Deep Blue Sea (1999)

Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastThomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgård, LL Cool J, Aida Turturro, Cristos, Daniel Rey
KeywordsThriller, Giant Monster, Action, Sharksploitation, Science Fiction, Disaster
Review
""Deep Blue Sea" takes all the action cliches and introduces three big sharks to demolish them. Call it silly. Call it obvious -- there's nothing more obvious than a shark attack. But this is one of the few big-fish horror films that still has the power to surprise. Any one of a dozen movies out there shows actors chewing the scenery. "Deep Blue Sea" shows the scenery chewing the actors, and not just nibbling. In one particularly delightful shot, a shark starts chomping on a man, and another shark comes over and munches on him too… Jackson is the only marquee name, but the cast lacks for nothing in talent and appeal." - Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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