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01/26/06
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
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Reviews Counted:88
Fresh:50
Rotten:38
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Aside from a few thrills, Deep Blue Sea is unoriginal and unintelligent.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: In search of a cure for Alzheimer's Disease, a team of scientists experiment with the brains of sharks, making them smarter and faster. When a corporate executive (Jackson) comes to tour the... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rapaport, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows
Director: Renny Harlin
Reviews for Deep Blue Sea
Top CriticA soggy effort.
03/05/02
Despite scene after scene of mayhem, Harlin manages to create and and sustain extremely well-coiled tension.
04/17/01
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01/01/00
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01/01/00
I can't imagine wanting to see Deep Blue Sea again, but as a one-time-only, low-expectation, Sunday-afternoon diversion, it kept me amused.
07/30/07
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12/06/05
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06/05/05
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04/09/05
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05/20/03
Harlin, perpetrated, I mean, directed CUTTHROAT ISLAND, but oddly enough, it did not stop studios from giving him big bucks to repeat his mistakes.
04/05/03
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02/08/03
LL Cool J and Thomas Jane (are you looking for the new Steve McQueen? HE'S RIGHT HERE) keep the movie rolling.
12/08/02
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11/07/02
It's stupid and violent, and proud of it.
10/09/02
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09/18/02
If science can make sharks super- intelligent, why can't it do the same for screenwriters? ...For a movie about the advancement of knowledge, "Sea" is often flabbergastingly dumb.
06/23/02
Call it silly. Call it obvious -- there's nothing more obvious than a shark attack. But this is one of the few big-fish horror films that still has the power to surprise.
06/18/02
Harlin, in telling a standard tale of morality and conflict, turns in a plotless, empty picture that dissolves into an emotionless videogame.
06/05/02
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