Deep Rising

Director: Stephen Sommers Stephen Sommers

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/21/2018
UPC:	0738329229801
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Treat Williams	John Finnegan
Famke Janssen	Trillian
Anthony Heald	Simon Canton
Kevin J. O'Connor	Joey Pantucci
Wes Studi	Hanover
Derrick O'Connor	The Captain
Jason Flemyng	Mulligan
Djimon Hounsou	Vivo
Cliff Curtis	Mamooli
Clifton Powell	Mason
Trevor Goddard	T-Ray Jones
Una Damon	Leila
Clint Curtis	Billy

Technical Credits

Stephen Sommers

Stephen Sommers	Director,Screenwriter
Howard Atherton	Cinematographer
John Baldecchi	Producer
Barry Bernardi	Executive Producer
Sandy Cochrane	Art Director
Annmarie Corbett	Set Decoration/Design
Bob Ducsay	Editor
Howard Ellis	Asst. Director
Mary Goldberg	Casting
Jerry Goldsmith	Score Composer
Frank Griffiths	Sound/Sound Designer
Holger Gross	Production Designer
Kevin Ishioka	Art Director
Laurence Mark	Producer
Rose Marie McSherry	Set Decoration/Design
Joseph Porro	Costumes/Costume Designer
Mike Shea	Special Effects Supervisor
John Wright	Editor
Rob Young	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Before he hit big with his Mummy franchise, Stephen Sommers set out to make a fun-filled B-movie sea monster flick - and that's exactly what Deep Rising is. Action and humor play off edge-of-your-seat tension as our unlikely cast of characters battle to stay alive and hold off 'till the movie's big explosive climax. Knowing exactly what kind of movie they were dealing with, the actors jump head-first into the mix as dialogue gets chewed up and spat out while big guns fire endlessly and even bigger things explode around them. Treat Williams especially seems to be having a ball here, playing exactly the type of role that Brendan Fraser made big with Sommers just a year later - manly, a little dumb, and quick to throw out a wisecrack when needed. In fact, the comparisons between Sommers' more popular efforts and their nastier little brother Deep Rising could be easily drawn and probably should be pointed out to more people. If it means that a wider audience will find this gem, than that's great - because this sucker is big, outrageous, and a whole lotta fun.

All Movie Guide - Jeremy Wheeler