Leviathan (1989)
Genre: Scifi / Horror
Duration: 98 minuten
Country:
United States / Italy
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Stars: Peter Weller, Richard Crenna and Amanda Pays
IMDb score:
5,8 (26.739)
Releasedate: 17 March 1989
Leviathan plot
"The true meaning of fear."
Deep-sea divers come across a wreck of Russian origin and take the dangerous cargo back to their base on the ocean floor. The consequences can be guessed when a genetic mutant starts to use the base as a hunting ground.
Actors and actresses
Steven Beck
Dr. Glen Thompson
Elizabeth 'Willie' Williams
Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish
Justin Jones
DeJesus
Bowman
Cobb
Martin
Russian Ship Captain
Reviews & comments
Deepfreezer
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- 32 messages
- 0 votes
I think it is one of the best underwater monster movies
Top 3
1. Leviathan
2. Underwater
3. Deepstar Six
For those who haven't seen it yet, highly recommended!!
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Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
Moderate.
Without a doubt a film that has its fanbase, but nevertheless not a great film for me. I understand why this film is embraced though. There are quite a few elements in it that sound like music to the ears of some fans. The amount of ideas this film contains is therefore not really my point of criticism. I even encourage it.
The sad thing is that this film takes so long to get the story going. I understand that you want to introduce the characters this way, but not much is done to give these characters a face. Lots of jokes, lots of teasing, but little progress and that makes the film a bit boring and tiring to get through early on.
Visually there is certainly some budget in it, which is mainly invested in the location and also some nice practical effects. There are parts in this film that you can lick your fingers at. The mediocre acting of a well-known cast is therefore quickly forgiven. The pity is that even when the horror kicks in there is little speed, which makes the film not much less tiring after 30 minutes.
The many surrealistic events in between keep the film watchable, because there is little else to experience during this film. However, I wanted to give it a 2.5* if the finale could still show something. However, the opposite happened: the finale was quite cheesy. The monster looked awful, leaving the viewer with a very disappointing pay-off.
Overall it's not terrible, there are good ideas and the makers wanted to go wild, but the film is still too slow to remain entertaining at all times. Too little happens for too long and the strange path the film takes can compensate for that. However, it is the finale itself that makes the film land on a lower score. Too bad.
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xxERWINxx
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- 1884 messages
- 990 votes
Watched it today on Blu-ray, but thought it was a mediocre film, very slow.
The film starts off very quietly with some lame jokes between each other and someone who encounters an abandoned Russian ship underwater, only after about 45 minutes we see the first infection and soon more infections on people follow and later we also see the Alien-like creatures, from then on it gets a bit better, but I found there to be very little action in it.
Many familiar faces and it's a surprise who survives, once at the top we see something ''big'' appear, but all in all I expected more,
But maybe I'm used to movies like ''Deep Rising'' full of action, but since this one comes from the late 80s this wasn't the case then, no I prefer Deep Rising (Film, 1998).
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