Deep Blue Sea (1999)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1999
	Director: Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger, Die Hard 2, Devil's Pass)
	Actors: Thomas Jane (The Expanse TV-series), Saffron Burrows (Frida), Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers, Pulp Fiction), LL Cool J (Mindhunters)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, Horror
	Conditions of visioning: 16.09.2017, VOD, 322" TV screen
Synopsis: Onboard a scientific lab off-shore, genetically-modified sharks show a highly-increased intelligence. When a storm hits and the animals take advantage of it, the crew composed of a doctor (Burrows), shark specialist (Jane), a cook (Cool J) and an investor (Jackson) among others, will fight to survive.
Review: This shark movie doesn't even try to compete with Spielberg's Jaws, and although it starts like a teenager slasher in the line of Friday 13th it turns out to be infinitely better that Shark Night and displays much better effects than any SyFy or Asylum more recent production like Sharknado or Dinocroc vs. Supergator. The story is also better built and the actors more believable, even if in the end it remains a survival movie against monsters in a confined environment: it displays the unavoidable conflicts, false hopes for rescue, one-path to the exit, bravery... But the movie is noticeable for the nervousness of its monsters brought to life by decent special effects for the time, and the fate it reserves to its main cast including Samuel L. Jackson (what a surprise the first time I saw it!), not unlike in the 2000 Pitch Black. Quite entertaining and fun to watch.
Rating: 5 /10