Deep Blue Sea
Tags: violence, humor

Plot synopsis:
At Aquatica, a former submarine refueling facility converted into a laboratory, a team of scientists searches for a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Fluids from the brain tissue of three Mako sharks are harvested. Unknown to the other scientists, Drs. Susan McAlester and Jim Whitlock have violated the code of ethics and have genetically engineered the sharks to increase their brain size; this has the side effect of making the sharks smarter and more dangerous.
After one of the sharks escapes and attacks a boat full of teenagers, Aquatica's financial backers send corporate executive Russell Franklin to investigate the facility. To prove that the research is working, the team removes fluid from the brain tissue of the largest shark. While examining it, Jim is attacked by the shark and his arm is bitten off. Brenda Kerns, the tower's operator, calls a helicopter to evacuate Jim, but as he is being lifted, the stormy condition cause the cable winch to jam, and Jim falls into the shark pen. The shark grabs the gurney and pulls the chopper into the tower, killing Brenda and the pilots. As the others try to figure out what caused the explosion, one of the sharks uses Jim's gurney, with him still strapped to it, as a battering ram to smash an underwater window, drowning him, flooding the facility and freeing the other sharks. Upon being confronted, Susan confesses to the others that she and Jim genetically altered the sharks.
Susan, Russell, wrangler Carter Blake, marine biologist Janice Higgins, and engineer Tom Scoggins make their way to the top of the center. While delivering a dramatic speech emphasizing the need for group unity, Russell is dragged into the water by the largest shark and killed. Later, while climbing up the industrial elevator, the ladder falls and gets wedged between the walls of the shaft, leaving them dangling over the water and the second shark. Janice loses her grip and falls; despite Carter's attempts to save her, the shark kills her. The cook, Sherman "Preacher" Dudley, is attacked by the first shark, but kills it by throwing a lighter into the kitchen's oven that had been turned on. He then encounters Carter, Tom and Susan.
Traumatized by Janice and Russell's deaths, Tom goes with Carter to the flooded lab to activate controls to open a door to the surface. The largest shark attacks them, killing Tom. Meanwhile, Susan heads into her room to collect her research material, but while there, she is ambushed by the second shark. She narrowly escapes by climbing onto a metal table, disconnecting a nearby power cable, taking off her wetsuit and using it as a conduit, and using the cable to electrocute the shark in her underwear, destroying her research in the process. Carter, Susan and Preacher go to the top of the research center through a decompression chamber and swim to the surface. Preacher is caught by the third shark and dragged through the water, but swims to safety after stabbing the shark in the eye with his crucifix, causing it to release him.
Carter realizes that the third shark is trying to escape to the open sea, and that the sharks made them flood the facility so they could escape through the weaker mesh fences at the surface. In an effort to distract the final shark, Susan cuts herself and dives into the water. When she attempts to climb out, the ladder breaks and she is killed by the shark. Carter dives in to try to save her, but is too late. Grabbing hold of the shark's fin, he is pulled through the water. Preacher grabs hold of the harpoon and shoots the shark through its dorsal fin, but the spear also goes through Carter's thigh. As the shark breaks through the fence, Carter is attached to the shark by the harpoon. He tells Preacher to connect the trailing wire to a car battery, sending an electric current through the wire and to an explosive charge in the harpoon, killing the shark. Carter managed to free himself in time, and he swims to the wreckage of the facility, joining Preacher in time to see the workers' boat en-route on the horizon.

Review: One of my favorite shark horror monsters movies and favorite Thomas Jane film.
Deep Blue Sea (1999) is my favorite shark monsters horror film and favorite film of Thomas Jane.
The idea about Alzheimer's disease making sharks smart was brilliant.I enjoy this film it is my favorite shark film, a lot of peoples are going for Jaws this is my favorite monster shark movie.
From the actors, the plot, the story, music score, stunts and real practical effects no stupid CGI, I love movies like that.
A preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.In Jurassic Park was breakdown and a paleontologist with two kids in the park has to fight for survival, but in this movie a team of scientist must fight for survival when trio biogenic sharks becomes smarter and they flood the facility now the team must come on surfers and fight for survival.
The situation plunges into chaos when multiple genetically engineered sharks go on rampage and flood the facility.I love this film and it really surprised me with the plot twist: LL Cool J as Sherman "Preacher" Dudley so surprised me when he was stuck in the accident in the kitchen he dealt with the shark him self who eat his bird.Jumps out of upper oven and swims away, "You ate my bird!" lights lighter, throws lighter into open oven and blows up the shark fantastic scene.Thomas Jane as Carter Blake was the most smartest, tougher guy, brave shark hunter I have ever seen.
Music score for this film was excellent by Trevor Rabin.Jurassic World (2015) copied Deep Blue Sea (1999) T-Rex was faster and smarter hunter and he tricked people believing he escaped off the fence, but actually he was hunting them, they make, the T-Rex smarter hunter!
After the opening scene of *Deep Blue Sea*, in which (predictably) a shark terrorizes a quartet of partying teenagers on a boat, I decided I was in for a crappy movie.
I thought Deep Blue Sea was one of the best shark movies created.
It seems like the film makers thought about having a plot, but then they found they could have way more fun playing with the CGI Sharks (which are pretty good actually) The conversation between the film makers probably went something like this.'Hey i have a great idea for a story, we can breed super sharks with oversize brain capacity in the quest to find a cure for Altziemers disease' 'That sounds good, then we can have the sharks get out of control and add some action sequences' 'Yeah good idea, but lets show the scientific side first while we build the characters' 'Yeah of course we have to build the characters and set the scene, wow what's that over there; come and take a look what the special effects team have done it's brilliant' 'Wow that's really cool, lets have lots of that.''But what about the story and character depth' 'We could always show the sexy female lead in her underwear, i reckon that and loads of sharks and death will distract the audience enough and they'll never notice'And so Deep Blue Sea was born, and guess what?
"Deep Blue Sea"With "Die Hard 2", "Cliffhanger", the misunderstood "Cutthroat Island", the underrated "Long Kiss Goodnight" and guilty pleasure (but pretty damn good) "Adventures Of Ford Fairlane", Renny Harlin has proven himself time and again as one of the most visually competent action directors around.
He leaves the film all wet.Saying that "Deep Blue Sea" needed better acting might be stretching it a bit.
Despite some corny story elements (this is an action movie, remember) and some glaringly obvious CGI (I don't think they dared use real sharks for some scenes!) it is still entertaining since the clichés are not there to the point of insult.
If 'Jaws' and 'Alien' had a baby, that baby would probably look a lot like Deep Blue Sea', a big, loud, dumb action movie that doesn't try to pretend to be anything else.
It's short on logic, the dialog is dumb, most of the actors don't seem to be trying very hard, and the science is dubious at best, but despite all that, 'Deep Blue Sea' manages to entertain.The plot of the movie is simple: a group of scientists at an undersea research facility are on the verge of discovering a cure for Alhzheimer's disease.
With the base flooding and sharks roaming the corridors, the survivors find themselves in a race for survival.For the most part, 'Deep Blue Sea' works fairly well, and there are some good jolts and action sequences, but at the same there's nothing here that's particularly fresh.
However, there is one death that is so unexpected and surprising, you might find yourself hitting the 'back' button on the DVD remote to make sure you weren't seeing things.'Deep Blue Sea' is not an actor's movie, but most of the cast acquits itself fairly well.
The sharks are the stars, and everyone involved with the movie knows that.'Deep Blue Sea' is not a classic movie, but it delivers in its own modest way.
Its a good shark movie, but completely different then the more sedate Jaws and some of the scenes are actually quite scary.
i'm no professional, but i thought deep blue sea was an excellent shark movie.
i wasn't crazy about samuel l jackson's character, but he made it work...and did i add that the shark attacks were scary and GOOD!!
Deep Blue Sea was a good, enjoyable movie which I liked very much.
LL Cool J's acting is like the movie, poor but entertaining.Overall the movie isn't the best, but it is definitely watchable and thoroughly entertaining, it keeps you wanting to watch more because its very action packed.If first time watchers are reading this, I would say definitely watch it.
Deep blue sea is without a doubt the best Shark film since Jaws.
The answer is Deep Blue Sea. Researchers and scientists harvest brain fluids from sharks for a cure for Alzheimer's disease, but unknown to the other scientists, Dr. Susan McAlester(Saffron Burrows) and Dr. Jim Whitlock(Stellan Skarsgard) violated the code of ethics and genetically engineered the sharks to increase their brain size, with the side effect of the sharks getting smarter and bigger.
I recommend Deep Blue Sea to anyone who likes to see good action with nice special effects but remember to switch your brains off before you push the "play" button ;).
Deep Blue Sea is very good shark movie.
The cast is different and the acting is good especially by Jackson.Thomas Jane and LL Cool J was good and the scenes between him and his bird were funny.Saffron Burrows is really a good actress and a very good looking woman!I was disappointed that the great talent of Ronny Cox didn't say not one word:( The music by Trevor Rabin was great and the effects are awesome!
If you like Jaws then see Deep Blue Sea because its just as good!.
A Cast to Die For. Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the bait as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.Screenwriter Duncan Kennedy acknowledged that "whenever anyone mentions a shark movie, they naturally think of Steven Spielberg.
Luckily, they approached this the right way -- nodding to Spielberg and carrying on.Roger Ebert wrote, "In a genre where a lot of movies are retreads of the predictable, 'Deep Blue Sea' keeps you guessing." From a horror-basher like Ebert, that is quite a compliment.
That was either one too many, or one too few.If you haven't seen this movie, you may ask yourself, "Is this an honestly exciting action movie, with real Oh-Wow thrills (like The Matrix), or a big dumb stupid poorly conceived b-movie that's more fun to make fun of (like Anaconda).I hope you don't ask yourself this, because the trailers proved this to be the MOST stupid, idiotic movie of the summer, and if someone is reading this long after the movie has appeared on video, then please believe that you are not missing a thing.Renny Harlin does indeed specialize in the action sequence.
Giant sharks have never been that spectacular when attacking.The CGI were pretty good but let's be realistic, when it comes about killer sharks, "Jaws" is the king.Still, a decent popcorn film..
Well that's what this movie tries to convince the audience.Unbelievable and hokey plot aside, "Deep Blue Sea" knows that it's not THAT smart so it doesn't try to push that idea too much.
Deep Blue Sea was not a great movie, but it definitely kept me on the edge of my seat all the way until the end.
As Preacher says, "The brother always gets it in this kind of situation." and Harlin undercuts that too by having Preacher live despite being dragged around by the shark for an absurdly long time.The water and underwater sequences aren't bad (as long as you ignore the CGI shark sequences, and the characters are just stupid enough to be believable as human beings (albeit really _stupid_ human beings).Overall, if you view DBS as a Scream-type parody, you should enjoy it..
Actually Deep Blue Sea is not that bad for a brainless action movie.
On the positive side, the sharks are lovely (no floating rubber in this film); the action is well paced and there is a certain, knowing, disaster movie tongue in cheek.
To me Deep Blue Sea was more a comedy than that of a thriller, I laughed just as hard as when watching a comedy, because it's very simple in this movie the sharks at times looked fake, and when I mean fake I'm saying the robotic sharks from JAWS looked better by a long shot, the sharks even sounded fake and the reason I say this is because that sharks do not and can not produce sounds yet you the sharks snarling and growling, then sharks can not swim backwards, they can't do it because their bodies were not meant to move like that.
Effectively thrilling sci-fi horror flick that retreads `Jaws' with `Die Hard' yet still manages to radiate enough tension and flinch inducing moments of dread: a research facility in the ocean experimenting with genetically altered mako sharks' brains to find a cure for Alzheimer's results in the old adage, `it's not wise to fool with Mother Nature', which unleashes the `smart', nasty and fast  fish to destroy the fortress-at-sea and begin a human sushi-thon in gory detail!
Deep Blue Sea had some pretty good special effects, but had one of the worst & implausible stories since Twister.
This movie and several others like it leave me wondering if Hollywood really thinks that the target audience (males 20s) can only comprehend special effects and have no interest in plot & characters.
This could be his best.It is not just the sharks that are the star of this fast-moving film, it is many other things--The excellent acting by the cast(with the exception of LLCoolJ who is likable but can't act), the CGI Sharks,the great musical score, and the amazing sets of this film make you really feel the claustrophobia, and the constant menace of the sharks and the water everywhere, adding to the fear of drowning as well'This is an exciting film with many surprises, and you will have a fun time watching it.
If you don't love Deep Blue Sea, I can only assume you lack the intelligence, the soul, and the movie know-how to like anything at all.
It's already bad enough that the director can't come up with an original movie, but why does he have to be so moralizing in it as well?The story is about scientists who may have found a cure for Alzheimer decease in the brain of sharks.
But the sharks use their extra brain capacity in their own advantage, becoming fearsome hunters who have developed the taste for human flesh...I guess you already know where the link between Deep Blue Sea and Jaws can be found.
in fact this film has nothing of the great atmosphere, the great script or the great cast of great actors jaws had!this stupid movie has not only a story which some 14 year old could have come up with, it also has annoying flat characters, as there are:thomas jane: the mysterious and brave hero, a tough, reticent daredevil and ladykillerSaffron Burrows: spoiled rich girl who's getting all into trouble with her stubborn behaviorSamuel L.
ARGH!!!!!the only great thing in the movie where the animated sharks (and i'm not talking about the CGI here!!!!!), especially in the beginning, where Carter Blake pulls out the plate from the tigersharks' jaws!
However, the side effect was that the sharks (3 of them) grew smarter as a result of the experimentation, and they break loose, creating hell as they begin to prey on the group of survivors, who are trying to find a way to get topside.Deep Blue Sea is a movie that should have been dripping with suspense and action from every corner.
Considering the fact that Deep Blue Sea may very well be his best movie only goes to show he isn't that accomplished a director.
Sure, Burrows is a very good-looking woman, but it's a gratuitous moment.No one ever said Deep Blue Sea had to be masterful, but it's often too goofy, and thus prevents it from being the extremely entertaining action/thriller it could and should have been.
It's inevitable that Burrows should end up in her underwear like Sigourney Weaver in Alien, but even then the movie offers a credible reason for the strip-down; that Deep Blue Sea can be simultaneously ridiculous and sensible is just another one of its Shylock charms..
Although marred by occasionally overused clichés and occasionally dumb situations, DEEP BLUE SEA is a lot of fun, a package of thrills, action and comedy, all wrapped up with a package of some really smart sharks.Although we have a nice stellar cast of Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, LL Cool J, Samuel L.
By increasing the brain's size, the sharks got smarter.There's nothing really brilliant about the film, but it's a lot of summer movie goodness.
The other problem was with a lot of the visual effects which were very poorly done, other than that it was a good movie and I would have to say it's worth watching at least once and if you know nothing about sharks or physics then watch it more than once..
Deep Blue Sea. An action packed shark movie featuring Mako sharks this time around, instead of Great White Sharks.It is kinda of like Jaws meets Frankenstein in a weird sort of way.
During a wild storm all hell breaks loose and the underwater lab starts to sink, which leaves the humans to try and survive the smartest sharks in the world.The CGI has not aged well over the years, but the mechanical/practical effects sharks do look amazing.Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows and Samuel L Jackson and Michael Rapaport give good performances.
I think it's decent, but Jaws will always win when it comes to the best shark movie.Only things I didn't like were LL Cool J's character of Preacher and his stupid bird and the hideous song he performs at the end credits.
Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows and Samuel L Jackson head the cast with solid support from LL Cool J, Michael Rappaport and Stellan Skårsgard in this enjoyable shark movie.Plot In A Paragraph: Medical biologist Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows) is searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease.
So when the shark hits the fan you're never sure who'll go first and how, which is really the only tension or uncertainty in these films anyway.The giant super-sharks are apparently 45 feet long but their size seems to vary to suit the situation, meaning at one point they can be attacking a stove door without success, the next they can be destroying a major door between passages with no trouble.Deep Blue Sea has one cool CGI assisted bit, it provides a momentary shock thanks to it being so unexpected, then it is over and we must put up with another 40 minutes of narrow escapes, holding one's breath underwater and moving through passages to escape from animals that are generally seen next to small piles of chips.
With Deep Blue Sea, director Renny Harlin has made arguably one of the best monster movies of the decade.
In fact sometimes it feels like Jaws was more violent.Some may look at Deep Blue Sea and interpret it as a warning against human overconfidence in biological experimentation.
Of course this should probably be the last thing you want to keep in mind when watching Deep Blue Sea. It really is not a mind enriching film, it is pure fishy fun definitely worth checking out..
Yes Jaws (the original) will always be "The Shark Movie" but Deep Blue Sea is on a totally different level.
Not Oscar material, mind you, but solid enough to be convincing.If you like lots of action, it would hard not to enjoy watching Deep Blue Sea.
Deep Blue Sea won't top Jaws as the number one shark film, but it does provide some good thrills.
Deep Blue Sea is a good movie to watch as a release from work or whatever other activity may bring you stress.
On that score, this is somewhat like the movie Anaconda (although Anaconda definitely had more fun stuff).When it comes to Deep Blue Sea, I guess I'll have to read thebook..
You may think it hard to compete with such movies as jaws when attempting to create an effective shark movie, but in deep blue sea the combination of special effects, plot and characters make this a movie to be reckoned with.
Nobody is going to mistake Deep Blue Sea for Jaws but this is a good film- certainly great for its genre.