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DeepStar Six (1989)

January. 13,1989
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5.3
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The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.

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Intcatinfo
1989/01/13

A Masterpiece!

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InformationRap
1989/01/14

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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BelSports
1989/01/15

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Logan
1989/01/16

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Foreverisacastironmess
1989/01/17

To me, this is just a good solid movie, it's just my kind. Standard, but I think it works and I'm quite satisfied by the end of it. I think it demonstrated well that Sean Cunningham wasn't a complete one-trick phony! I have a big soft spot for this, it's one of my favourite 80s monster movies, I love the atmosphere the most and how well it succeeds at being creepy when it's trying to be. It has such a great eerie deep- sea ambiance to it, and you can feel that pressure in more ways than one! The atmosphere and tone of being trapped, isolated and stalked by some manner of unknown terror is obviously something that reminds one of classics like Alien and the superior The Thing, and like in those films but not quite as good, the cast are interesting enough that they do manage to stand out from one another and are not just faceless caricatures, which is something that I feel is largely lost on what passes for horror movies these days. Taurean Blaque was sympathetic as the courageous Captain Laidlow, a captain, one that is soon laid low! And the crackhead-looking Miguel Ferrer was fun as the perpetually screwing up Snyder, a real nervy asshole who manages to make things about ten times worse for everybody at every turn! I liked Nia Peeples until she suddenly turned into a helpless blubbering victim as soon as the monster appeared. My favourite character was the lovely Cindy Picket because she was such a strong commanding female without coming off as hard or bitchy. She should have lived! Despite its flaws I still find it a worthwhile and very enjoyable picture to watch. It's understandable how most folks main issue seems to be that they find it boring, but personally I find that the simple and straightforward nature of the plot works to its advantage, with the first half starting out as an undersea disaster film and the second playing out as a quick-paced creature feature. And the monster I love too and see as the best thing in the movie by a mile. While this was made a bit of a long time ago now I don't think it looks too fishy, the design is different and interesting, at least what they show of it. There's a little crab in there, some turtle, evil red manta ray eyes, it's menacing enough. I thought it looked a lot more fearsome with its mouth closed, when opened it looked a bit silly and overly-complicated. I like the way they build it up, with the simple gag of the mysterious rapidly approaching sonar object being especially hair-raising. It may be just another throwaway 80s sci-fi sci-fi horror thrill-ride movie, but it's also a well-sustained exercise in tension and atmosphere. Now it's 'nostalgia', of interest as much for its 1989 aesthetic as for its unfairly dismissed virtues as a well made slow-building and scary horror picture. Like Friday the 13th, it may not be too long before a CGI-laden 3D remake will appear someday, but Cunningham's Deepstar Six has its own moment in time.

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OllieSuave-007
1989/01/18

I remembered watching DeepStar Six on TV as a kid, about the same time I first watched "The Abyss." While this movie is not as suspenseful, dramatic and adventurous as "The Abyss," I still found it to be quite entertaining and fun.The film starts off with a crew in a sub doing some sort of experiment on an underwater nuclear base. However, their presence then disturbs an unidentified giant sea creature, which I thought resembled a large lobster. The creatures attacks the sub and crew and then the rest of the movie is basically a struggle for survival with some intense monster action.The movie is sort of predictable and the cast of characters weren't as memorable as I recalled, but it has a quick-paced plot with good special effects and intense monster action one might find enjoyable.Grade B-

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BloodTheTelepathicDog
1989/01/19

This film plays like the little brother of THE ABYSS with a twist of ALIEN thrown in the mix. Fortunately, it doesn't bog itself down like THE ABYSS by incorporating a tedious, needless social statement in the final 45 minutes like Cameron's vastly overrated film. Be that as it may, this is still a rather weak B-film with poor characterization and a by-the-numbers plot.When a group of underwater workers disturb the lair of a sea creature the monster gets its revenge by destroying their base and snacking on the crew. The crew are all quite underdeveloped, even the romantic leads of Greg Evigan and Nancy Everhard. (SPOILER) You know when characters are about to die because they'll start start talking about their New Hampshire farm like Cindy Pickett or greasy hamburgers like Matt McCoy.STORY: $$$ (This isn't a bad story it just offers nothing new. The characterization is weak because it tries to forcefeed clichés. Miguel Ferrer plays the doofus Bill Paxton character of ALIENS and the romantic link between Everhard and Evigan is too weak for my money. None of the other characters are even moderately developed leaving the viewer with little invested in the people on the screen).ACTING: $$$ (The acting wasn't the problem. Miguel Ferrer clearly gives the best performance in this film with his excellent, slimy portrayal of Snyder, the ever-picked-upon handyman eager to get topside. I thought Nia Peeples and Nancy Everhard should have changed roles because Everhard's character was a tough-as-nails Navy officer and Nancy, although she clearly got into solid shape for the role, looks more like a schoolmarm than a soldier--Peeples on the other hand, has the hard body for a female Navy officer but her line readings were way too fast. I felt like whenever Nia had a line I had accidentally hit the fast forward button. The other actors were fine. Evigan is okay as the male lead and Matt McCoy does a solid job as the goof-off. Ferris Bueller's mom, Cindy Pickett, gives a solid performance as the base's medical officer and Marius Weyers is great as always. His character really needed to be more developed though).NUDITY: None, but no female cast member wears a bra in this movie. They didn't quite adhere to their packing list before departing on this six-month deployment.

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linglingligowaski
1989/01/20

I'm really surprised that this movie doesn't have a higher rating than what it does. It came out around the same time as "The Abyss" & "Levaithan," but I really think it is a good film by itself. I think obviously that "The Abyss" was the best of the three and "Leviathan" the worst, but "DeepStar Six" is sort of like that middle child that really gets ignored. It really blows my mind that "Leviathan" is rated higher than this movie and probably only because it had a bigger budget.There are uniformly good performances throughout this film and decent enough special-effects, though they are rather dated. The music is well composed and it has a fairly believable story, so why the low ratings?

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