DeepStar Six -- Sean S. Cunningham
1989 saw the release of three major release deep sea monster adventures: The Abyss, Leviathan, and DeepStar Six (The Abyss was the only to feature a benevolent monster). Leviathan is my favorite because it's tons of fun. The Abyss is good, but I don't much cotton to the work of James Cameron and everything of his I watch gets worse on repeat viewing so I won't be revisiting this film. DeepStar Six is, by far, the worst.
There are movies that are so entertaining that you don't care nothing makes sense. DeepStar Six gives the viewer little recourse but to nitpick. The characters are practically swimming in water from uncharted depth of the ocean (typically in the freezing range) yet have no ill effects. One character even drapes his soaking wet sweater over another to keep her warm. What the? The people in the crew are varying degrees of incompetent. A heavy-duty lock breaks randomly to slam a door on some poor soul. Not just breaks. Splits in half. By itself. The monster is interesting looking but only jumps out of the water and flaps it's more than two number of lips around (think Predator). It's not very dynamic. There's a lot of the "here's a glimpse of my life before the shit hit the fan" then that character dies. Love it...
I'll give the film credit for delaying the reveal of the monster for as long as it did. And the cast is affable with many familiar faces but few familiar names. We get Miguel Ferrer in the Miguel Ferrer role. That's mostly fun. At least DeepStar Six ends exactly how you think it will.
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