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Deep Blue Sea


Deep Blue Sea
Directed By: Renny Harlin




The Story
I remember back when this movie was released reading a review with the tagline " Jaws is Back". I remembered being so excited about its release that i couldn't wait to get myself down to the local cinema. Around that time i think i was around 12/13 years of age, so movies like this were fun. Fast forward another 15+ years and I couldn't believe I actually enjoyed this movie. Everything about Deep Blue Sea is just wrong. The story is just stupid. The cast are cheesy as hell. And the sharks are the worst looking things i have ever seen. The whole film is just dumb, and I can't believe this hold 50+% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Movie Trivia;
The license plate pulled from a shark's teeth, is the same plate as the one found in the tiger shark in Jaws (1975).

For one scene, Thomas Jane had to swim alongside a real live shark. He was only allowed to shoot this, once he had completed all his other scenes.

The orange colored mini-sub visible in the wet-entry area, was the same mini-sub seen in the end of Sphere (1998), also starring Samuel L. Jackson.

Preacher's description of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity (Tom Scoggins: "I spent four years at CalTech, and that's the best physics explanation I've ever heard.") is adapted from a quote by Einstein himself: "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."

Samuel L. Jackson happily signed on for the film, as he had enjoyed his experience working with Renny Harlin on The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996).

The Cast
The Cast are cheesy as hell, which is a shame really because i'm a big fan of Samuel L Jackson and Thomas Jane. LL Cool J is a no no no, and Saffron Burrows character i just didn't like at all (She was a bitch). The Sharks are this movies saving grace, and even they look absolutely terrible. This movie is labelled as a horror, and believe me the horror aspect doesnt come from the sharks.




Movie Highlight
My movie highlight was of course watching Samuel L Jackson give his big motivational speech, only to then watch a huge shark jump out of the water and rip him apart. The scene was very unexpected, and i must admit it did make me jump. First a Velociraptor, then a bloody shark, the guy has no luck.



My Verdict
Overall Jaws is not back. Infact this movie shouldn't be even mentioned in the same light as Jaws. It's cheap, cheesy, and absolutely garbage. I would rather watch Jaws 3 over and over again than watch this movie again.