Review – Deep Rising

The special effects are the highlight of this bad rework of the old Kraken legend. What could have been an interesting concept drowns under the weight of go-nowhere subplots and petty intrigue, leaving little besides yet another cheap Alien knock-off. The characters are so annoying that it’s hard to muster much concern when they’re menaced by each other or the monster. And the show-stopping chase sequence at the end is definitely a Sea-Don’t. On the other hand, thanks to the magic of computers we’re finally moving into the realm of movie monsters whose movements aren’t limited by the slow speeds of mechanical effects. The end result is a much more threatening – and hence much scarier – creature. Mildly amusing