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 (Samuel L. Jackson) comes to tour the facility the sharks start an uprising that threatens not only the project but the lives of the team. Familiar yet entertaining work by director Renny Harlin.
Review 1:
"...[The] underwater photography is luminous..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.41-2 11/??/1999
Review 2:
"...Often propulsive filmmaking..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.46 09/03/1999
Review 3:
"...Harlin turns the maze of a facility into a flooded haunted house full of traps and tricks -- more like a wet ALIEN. And he keeps things moving at full throttle..."
Source: USA Today
p.10D 07/28/1999
Review 4:
"...A rousing adventure that's paced to kill....[Harlin] is completely in his element making sense out of the chaos..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C1 07/28/1999
Review 5:
"...The movie is a skillful thriller....The movie is essentially one well-done action sequence after another....DEEP BLUE SEA keeps you guessing..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.44 07/28/1999
Review 6:
"...[With] a star-turn from LL Cool J..."
Source: Total Film
p.106 08/01/2000
Review 7:
"...Powered by exceptional displays of physical filmmaking..."
Source: Variety
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