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Call it silly. Call it obvious -- there's nothing more obvious than a shark attack. But this is one of the few big-fish horror films that still has the power to surprise.
You might guess that this movie will feature yelling, at least once, 'Let's get the hell outta here!'
A big, dumb action movie done the right way, with decent characters, something resembling a point and monsters you can root for.
Renny Harlin's pretty good when things happen fast and not much good when characters talk slow - or at all.
A fat, irresistible Twinkie of a summer thriller!
Some upscale action-cheese -- plus who doesn't love Cool J? But the movie's exposition and plotting are mega-lame; Kurtzman & Orci probably pray to Deep Blue Sea every morning.
...making the sharks smarter enables them to swim backwards. It's a pretty dumb movie, actually. (Blu-ray Edition)
...silly, campy material presented as serious high adventure.
I can't imagine wanting to see Deep Blue Sea again, but as a one-time-only, low-expectation, Sunday-afternoon diversion, it kept me amused.
Harlin, perpetrated, I mean, directed CUTTHROAT ISLAND, but oddly enough, it did not stop studios from giving him big bucks to repeat his mistakes.
LL Cool J and Thomas Jane (are you looking for the new Steve McQueen? HE'S RIGHT HERE) keep the movie rolling.
It's stupid and violent, and proud of it.
If science can make sharks super- intelligent, why can't it do the same for screenwriters? ...For a movie about the advancement of knowledge, "Sea" is often flabbergastingly dumb.
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