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Leviathan (1989)

March. 17,1989
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5.8
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R
| Adventure Horror Thriller Science Fiction
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Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.

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Stometer
1989/03/17

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

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Beanbioca
1989/03/18

As Good As It Gets

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Allison Davies
1989/03/19

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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Cheryl
1989/03/20

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

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paulclaassen
1989/03/21

1989 saw the release of two very similar underwater horrors: 'Leviathan' and 'DeepStar Six'. Neither of them were good, but 'Leviathan' was by far much worse.The dramatic opening scene is totally unconvincing and further ruined by overbearing, dramatic music. The way the crew interacts hardly convinces us they've been together for 87 days already. It feels as if they've only just met; the same way they are being introduced to us. The crew seem incredibly unprofessional and inexperienced for such a dangerous and specialized mission. The suspense is so forced, it's laughable, and the dialogue is melodramatic.After nearly 3 months of mining, they finally find the "mother load" three days before wrapping up their operation. Seriously? The film is a very bad underwater 'Alien' wannabe and a waste of an all-star cast. (Lisa Eilbacher in particular was exceptionally bad). I never want to see it again.

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Steve Chilcote
1989/03/22

So its a movie about an unwanted visitor into an enclosed and isolated ship (sound familiar?). Very predictable, characters are all stereotyped and done with a story line straight from the best SF movie ever made - "Alien". I gave it a 5 strictly because it held my interest, but at the end I wanted to say to myself, "Really? That's it?". Glad I didn't pay to see in theater.

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buckikris
1989/03/23

I liked this movie even though it got a lot of ideas from the movies Alien and The Thing. This movie is about underwater miners mining silver; and discover that a lethal life form gets aboard their ship.When " Sixpack"(Daniel Stern) and "Elizabeth"( Amanda Pays) get caught pulling pranks on the ship; "Beck"(Peter Weller) assigns them to work duty the next day. The next day the two are venturing out on the ocean floor, ready for work. When Sixpack and Liz discover a Russian Ship(Leviathan) they explore it. Sixpack finds this box and they both take it back to see what's inside. The crew is stunned and find a videotape of the Captains Log. On the video the Russian Capt.(Eugene Lipnski) is explaining that his crew is dying off, due to some deadly virus. When Beck and his crew finish watching the tape they are stunned,they believe the Leviathan was deliberately sunk. They think the remaining crew sunk it to save the rest of the crew; and possibly to keep their virus secret. When Sixpack hides a flask of vodka in his pants he as well as the rest of the crew are doomed.Sixpack and Liz drink from the flask and the next day Sixpack realizes he has caught some type of virus. He goes to see "DOC"(Richard Crenna). The virus starts to get so out of control it ends up killing Sixpack in 8 hours. The crew panics and when Liz finds out what happened to Sixpack and how it transforms him she kills herself. The virus lives in it's host for awhile then it kills them, consumes their intelligence; and starts to form into some type of monster. It knocks a majority of the crew, and after each kill become more intelligent.When Beck contacts "Ms Martin"( Meg Foster) she gives him some crap story for not rescuing them right away. She explains that a hurricane is coming and their trip to the surface is delayed. so for the next two days the remaining crew will have to fight for their lives against this life form in order to survive. In the end 3 members to escape, but two only make it all the way back. The ending is priceless, and somewhat the AHHHHH moment of the movie.Even though this movie is not an original I still like it. The story a simple one about big corporations that value profit over human life. Those that have worked for big companies in the past know what I am talking about. This movie has some known names in it and some I never heard of, still good acting from all. So if you like Alien or The Thing you should like this movie. It is one of the better Sci-fi/horror films from the 80's so give it a watch.

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Corlissa0994
1989/03/24

May contain Spoilers!Leviathan is a movie based on underwater mining crew that is stationed in the depths of the ocean looking for silver and other valuable metals. The crew is small, yet diverse with both men and women along with an "unqualified" geologist as their foreman, Beck (Peter Weller) and an on site medical/scientific doctor (Richard Crenna) who also has a "questionable" ethical history. The crew has been in this claustrophobic environment with each other for several weeks and is close to hitting the end of their mission, as well as their pay day should they hit the quota of mining that has been set for them. The cast does a great job at creating a bonding atmosphere as well as tension, showing small insights to each of the 8 characters lives and personalities. The setting is moderately believable as the characters transition to their underwater suits and go back and forth from the ocean floor back to the ship its self. Two crew members discover the "Leviathan" which is destroyed ship not far off from their mining site. One of the crew members discovers a chest and brings it back to the ship.It is discovered the chest contains a video ship log, crew medical records, and a bottle of vodka. The eerie atmosphere builds as the doctor reads aloud that all crew members were documented as deceased. Beck confiscates the vodka from the crew,(As anyone would do)although sixpack secretly discovers a small flask and hides it away locking eyes with Bowman who later both enjoy the flask.The story keeps a good pace and keeps the audience engaged and informed when finding out the crew from the Leviathan were under some sort of distress. Sixpack and Bowman both begin showing signs of an illness and the doctor starts to correlate the disaster of the Leviathan has now found its way onto their ship. Sixpack dies from the unknown illness that began to deform his body, and Bowman kills herself in fear of suffering the same fate. The cast effectively creates a underlying panic and tragic helplessness as they are now even unable to leave at the arranged time due to a supposed Hurricane above the area.It is soon discovered by the Doc that the diagnostic testing done on sixpack shows to be a possible genetic mutation brought on by tainted (bio-experimental) vodka. The same vodka that was originally used to do secret testing on the crew of the Leviathan ending in their demise. The testing apparently was geared to create a perfect genetic aquatic man. The crew moves to throw the bodies of sixpack and Bowman to the sea to eliminate a chance of contamination when the dead body begin to come to life and lash out at the crew. They manage to toss the mutated and fussed bodies to the sea not before a small "piece" is severed in the door and left on the ship. The remaining part of the movie leaves the slow build of tension and moves into grizzly action when the severed piece of Sixpack and Bowman takes a violent life of its own and kills and fusses itself to the crew one by one creating semi-scary creature that resembles some sort of human slash toothy fish. (Not bad for 1989). Leaving only Beck, Willie and Jones fighting for their lives and making their way to use the sea suites and pressure from the tanks to bring them the several miles to the ocean surface. Unfortunately not believable that this level of pressure would not have crushed their bodies.The three survivors make the claustrophobic journey to the surface only to be terrorized by the creature who also made it to the surface. And there is a shark for a minute or two.(Maybe not necessary). Jones sacrifices himself to save Beck and Willie, who are being rescued by a near by helicopter. This is unfortunate as Jones is a way more likable character then the other two. Beck manages to blow the creature up by placing a flare in its mouth. (One would only think this would create multiple genetic creatures? But hey its just a movie.) Beck and Willie meet with the sinister direction of the mining mission (Meg Foster) who lied about the Hurricane in efforts to contain them at the bottom of the ocean indefinitely. Beck manages to give her a nice friendly punch in the face before him and Willie walk into the sunset.

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