Stars: Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi, Anthony Heald, Kevin O'Connor, Derrick O'Connor, Jason Flemyng, Cliff Curtis, Trevor Goddard, Djimon Hounsou, Clifton Powell, Leanne Adachi, Jack Anker, Anne-Simone, Linden Banks, Melanie Carr, Una Damon, Jim May, Colin McCarlie, Jana Sommers, Warren T. Takeuchi

Director: Stephen Sommers

Summary: A life-and-death journey to escape sea creatures who have emerged from the ocean floor to infest the Argonautica, one of the largest luxury liners in the world.

Aboard the luxury liner Argonautica, a mysterious and deadly presence makes mincemeat of vacationing passengers, leaving only a handful of terrified survivors adrift at sea. Enter a mercenary sailor and his crew, who board the ship in hopes of pilfering its riches--but instead find themselves the strange monster's next prey. Goofy fun from the director of THE MUMMY.

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Following in the reptilian slime trail of Anaconda, this derivative monster movie from early 1998 plays like a cross between Titanicand Tremors, with parts of Alienstossed in for good measure. Director Stephen Sommers couldn't recognise an original idea if it swallowed him whole--which, by the way, is exactly what happens to a lot of passengers on a luxury ship that is attacked by a giant serpent-like sea creature with a voracious appetite for human flesh. Treat Williams plays the leader of a mercenary crew whose members discover the ravaged ship and wage war on the creature; Famke Janssen joins him as an onboard thief and con artist who just happens to be highly skilled with automatic weapons. Of course, the action grows more intense as the body count rises and along the way the monster is gradually revealed in all of its gruesome glory. A guilty pleasure if ever there was one, Deep Risingarrived in cinemas shortly after another waterlogged thriller, Hard Rainand if nothing else it provides proof that the B-movie monsters of the 1950s are alive and well and as cheesy as ever in the age of digital special effects. --Jeff Shannon

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer, Featurette
Year:	1998
Release Date:	September 27, 1999
Runtime:	102 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	E D V 9031
Keywords:	Rising, General, Deep, Wide, Screen, Horror, Occult, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult