Deep Blue Sea (DVD)

Having always been fascinated by sharks from an early age (I even did my final year thesis at university on these funky fish) when I first heard about the movie Deep Blue Sea I was quite excited as I love watching the world's most adept and natural killing machines in operation (not the brutal killing part obviously just the amazing speed and efficiency that they possess - I'm not a complete weirdo!). The more famous film Jaws was okay (I won't even mention the numerous and atrocious sequels) but I never forgave it for causing a dramatic increase in the number of shark deaths through misplaced fear. So my expectations were set for Deep Blue Sea to deliver a ...  Read the complete review

What’s it about? ---------------------- A group of scientists genetically enhance some sharks, giving them super speed and intelligence. Then the sharks escape… Who’s in it? ---------------- The film is a real mixed bag. On the plus side, LL Cool J and Thomas Jane are excellent as Sherman ‘Preacher’ Dudley and Carter Blake respectively. Both seem to recognise that the roles need to played with a certain amount of seriousness to convince as an action film, but also with tongue planted firmly in cheek. LL Cool J, in particular, shows a deft comic timing which helps lighten the tone of the film. Jane, meanwhile, convinces as an action hero to ...  Read the complete review

>>>> Synopsis Somewhere in the middle of the ocean, scientists on an underwater laboratory called Aquatica have been developing a potential cure for Alzheimer's disease. By genetically modifying the brains of a group of captive sharks, they have been able to harvest a powerful protein with miraculous healing powers. But unbeknown to them, their genetic tampering has had an adverse side effect, the sharks are getting smarter. When the head of the corporation, which provides the scientists with financial backing, pays them a visit all hell breaks lose. Whilst demonstrating the technique for harvesting the protein, the supposedly sedated ...  Read the complete review

I remember going to see this at the cinema and being sufficiently impressed, as a fan of sharks, it looked like it was going to be my sort of film. Jaws brought bang up to date with some even bigger sharks and scares. The plot: Genetically modified sharks are being held in a rig out at sea, as part of a medical experiment to develop a cure for cancer. A group of research scientists arrive on the rig to carry out some work, but a violent storm occurs, knocking out power and releasing the dangerous sharks into the complex. The film then becomes a surival of the fittest, as the crew fight to stay afloat and fight to stay one step ahead of the ...  Read the complete review

I always seem to end up watching films when there on Sky that look a bit crap but more often and not they turn out to be a decent film. Well Deep Blue Sea is one of those films. Probably part of the reason I ended up watching it was the fact Samuel L Jackson takes a staring role, and being a fan of most of his films, cause he has done some that are awful, I sat down to watch this. So what’s it all about, well a team of scientists lead by Dr. Susan McCallister (Saffron Burrows) are conduction studies on Sharks on an observation platform in the middle of the Ocean. The aim of the research is to try and find a cure for Alzheimer’s and to do this they ...  Read the complete review