Deep Blue Aaagghhh!
by Bert Ehrmann

     Eight months. That's how long I've waited to see the movie DEEP BLUE SEA. When I downloaded that first trailer that cold December day back in 1998 I was working at another job and all my coworkers gathered around to bask in the glow of this kick-@$$ trailer. However, even after all that I went into the movie not expecting much. As long as it wasn't as bad as ANACONDA or the extremely horrendous LAKE PLACID, read Michael's review for yourself, I'd consider myself lucky. Interestingly enough, I was surprised as to how good the movie really was. From the beginning to the end, DEEP BLUE SEA had me on the edge of my seat waiting to find out which cast member would be consumed next.

The movie DEEP BLUE SEA follows several scientists off the coast of Mexico doing brain research on sharks. This research requires the scientists to enlarge the brains of the sharks, in effect making the sharks super-smart and super-deadly. These sharks hate both humans and other, natural sharks, equally. If they are released, or ever escape, into the wide open ocean, the Deep Blue Sea, they would wipe out all other natural sharks and go about attacking boats and killing humans. After a severe storm, a helicopter crash and subsequent explosion, the station is damaged so much that the scientists turn from the research of the sharks to destroying them before they can escape from the slowly sinking station. The sharks have other notions when they fight back consuming every human in site.

Although the movie does possess striking similarities between the POSEIDON ADVENTURE and, of course, JAWS, DEEP BLUE SEA presents this material in a new, fresh way. The audience is constantly reminded that, as Joe Bob puts it, anyone can die at any moment. Don't get too attached to any one character, even the well named actors are ripped to shreds, via awesome CG. Be sure to watch for director Renny Harlen who makes a cameo appearance as a crew member leaving the station for the weekend. DEEP BLUE SEA is a fun movie that's the proverbial "Roller-Coaster" ride from start to finish, a must Summer see. 8/9/1999

Read Michael's review of Lake Placid