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Deep Star Six [1989]


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The good old days... where are they in today's films.
Review date: 2008-11-20 Rating: 8 out of 10

I watched this on Youtube. Yes, i did. but anyway, this film is a good watch. Similar to Leviathan with the deep water settings. My only criticism is the creature design. They tried to stay realistic with actual monsters of long ago - i think. Plus, the lack of TV channels showing the movie. That doesn't help it much. Blade Runner was criticised real bad at the box office. when shown 5 years after on TV, it got interest from people and an addiction for Riddley Scott's movie took off.

Otherwise, a good film to watch. those were the days of action films. now, well they pull us to the cinema to spend money on movies we will never talk about after watching them.

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AN AVERGE CREATURE FEATURE
Review date: 2007-10-31 Rating: 6 out of 10

On board a deep-sea mining vessel, the crew, Captain Phillip Laidlaw, (Taurean Blacque) Joyce Collins, (Nancy Everhard) McBride, (Greg Evigan) Snyder, (Miguel Ferrer) Scarpelli, (Nia Peeples) James Richardson, (Matt McCoy) Dr. Diane Norris, (Cindy Pickett) Dr. John Van Gelder, (Marius Weyers) and Burciaga, (Elya Baskin) are under pressure to get a secret Navy project operational. Upon getting the project started, a series of accidents and deaths begin plaguing the site, and their equipment becomes ruined. The distress is eventually discovered to be a giant sea creature, who proceeds to attack the station and are forced to ban together to fight off the voracious creature.

The Good News: A decent creature feature, this one wasn't half bad. The set-up for the attacks is nice, giving some nice sequences that shows all is not that right. The main one is the first attack on the submarine. The repeated shots of the creature's eye-view ramming the ship are excellent suspense-builders. The dive into the cave is effectively eerie, giving off some nice chills, and the creature's attacks late in the film are also pretty creepy. The look for the creature isn't that bad and makes an interesting design. As a giant mollusk-type creature, it's certainly imposing, especially when compared with the damage it causes at the end. There is a general sense of being shut off from the upper areas that's nicely captured in here, and it does it well. Even though it is a little slow at times, it's never boring and keeps the attention throughout. It's a pretty decent film.

The Bad News: There's still a few problems overall with the film. It takes awhile to get anyway, and then the result isn't all that spectacular when it happens. The first half is very slow to get started, as it concentrates mostly on the day-to-day systems of the station. It's a real struggle to sit through it at time. The monster itself is a big problem. When it's finally unleashed late in the film, most of the damage and explosions come from the various characters doing something to try and destroy it or escape the base. Hardly anything is actually done by the creature. There's only a few deaths that's actually done on-screen by the creature, and most of the deaths don't even have any impact from the creature. The creature could have been removed from the film completely and there would be little impact on the story. It manages to change size, shape, intelligence and strength whenever it likes to suit the plot too. That in itself is a little confusing, as it's not entirely logical and can easily be seen as such.

The Final Verdict: A decent creature feature fare, this is pretty forgettable but still has some great moments here and there to make it a watchable one. Give it a shot if you like the underwater monster films, but don't be too surprised if there's a lot of eye-rolling or bored moments.


UNCONVINCING RUBBISH
Review date: 2007-10-26 Rating: 2 out of 10

Off the back of Ther Abyss, comes a life and death struggle with a monster so terrifying, you may struggle not to laugh.

Predictable plot, 'our deep sea facility will implode if we don't get to the other side before the giant winkle kills us'.

Don't bother.

Deep Sea Aliens
Review date: 2002-11-05 Rating: 6 out of 10

The film is set under the water on a station called Deep Star Six. There is a group of people with the usual conflicting personalities when exploding a bomb in a cave releases a creature which attacks anything with light starting the usual stay alive plot while trying to get back to the surface in 1 piece. Made at the same time as Leviathan, this is a cheap mans version lacking in special effects and the bigger name actors that Leviathan had. Not bad for a watch or 2 to see the cheesy monster but by no means a classic.

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Actor(s):
Miguel Ferrer
Taurean Blacque
Greg Evigan
Nancy Everhard
Nia Peeples

Creators:
Taurean Blacque (Primary Contributor)
Nancy Everhard (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Momentum Pictures
Manufacturer: Momentum Pictures
EAN: 5060021175434
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2002-05-20
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 97 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1989-01-13
Language: English (Original Language)

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