Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writers:

Nicholas Garland (co-writer)
Sean Keller (written by)

Release Date:

23 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Thirty years ago, Ray Reiter witnessed the brutal death of his parents at sea by a strange, octopus-like creature...

Plot Keywords:

Kraken | Scuba | Loss Of Mother | Artifact | Babe Scientist

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 25

9:00 AM

SYFY

Cast

Charlie O'Connell	...	Ray
Victoria Pratt	...	Nicole
Kristi Angus	...	Jenny
Cory Monteith	...	Michael
Jack Scalia	...	Maxwell
Aleks Paunovic	...	Ike
Nicole McKay	...	Kate
Michal Yannai	...	Sally (as Michal Yanai)
Kyle Morven Tejpar	...	Young Ray
Mike Dopud	...	David
Emy Aneke	...	Firefighter
Elias Toufexis	...	Keith
Christa Campbell	...	Emily

Also Known As:

Deadly Water (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

Canada:88 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Brightlight Pictures

Trivia:

Young Ray (Kyle Morven Tejpar) seen reading a book "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. The book was influenced by Tennyson's poem the "The Kraken"

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ray and Nicole climb onto the boat after getting the mask, Nicole's diving balaclava changes from pure black to black with a purple stripe. She also gains and loses repeatedly her diving goggles from the top of her head

Quotes:

Nicole: You guys are awesome for what you've done but this goes way beyond the internship and the classes and I think you guys should stay on shore.
Jenny: There's no way I'm missing this adventure.
Nicole: Too dangerous.
Jenny: Nicole we started this together and we're gonna finish it. You've taught me a lot especially to staring out a challenge and get the better of it and that's what I'm gonna do.

Movie Connections:

References Jaws (1975)

Soundtrack:

If I Say

Pretty lame...

but I watched the whole thing. Unfortunately full of errors regarding diving as my daughter kept commenting on throughout the movie.

Charlie O'Connell is definitely not the actor his brother is (not that his brother is a great actor). The Kraken was not much of a scare. I hated the underwater shots where it was hard to tell the difference between the good and bad guys. The best part of the movie was the jokes we made about it. Watch it if nothing else is on but don't have any expectations about quality. The tentacles of the Kraken are supposedly razor sharp but they only cut some of the time. The ending sucked the big enchilada. You gotta give the folks at SciFi some credit, they keep churning out these films so we can relive the whole B-movie thing of the 50's.