Although
mako sharks are among the fastest and deadliest predators in the ocean,
they're not as smart as humans — at least, they weren't. However, Dr. Susan
McAlester (Saffron Burrows) has been using mako sharks as her test subjects
for research on the regeneration of human brain tissues. McAlester has
altered the DNA of several sharks, raising them close to the level of human
intelligence; the sharks have also become faster and stronger in the
process. While these DNA experiments have yielded fascinating results,
they're also of questionable ethics and legality, earning her the distrust
of several members of her crew, including shark authority Carter Blake
(Thomas Jane and cook "Preacher" Dudley (LL Cool J). The financial backers
of these experiments have also expressed skepticism, so when McAlester is
ready to perform some major tests, financier Russell Franklin (Samuel L.
Jackson) arrives for the occasion. McAlester and her team are delicately
extracting brain tissue from one of the altered makos when the animal
regains consciousness - and becomes very angry. The shark not only attacks
the researchers but also damages the floating lab, leaving the crew aboard a
literally sinking ship, with the makos eager to go a few rounds - in an
arena that favors sharks. Deep Blue Sea was directed by Renny Harlin, and
filmed in Mexico at Fox Studios Baja in the underwater filming facilities
created for James Cameron's Titanic.| Thomas Jane | Carter Blake |
| Saffron Burrows | Dr. Susan McAlester |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Russell Franklin |
| Jacqueline McKenzie | Janice Higgins |
| Michael Rapaport | Tom Scoggins |
| Stellan Skarsgård | Dr. Jim Whitlock |
| LL Cool J | Dudley |
| Aida Turturro | Brenda Kerns |
Genre/Type - Thriller, Science Fiction, Sea Adventure, Adventure Drama,
Natural Horror
Produced by - Groucho III Film Partnership / Village Roadshow Pictures /
Warner Brothers
Release - Jul 30, 1999 (USA)
Released by - Warner Brothers
Running time - 100 min.
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Piranha (1978, Joe Dante)
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Shark Attack (1999, Bob Misiorowski)
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