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Summary: Deep in Six Feet of %@#&!
Review: 1989 was the year of deep sea movies (THE ABYSS, LEVIATHON to name a couple). DEEP STAR SIX reached the theaters first. A completely forgettable ALIEN(by the sea) ripoff with a notable performance by Miguel Ferrer as Snyder. When this reviewer first saw this film with a bunch of drinking buddies,we started calling the'Snyder'(Ferrer) character 'Gilligan' (as in GILLIGAN'S ISLAND) because the character kept on screwing everything up. The film is unintentionally made humorous because of Ferrer's character (along with the ineptitude of the rest of the characters and the rubber suited sea monster) so the film has some merits. A deep sea missile base with a bunch of engineers and technicians disturb an ocean monster out of its hibernation. Perhaps the creature is starving from its long sleep. The rest of the premise is the garden variety plot as each character is oft by the monster one by one (some of the killings are a bit gruesome). Eventually one or two members will outsmart the monster and find a way to kill it. Not much here except for some interesting casting of actors playing out of type (i.e. Greg Evigan and Nia Peeples), a couple of intense scenes, decent set designs, and the films' non-deliberate humor.
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Summary: One [angry] off lobster by the director of Friday the 13th
Review: A group of underwater construction engineers unleash an ancient creature which soon attacks their underwater habitat. The giant monster, which resembles a massive lobster, is the real thrill in this blatant copycat of the MANY underwater films of 1989. Starring Miguel Ferrer, Matt McCoy and Nia Peebles. The only reasons to rent this film are to watch McCoy get munched by the lobster in a JIM suit and to watch Ferrer get a real bad case of the bends. The DVD is as plain as it gets, if you want a better underwater thriller get The Abyss or even Deep Blue Sea.
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Summary: Dreadful
Review: Ah, the only movie I have ever hated SO much that when it was revealed that the lead female character was pregnant, I rooted for the monster to eat the fetus. Bad acting, plot, writing, etc. The monster is the worst part. It looks like a giant deep sea angler fish. What's so scary about that? Just make sushi out of the stupid thing.
You'd be better off watching Leviathon, where the monster is a xenomorph, and which at least makes for good cheese.
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Summary: Dreadful
Review: Ah, the only movie I have ever hated SO much that when it was revealed that the lead female character was pregnant, I routed for the monster to eat the fetus. Bad acting, plot, writing, etc. You'd be better off watching Leviathon, which at least makes for good cheese.
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Summary: Don't kid yourselves: this is better than LEVIATHAN
Review: Crew of an ocean floor naval base blasts open an underwater cavern and unwittingly releases an ugly, vicious sea monster. One by one, they are decimated until only a couple manage to kill the beast and escape. Although LEVIATHAN has a higher production value and more involved plot, DEEP STAR SIX has the edge because of its likable and sympathetic cast. Each one of these folks are people that I could run into on the street any day. They are all believable and very human. LEVIATHAN, on the other hand, has virtually no interesting characters. Instead, we have a bunch of posturing actors pretending to be blue-collar grunts. Not for a minute do you forget that they are acting. DEEP STAR SIX has my vote. Another plus: unlike LEVIATHAN, this film isn't as determined to rip off ALIEN at every turn. Check DSS out. It's severely underrated.
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Summary: Don't kid yourselves: this is better than LEVIATHAN
Review: Crew of an ocean floor naval base blasts open an underwater cavern and unwittingly releases an ugly, vicious sea monster. One by one, they are decimated until only a couple manage to kill the beast and escape. Although LEVIATHAN has a higher production value and more involved plot, DEEP STAR SIX has the edge because of its likable and sympathetic cast. Each one of these folks are people that I could run into on the street any day. They are all believable and very human. LEVIATHAN, on the other hand, has virtually no interesting characters. Instead, we have a bunch of posturing actors pretending to be blue-collar grunts. Not for a minute do you forget that they are acting. DEEP STAR SIX has my vote. Another plus: unlike LEVIATHAN, this film isn't as determined to rip off ALIEN at every turn. Check DSS out. It's severely underrated.
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Summary: Fun movie but so so DVD
Review: Deep Star Six is a fun monster movie. I am really surprised that it got a DVD release. Too bad the DVD is not up to the high standard. Full screen only, no subtitling option, no Dolby 5.1 but the picture quality is OK better than the old image entertainment LD. The story is about an underwater research facility attacked by a giant sea monster. Nothing special about the story and the special effects also not very good but is has enough suspence for this genre. Worth a look.
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Summary: Absolutely horrible
Review: Deepstar Six is one of those ripoffs that tries to earn as much money as possible before a quick fade which is exactly what happened to this movie. Heck, I'm the only reviewer. What happens? A bunch of researchers underneath the ocean must fight off an amphibious creature. That's about it. What really made this movie so bad was the fact that no one is really concerned about this monster until the last forty minutes. As a matter of fact, the hour before it is very boring and the rescue mission is just trying to take up time. This is also a very predictable movie. Who survives? Take a guess. I'm sure you'll guess right. Don't waste your time with this movie.
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Summary: Misguided premise deepsixes DeepStar
Review: DeepStar Six would have been better served had it simply tried to go the way of an Irwin Allen style disaster flick instead of the monster movie route, ala 'Alien' and 'The Thing'. Alas, stupidity has a way of getting what it wants and it wanted DeepStar Six to be a monster movie. So instead of an average undersea adventure story we get a two-dimensional bunch of Navy divers battling a ridiculous-looking sea monster (which isn't even mentioned, let alone seen, until about an hour into the movie!). Too bad, because the acting isn't bad nor are the production values. It's just that everything could have been salvaged as a tale of deepsea divers trying to survive structrual damage to their habitat. Instead, the misguided monster movie premise deepsixes DeepStar.
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Summary: Another derivative Alien rip-off
Review: Director Sean S. Cunningham (the original Friday the 13th) helmed this derivative Alien clone, in which an underwater crew encounter a slimy alien-esque beast with a taste for human flesh. Deep Star Six is just one of the countless movies that exploded in the 80's after the original Alien became a massive hit. But, as you can see here and in plenty of other of these types of derivative rip-off's, the same formula doesn't always work. There is some nice tense moments and some nice blood and gore, but for the most part the cast is beyond bad (Miguel Ferrer looks more bored than ever) and the monster looks ridiculously lame. Do yourself a favor, stick with Alien and Aliens.
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