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Summary: Leviathan is really a lot of fun.
Review: As a rip-off of Alien and The Thing set underwater, Leviathan is actually quite a fun sci-fi/horror flick. It has no pretensions to be anything else but gory shocker. Heck, it actually starts out it a rather interesting fashion. Once the icky things start happening, it becomes a non-stop ride of thrills and shocks. It's certainly better than DeepStar Six and Endless Descent, two other underwater thrillers made in the same time period.
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Summary: underwater scares
Review: Having a monster movie filmed in a huge underwater mining lab is kinda silly at first, but gets pretty cool after a while. I've seen several Peter Weller movies, and this is his second best sci-fi movie he's done (right next to "RoboCop"). For people who haven't seen this movie yet, it's about a group of
wise-cracking underwater miners (led by Weller) who's being terrorized by a giant human-fishlike creature that was spawned from a genetic experiment gone haywire. The special effects was pretty cool, although they could have done a little more, but it's still an enjoyable movie to watch. Oscar winning composer Jerry Goldsmith (winner of the Best musical Score Oscar for 1976's "The Omen") does an excellect job conducting action & scary music sequences throughout the entire picture.
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Summary: Quite possibly the worst movie ever made
Review: Horrible. Predictable. Everything predictable--even the part where you never get to see the monster, and even when you do "see" the monster in the end, you're not really looking at anything but a random conglomeration of bogus latex. And I mean RANDOM.
And then, when the sharks even attack the characters in the end? Well, the movie makers thought that would be scary, but I remember the movie audience erupting in laughter at the preposterousness of it all. A ridiculous, terrible waste of my time. Don't let it waste yours.
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Summary: one of my favorites
Review: I recently viewed this movie again. I was surprised by how suspenseful I still found the movie. Though the special effects are not what you could expect in today's films, they were adequate for it's time. Aside from one corny line at the end by Peter Weller (which is strangely like a line from Jaws) the script was well written. The story line, plot, and actors were all good. The movie is well worth seeing and dwells in my memory as one of my favorites.
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Summary: one of my favorites
Review: I recently viewed this movie again. I was surprised by how suspenseful I still found the movie. Though the special effects are not what you could expect in today's films, they were adequate for it's time. Aside from one corny line at the end by Peter Weller (which is strangely like a line from Jaws) the script was well written. The story line, plot, and actors were all good. The movie is well worth seeing and dwells in my memory as one of my favorites.
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Summary: Unintentionally hilarious
Review: I was watching tv not too long ago when my local UPN station decided to air an '80s relic "Leviathan". I almost forgot just how cheesy this film was. As a teenager, this was one of my favorite guilty pleasures. Even as a teen, I knew right away that this film was an Aliens gone underwater film with bad special effects. When I saw this film tonight, it was so badly dated and just so unintentionally funny.
The premise of the film has Robocop's Peter Weller leading a ragtag team of scientists at the bottom of the ocean. This alone just had "Alien" rip-off written all over it. And if you noticed the similiarities in the characters, you really know that the people behind this movie watched "Alien" way too many time. The crew discovers an old sunken Russian ship. They decided to bring up a safe from the ship. Inside the safe is an unfinished bottle of vodka which some of the crew makes the mistake of consuming. The results is this horrible-looking alien terrorizing the remaining crew mates.
I don't know what made this film horrendous is the acting, the writing, or the premise of the film. This Alien gone underwater plot was really lame. The special effects is even worse. Nevertheless "Leviathan" is still good for a few unintentional laughs. Yeah it is stupid but it is unintentionally funny with the bad acting and the blatant rip-off of a classic horror/sci-fi film like "Alien".
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Summary: alien ripp off?
Review: Is it just me or did this movie seem like the first alien movie?I mean it was almost the same thing! they'r miners,they bring back something nasty from a ship and it turns into a monster.although not a bad movie, it was just done before.
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Summary: Good Movie
Review: It is about a minning group who accedentaly stumble apon a russian capsised wreck they find some vodka and 2 of them drink it they become some frekky monsters
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Summary: One of my favorite movies
Review: It's not as good as Alien or The Thing, and it borrows from both of them. But nearly every film borrows from other films. The question is whether it's entertaining and worth the price.It's suspenseful, has good special effects, believable characters, and an interesting if implausible storyline. And it's a lot of fun!
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Summary: Alien underwater!
Review: Leviathan isn't nearly as good as the movie it so obviously tries to be. Though it offers better creature effects and set-designs than ALIEN, as well as a larger cast, and an equally good score, that doesn't justify its total lack of imagination. If you're a fan of the horror genere, you'll likely enjoy this movie. Be warned however. This movie is basically Alien set underwater. So if you're looking for something fresh, look elsewhere, because you'll probably see where this movie is headed less than fifteen minutes into it. Though Leviathan lacks in the plot department, it still exceeds the quality of most monster movies released in the theaters, which is why I recommend it. But to enjoy this movie fully, you should really watch it on DVD. Leviathan was shot in a 2.35:1 widescreen format. And when a movie is shot with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, it means you'll only be seeing roughly half the image when you're watching it on t.v. or VHS, which are best to be avoided if you want to see this movie the way it was meant to be seen.
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