John Finnegan

Capt. John Finnegan is the main protagonist of the film Deep Rising, portrayed by Treat Williams.
==Early Life==
Little is known about his early life, however what is known about Finnegan is that he has garnered a rather checkered reputation, but is paid to as he puts it, Shut up and do his job, which is a philosophy he's chosen to live by and it's mostly kept him out of trouble.
==Deep Rising (1998)==
Finnegan is hired by a group of mercenaries, who he brings into the South China Sea aboard his boat. As he wishes not to know what his client has in store, he keeps his mouth shut and pilots his boat. It's then that his engineer, Joey Pantucci, actually finds that not only are they hauling the mercenaries, but are also hauling a total of 8-9 torpedoes, which makes him wonder what they intend to use them on. On the way, the mercenaries rivet a torpedo launcher on the starboard bow of his boat, which even gets Finnegan a bit nervous. Not long after, the boat collides with a speedboat, which had shaken loose off the Argonautica, a cruise ship and their destination. The vessel is damaged and with the mercenaries now having taken over with the crew at gunpoint, Joey and Finnegan going aboard with most of the mercs. It's here that Finnegan finds that these mercs were ordered to not only rob the vault, but also use the torpedoes aboard the boat to sink the ship, as a way to collect the insurance. Inside the cruise liner's machine shop, Finnegan and Joey acquire the necessary parts and fuel needed to get back, with T-Ray and Mamooli as their escort. It's then something unknown grabs and kills T-Ray, with Mamooli beginning to question both Finnegan and Joey, only for both to deny any wrong doing on their part. Not long after, Mamooli is killed by the same unseen force, leaving Joey and Finnegan to take up their weapons and flee with the newly-acquired parts. They run into Trillian St. James, who hits Joey with her shoe before Finnegan subdues her. They end up in an elevator, which ascends, meeting up with the remaining mercs, who hold the trio at gunpoint once more. They question Finnegan about what happened to T-Ray and Mamooli, only for them to inform their clients that there is something aboard the ship. While Hanover, the lead merc looks over this, the owner of the Argonautica, Simon Canton, backs up Finnegan's claim before they head into the elevator as well.
Following this, they find themselves hearing sounds of something moving on the elevator, which then proceeds to move it and eventually cut the cables, leading to the emergency brakes activating. They soon find themselves in a hall, with several skeletal remains of whatever killed them littering the floor. Finnegan attempts to pick up one of the M1L1 Triple Pulse Assault Rifles, only for Hanover to stop him, but when they notice 2 sides of the corridor being bent inwards, Hanover changes his mind and kicks up the rifle to Finnegan. Both men work together and lay down covering fire for the others while they flee to the bowels of the vessel. It's here that Finnegan confronts Simon about the mercs, as well as their plans to rob the ship and passengers, while also using the torpedoes aboard his boat to sink the vessel in order to commit insurance fraud. As they chat however, the unknown force that was initially unseen, makes its presence known as massive tentacles, which spit out one of the mercs, Billy, who was aboard the boat with Leila at the time. They soon engage their nautical foe, damaging the tentacles with their weapons, while Trillian also saves Finnegan from being killed. During this incident, the two cut a deal where if Finnegan can get Trillian to his boat, he got whatever he wished and he wished for a "cold beer", which she was happy to oblige. The group soon meet up on a nearby catwalk, where Argonautica's Capt. Atherton is taken by the creatures. It's here that Canton suspects they are dealing with an offshoot from the Ottoia, which essentially drink their victims before excreting their carcasses. They soon make their way to a flooded corridor, which they need to traverse in order to continue on their way, leading Finnegan to take the lead and ensure it's safe for the others. As the survivors make their way under the water, those on the other end find themselves under attack by more tentacles, which lead them to all jump into the water and swim for it. Another merc, Mason, is caught by one of the creatures, leading him to detonate a grenade, taking both him and the creature out. Once in the crew's galley, Mulligan proposes they remain, as the galley itself is near-air tight, however this sparks a fight between them, leading Finnegan to tell them a story about how he saw an octopus was able to get into a closed jar with a fish in it in less than 2 minutes. The moral was that they were the fish and regardless of how airtight it might have been, these creatures would find their way in, which is then confirmed when one of the tentacles comes behind Mulligan and they open fire on it. The group flees, leaving Mulligan behind.
The group soon find themselves being herded by the creatures, to the bow of the ship, where they discover a feeding ground. This is when that part of the hull ruptures and lets in gallons of water, which they attempt to flee from. In the ensuing chaos, the group is split up, with Finnegan with Trillian, Canton on his own and Joey with Hanover, however Finnegan also loses the parts needed for his boat and he does try going back for them, only for the flood door to close. Both he and Trillian make it to the boat, however Finnegan has a plan, which leads him to use his boat and the torpedoes aboard as a battering ram and initiate the auto-pilot right into the side of the ship. Finnegan tells Trillian to find a jet ski and ensure it's got fuel for their way to a nearby island they spotted prior to their boarding his boat. Joey soon meets up with Finnegan, who informs him of his plan and both work to get the boat started. Following this, they hear gunfire from Trillian's location, leading Finnegan ordering Joey to cut the engine, as he was going in after her. He makes it to the ballroom, where he fires around Canton, who has Trillian at gunpoint and scares him off. Not long after however, the tentacles from before return, but this is where they learn the creatures are not individual, but one massive sea monster known as the Octalus. Attempting to flee, Finnegan is grabbed by a tentacle and brought before one of the eyes of the massive beast, which looks at him. He asks it "What are you looking at?", before taking up shortened Ithaca 37 shotgun and blasting the beast's eye. This leads it to release Finnigan and allowing him to get off several more shots before fleeing and rejoining Trillian, who nearly shoots him. Prior to this however, he finds that Joey is not aboard the boat and that he likely was killed by the Octalus, leading him and Trillian to take a jet ski in order to flee the ship. On the way however, they find themselves dealing with several tentacles, as well as escaping the ship, which detonates just as they fly off a nearby ramp and into the open ocean, where they make their way to the island. The next morning, Finnegan is looking at the engine of the ski, which is shot, leaving him and Trillian stuck on the island. While he's bummed out about it, Trillian kisses him, cheering him up. Not long after however, Trillian spots Joey, who survived using Finnegan's surfboard. As the trio catch their breath, they hear the sound of a loud roar echo from the island, leading Finnegan to exclaim "Now what!?".
==Characteristics==
===Physical Appearance===
Finnegan is a Caucasian male in his late 40s, with somewhat long brown hair and blue eyes. He's in good shape for a man his age, typically wearing a blue t-shirt, with a blue plaided overshirt and a dark green jacket. He wears tan pants, with dark steel-toe boots.
===Personality & Traits===
Finnegan is seen as a man who likes to keep his word to those around him, never questioning a job or motive of said job, so long as he and his crew get paid. He is, however, not afraid to question himself about specific things and is easily able to deduce something before it happened, such as when he was able to deduce the mercs' role in robbing the ship before sinking it.
==Skills & Abilities==
*Weapons Expertise: Finnegan has shown he's no pushover when it comes to the use of firearms. He owns a shortened Ithaca 37 shotgun, which he uses with great proficiency, while also able to wield full automatic weapons and even spearguns with little issue at all. It's possible he did have some kind of military training prior, however this is rather inconclusive.
*Combat Expertise: Finnegan is also able to throw a punch or two, such as when he smacked Mulligan with his speargun before aiming it at Mamooli.
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