hyped garbage

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Best movie ever!

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I remember owning "Deep Rising" on VHS back in the day, and I do remember it as being a fairly entertaining movie. So when I got the chance to sit down and watch it again in 2017, I did of course jump at the chance to do so.Memory did serve me well, because "Deep Rising" really was and still is a rather entertaining movie, and one that actually still is capable of standing up to movies made even today.The effects in the movie are surprisingly good, especially when taking into consideration that the movie is from 1998. The CGI effects were really impressive back in the day, but still stand up to many movies that are made even today. And on that account, the special effects team really pulled their weight with their work on "Deep Rising"."Deep Rising" is a story that is quite simple to follow, but at the same time it is also a story that is entertaining and has a good amount of action and even some sense of dread and claustrophobia to it. Wríter and director Stephen Sommers did manage to put together a very entertaining movie and one that has a lot of replay value.For a movie back from 1998 then the cast list really does have some familiar names and faces to it; Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jason Flemyng, Cliff Curtis and Djimon Hounsou are some of the prominent and very familiar faces that portray characters in "Deep Rising". It was without a doubt Kevin J. O'Connor in the role of Joey Pantucci who stole the spotlight in this movie.I found the movie to be entertaining from beginning to end, and there is a great level of action and fast pace to the movie which never loses momentum.The only real bad thing about the movie was the ending, which was just about as anti-climatic as it could possibly be, not to mention also incredibly ludicrous and stupid.All in all, "Deep Rising" is a great movie if you enjoy creature features and things with tentacles. My rating of "Deep Rising" is a solid 6 out of 10 stars.

"Deep Rising" is not meant to be taken the least bit seriously unlike other creature features like the Alien films and Pitch Black (which I very much highly recommend you watch). Instead, Stephen Sommers keeps his tongue firmly tucked in his cheek, leading to a campy cruise most reminiscent of Tremors. If there's at least one thing to credit Deep Rising for, it has the look of a summer blockbuster. The 50 million dollar budget is large (especially for a campy action/horror film) and all the special effects are put to good use. The creature effects are well done and makes for a fun encounter between the survivors and the creature's main body. Rob Bottin, noted for the gory effects in The Thing, succeeds again though the creation in this film may not be as well remembered as some of his other works.The film overall, is very entertaining and the two problems I had with it was that I wish we could've seen the massacre but that leads to my other problem, it was a pretty long movie, but it was awesome non the less. The Director (Stephan Sommers) really shows how he wants the humor to balance with the horrors that definitely shows just as much in "The Mummy 1 & 2" and "Van Helsing"! Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

Mercenaries led by Hanover (Wes Studi) hire John Finnegan (Treat Williams)'s boat whose motto is "When the cash is there, we do not care." Finnegan finds out that they're carrying torpedoes and they are tracking a luxury liner. The cruise ship Argonautica is on her maiden voyage which is owned by Simon Canton (Anthony Heald). Trillian (Famke Janssen) is a thief looking to make a score. The ship is attacked by some unknown force from below. By the time Hanover and his men board the ship, it seems to be empty with blood everywhere.It's a monster movie. The problem is that I don't care about most of these characters so I couldn't care less when one of them bites it. It's got some monster fun and shoot them up fun. It's a slick bigger budget action monster B-movie. However, it all feels a little pointless.

When Ridely Scott's Alien (1979) was first released, it was one of the first films to depict realistic horror in the setting of space. During the beginning of the last half of the 20th century, space exploration had a big influence on culture and society. Making the leap forward in science and technology made people very curious about what was beyond our planet. One of the most imaginative movies to be released during the 1970s was the ever popular Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977). It was an ambitious movie and was a large stepping stone for future filmmakers. For Alien (1979), what made it memorable was that it explored the darker side of space and how dangerous it could be. Ever since Ridley Scott's original film, many directors and writers attempted to recreate that formula. This formula ended up molding into the form of people aboard trapped vessels with a monster on the loose inside. During the late 1980s, the setting took place underwater. During the late 1990s, the setting then moved to ship derelicts.Written and directed by upcoming filmmaker Stephen Sommers, this action horror flick is fun but on a very average level. There a number of good components but there's also an equal amount of the bad too. The plot is about a boat transport crew finding out the people who hired them brought explosives with them. Simultaneously they come across an abandoned cruise liner that has a lack of life in it. However, they are not aware of what lurks on the ship. This is just the skimmed version. The writing tends to be a hodge podge of ideas that sometimes feels random and convoluted. The characters don't receive enough development and most of their fates are predictable and cliché. There are even subplots about character backgrounds that are brought up only to be forgotten. What's the point then? There's also forced exposition by certain characters that only serve the purpose of the plot and nothing else. Topping that off is a slew of characters that aren't very likable.Leading this group of individuals is John Finnegan (Treat Williams), a headstrong navigator who thinks saying "now what" will be the next big catchphrase. Following Finnegan is Joey Pantucci (Kevin J. O'Connor), the sidekick complainer. The people Finnegan is transporting is led by Hanover (Wes Studi), a leader who barely changes facial expressions. Under his command is Mulligan (Jason Flemyng), Mamooli (Cliff Curtis), Mason (Clifton Powell), T. Ray (Trevor Goddard) and Vivo (Djimon Hounsou). Aboard the empty ship they come across Simon Canton (Anthony Heald) as the ship's owner and Trillian St. James (Famke Janssen). Of these actors, the only highlight to this cast is Treat Williams because of his B-movie presence. Even with him repeating his non-worthy catchphrase, Williams is able to make his presence known and enjoyable. No other actor matches his skill and that's rather shocking considering Janssen would later be more known for role in X-Men (2000).The action in this movie is mostly present here. There's probably more of that than gore but they both are there. There's several shootings, explosions and even a couple nasty blunt trauma attacks. For gore, this is actually director Stephen Sommers first rated R film. Before this, all of his works were PG and Sommers definitely shows he wasn't going to be scarce with the carnage. The blood isn't flowing all over the place but there is a hefty amount. This ranges from severed limbs, to skeletons and bloody floors. This particularly belongs to the set design, props and special effects. If there's one more thing to say that doesn't work, it's the special effects. Not every shot looks really fake but there are moments where the CGI and live-action background do not mix well enough to look authentic. There's also a scene where the distinction is jarringly different. This is when the actual actors are supposed to be touching the monster. The creature design itself is okay though.It's not the most original concept but it does make some gross noises, is rather agile and has an interesting way of killing people. The camera-work was decent though. The director of photography to this project was Howard Atherton. Atherton also worked on Fatal Attraction (1987) and Michael Bay's Bad Boys (1995). Although Atherton's work is competent and captures as much of the set as he can, it does get angular at times. Apparently Atherton likes to have dutch angles. They aren't super tilted but for some it could get annoying. The film score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, a veteran of this type of film genre. Goldsmith also scored the music to Alien (1979) and Leviathan (1989), of which focused on people being trapped in a small place. The music isn't the most recognizable but it does have a main theme for the title and its monster. The cues also contain a lot of horns and percussion beats to emulate the power of the creature. It's alright.This movie has been seen before plenty of times with a group of people on an isolated vessel trying to survive a creature attack. It's disappointing too because Treat Williams is literally the only highlight to the cast. The music, action, horror and camera-work are fine but Stephen Sommers' writing didn't get enough revisions. Unfortunately, it's only mediocre at best.