Deep Blue Sea

– On a remote former submarine refueling facility called Aquatica, a team of scientists are searching ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 45 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Deep Blue Sea (1999)

On a remote former submarine refueling facility called Aquatica, a team of scientists are searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Susan McAlester genetically engineers three Mako sharks, intending to increase their brain capacity so that they can harvest the tissue as a cure for Alzheimer's. Unfortunately, the increased brain capacity also makes the sharks smarter, faster, and more dangerous. Aquatica's financial backers are skeptical and nervous about the tests, and send a corporate executive to visit the facility.

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Release Date:

28 Jul 1999

Language:

English, Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Renny Harlin

Writer:

Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers, Wayne Powers

Main Actors:

Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie

Plot:

A businessman sinks $200 million into a special project to help fight Alzheimer's disease. As part of this project, medical biologist Susan McAlester rather naughtily figures out a way to genetically enlarge shark brains, so that disease-battling enzymes can be harvested. However, the shark subjects become super smart and decide they don't much like being cooped up in pens and being stabbed with hypodermics, so they figure a way to break out and make for the open sea...

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Production:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
Metacritic:
54%