Rating: R
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 10/14/1998
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Stephen Somers wrote and directed this $50 million science-fiction action-thriller. Set in the South China Sea, the story has been described as a cross between
The Poseidon Adventure, Alien, and
Die Hard. On the maiden voyage of the luxury liner Argonautica, pickpocket Trillian (
Famke Janssen) is caught stealing jewels and locked up. After the ship's communication system is infected with a virus, the ship collides with a massive underwater object. When John Finnegan (
Treat Williams) and others board the Argonautica, they are surrounded by death. Survivors Trillian, builder Simon Canton (
Anthony Heald), and others talk of sea monsters, but Hanover (
Wes Studi) doesn't believe them -- until the fanged, squid-like creature (designed by
Rob Bottin) extends its huge tentacles and makes its presence known to all. Filmed in Vancouver and the northern Pacific under the working title Tentacles.
~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
;)
