Review of Deep Rising (1998) by Alex R — 12 Nov 2010

Deep Rising is the type of film that you watch simply to have a good time. When Writer, director Stephen Sommers set to create this film, he knew he wanted it to be a fun Sci Fi Horror action adventure, and this is what it is.

Taking a elements from many monster films, including, Tremors and Alien; Sommers has crafted a flawed, yet enjoyable film for the Horror fan. This is a B movie with big production values, and top notch special effects.

Deep Rising's Strength to entertain dwells on the terrific special effects done by Horror effects master, Rob Bottin (The Thing). His effects are terrific and the creature looks scary as hell, that you'll most likely jump out of your seat quite a few times.

The actors that Sommers picked are a decent bunch, but they don't deliver anything memorable on screen. Deep Rising is a monster flick, and thus, in this case, the monster is the star and the rest of the cast are co stars.

No actor here delivers anything memorable, but nonetheless, you enjoy it when they become monster food. The film is obviously an homage to all the great monster flicks, and it shows. The creature here is almost directly lifted from Tremors.

But in the end, who cares? Deep Rising may have ripped off a lot of the best Horror films such as Tremors and Alien, but it does something fun the process, with action, scares, tongue in cheek performances, this is a good action horror film worth watching to have a good time and have a few scares in the process.

Stephen Sommers wanted to make a fun action horror film with B movie flair, and he pulled it off. The fact that this is a film that doesn't take itself too seriously and presents itself as a tongue in cheek action horror film, makes this film better than what most people have said about it.