This Aquatic Creature Feature Is Totally Underrated
Back in the late 90s audiences were treated to a wave of new and original horror films. Event Horizon, Cube, andSeven are just some examples of the kind of films that viewers were being treated to. At the same time, there was also a rise in aquatic horror movies, Deep Blue Sea, Sphere, and Lake Placid all made their debuts and marks on the box office.
One movie that flew under the radar was Deep Rising, an aquatic action horror film that blended gruesome horror, deep-sea monsters, and The Mummy style action sequences. Now it's time to give this underseen gem its dues and shine a spotlight on the genius genre mashup that is Deep Rising.
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The movie begins with a tried and true wall of text to offer some backstory. The text reveals that in the South China Seas there are deep-sea caverns capable of hiding the Himalayas and that over the years many vessels have disappeared from the area never to be seen again. There is then a tracking shot through some wreckage where something large is revealed to be living. It's hard to tell from the brief shot what it is exactly, but it's clear it will be trouble later on.
Next audiences meet the crew of a small boat on the way to a location in, that's right, the South China Seas. Captain Finnegan (Treat Williams), engineer Joey Pantucci (Kevin J. O'Connor), and second in command Leila (Una Damon) have been hired to take a group of mercenaries to an unknown location. Meanwhile, a cruise ship called the Argonautica is in full party mode, celebrating the currently successful maiden voyage. Onboard is Trillian St. James (Famke Janssen) who makes her character known by promptly stealing the Captains' wallet.
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