DEEP BLUE SEA

Artificial fintelligence

Nick Setchfield

EXTRAS ▸ RELEASED OUT NOW! 1999 | 15 | 4K/Blu-ray ▸ Director Renny Harlin ▸ Cast Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L Jackson, LL Cool J Jaws may have spawned a feeding frenzy of copycat movies but the species had drifted into near-extinction after 1987’s sequel-too-far Jaws: The Revenge. Deep Blue Sea returned nature’s apex predator to blockbuster status. A sleek, explosive serving of ’90s hokum from Die Hard 2’s Renny Harlin, it supercharges the sharksploitation formula. These “gliding monsters” are not only more convincing – a mix of early CG and still-impressive animatronics – but they’re smarter, too, their brains upgraded by genetic engineering. If Jaws is the source DNA then there are also unmistakable echoes of Jurassic Park (damn you, science!) along with a heavy dose of The…

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