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Release Date:
28 July 1999 (USA)
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Tagline:
Bigger. Smarter. Faster. Meaner. more
Plot:
Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the bait as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(83 articles)
What TV or movie death scenes have left you disappointed?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 21 November 2009, 10:30 AM, PST)
Will shark movie, The Reef, help or hinder Australia's tourist trade?
(From BoxWish. 4 November 2009, 3:17 AM, PST)
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 21 November 2009, 10:30 AM, PST)
Will shark movie, The Reef, help or hinder Australia's tourist trade?
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Fun and entertaining
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Thomas Jane | ... | Carter Blake |
 | Saffron Burrows | ... | Dr. Susan McCallister |
 | LL Cool J | ... | Sherman 'Preacher' Dudley |
 | Michael Rapaport | ... | Tom "Scoggs" Scoggins |
 | Stellan Skarsgård | ... | Jim Whitlock |
 | Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Russell Franklin |
 | Jacqueline McKenzie | ... | Janice Higgins |
| Aida Turturro | ... | Brenda Kerns |
 | Cristos | ... | Boat Captain |
| Daniel Rey | ... | Helicopter Pilot (as Daniel Bahimo Rey) |
| Valente Rodriguez | ... | Helicopter Co-Pilot |
 | Brent Roam | ... | Helicopter Winch Operator |
 | Eyal Podell | ... | Boy #1 |
 | Erinn Bartlett | ... | Girl #1 |
| Dan Thiel | ... | Boy #2 - Kevin Crawford |
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MPAA:
Rated R for graphic shark attacks, and for language.
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Runtime:
105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (certificate #36877) |
Netherlands:12 |
Iceland:14 (original rating) |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Malaysia:18SG |
Netherlands:16 (VHS/DVD rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KNT |
Chile:14 |
Denmark:15 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Korea:12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Canada:PG
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Director Trademark: [Renny Harlin] [Finland]There is a small Finnish flag in Janice's room. In the kitchen there is a dry erase board with a shopping list. The first item is "Finnish pancakes." Helsinki (Finland's capital city) is also mentioned. Finlandia vodka drunk in some shots also comes from Finland.
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Continuity: Near the end of the movie, Carter is swimming back to the wet lab through flooded passageways. At the beginning of the swim, his left shoe is completely untied - you can see both laces floating. In the next full body shot (where his shoes show) the shoe is tied again.
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Quotes:
Tom Scoggins:
Who you gonna trust huh? You trust me. You know why? Because I'm *Trustworthy*
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Sharks of the Deep Blue Sea (1999) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Remote Control Soul
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FAQ
How does the movie end?How did the shark get out of the Aquatica tank at the beginning of the movie?
Why did Susan take off her clothes before electrocuting the shark?
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After the opening scene of *Deep Blue Sea*, in which (predictably) a shark terrorizes a quartet of partying teenagers on a boat, I decided I was in for a crappy movie. A crappy movie that would contain basically every movie AND horror movie cliche I could think of. I was right. And wrong.
I will say that the premise for this movie is great: super-intelligent sharks. Sharks are bad enough, but...smart sharks? Immediately you have terrifying possibilities running through your mind. The sad fact, though, is that this is one of those movies where the screenwriters (and I can't believe it took three people to come up with this) threw some dice and picked which character was going to die next. That's what the plot boils down to: things go wrong; someone dies. More things go wrong; someone else dies. And so on. People whom you couldn't care less about die. People who you really don't want to see die die.
The people are an interesting band of characters. The female scientist, pleasing to the eye and the ear (I'm a sucker for accents), is utterly consumed by her research. (And for all you testosterone-driven males, she does strip down to her underwear in one scene.) Samuel L. Jackson goes about saying his lines as president of a pharmaceutical company. I just love the way Michael Rapaport talks: he's welcome in any movie. LL Cool J deftly provides the comic relief and was clearly the audience favorite. Sure, there are some other characters, but pretty much everyone's one-dimensional, as expected.
I think I've bashed this movie enough. It's time to get to the crux of the argument: this is an entertaining movie. As soon as the movie entered the lab facility, I became completely immersed in the film. As the movie progressed, I didn't think about how long it had gone on and mentally calculate how much was left. Once the trouble started, the movie grabbed me and never let go. I was not perhaps literally on the edge of my seat, but no outside thoughts penetrated my mind. It's not that the movie is scary or anything; it's that it's suspenseful. Predictably suspenseful, but suspenseful nonetheless. There is one scene in the film (I cannot conclusively tell whether it falls nearer or the beginning or the middle because, as I said, I lost track of time) during which I sensed the ENTIRE AUDIENCE jumping out of their seats. At the risk of getting off on a tangent, the sharks were believable. And the speed at which they moved unnerved me. They did succeed at their purpose: to keep a continual shudder running through my body. Let's just say you couldn't get me within ten miles of that facility. Oh, look, I did get off on a tangent, just great. At times I of course found myself wondering why some of these characters were so unbelievably stupid in their actions, but it's all part of the fun. And that's what I ended up deciding about this movie: it was fun. Blood-soaked, cringe-inducing fun.