS to other movies of the genre. It's never going to live up to the legend that is Jaws and unlike The Shallows, which starts out as a supremely crafted thriller only to nose dive into the sea of crazy in the last five minutes, like The Meg, Deep Blue Sea is a silly film so you just go along with the silliness. There's no jarring changes of personality in the movies tone. From start to finish it is pure action and suspense held together by a bunch of likeable characters that the audience will grow to care for. I enjoyed my return to The Deep Blue Sea and if its a Shark movie you haven't seen, it's one you should definitely check out.

WOW!!! Deep Blue Sea (1999) Was a huge summer blockbuster when i was young in the good o'l 90s & i saw it at the cinema & it blew me away as it was AWESOME!!! it was exactly what i wanted it to be,a big beautiful Looking action packed fun blockbuster full of killer sharks!!! It totally delivered. A great summer movie & a great cast especially the cool & funny LL COOL J,The Awesome Action Hero THOMAS JANE & the underrated excellent MICHAEL RAPAPORT & a nice little but important role by the Brilliant SAMUEL L JACKSON!!! they stand out but the others are all good in their parts.Yep i have great fond memories of this movie & will always love it. Pure fun entertainment with excellent music

Set in an isolated underwater facility, a team of scientists carry our research on genetically engineered Mako sharks to help fight Alzheimer's disease but this go awry when sharks go on rampage and flood the facility.Director Renny Harlin's delivers a B-movie premise that's good fun. Although the CGI shark effects are a bad as they were back on its 1999 release, the practical shark effects still hold up and are impressive even today.There's plenty of shark action and the cast boasts both Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson in small pivotal roles. Leads Saffron Burrows and Thomas Jane play it perfectly straight and are solid enough. However, Donna & Wayne Powers and Duncan Kennedy's screenplay add comedy moments mostly in the guise of LL Cool J who is memorable as Sherman the cook 'Preacher', instead of it being totally serious throughout. There's some good set-ups and surprise deaths, an ominous attack on partying teens, shark smashing stretchers against windows, shark casing through flooded shafts, helicopter crash, think The Poseidon Adventure meets Jaws 3.Although Deep Blue 2 followed - it's less squeal and more of remake, recycling some of the story setups and script only without the budget and tension. Stick with Harlin's original.

He really does. To be completely honest, LL Cool J is the only redeeming quality the movie has. "Preacher," LL Cool J's character has two traits: he delivers sassy one-liners and believes in Jesus. It may be telling of the overall quality of the movie, but LL Cool J's character was better developed and more interesting than anything else that happens. The movie wants to be Jurassic Shark very badly, but failed miserably at delivering a comparable experience to Spielberg's classic. LL Cool J survives to the end, which was very important to me.tl;dr: Movie sucks, LL Cool J blows up two sharks, and I wish I was drunk when I watched it.