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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You'll never look at calamari the same way again..., 14 Jan 2004
By A Customer
This is a pretty short movie, about 1 and 3/4 hours, but it manages to fit in all the content without seeming rushed/cramped. I think the 15 rating is sensible - I read a review stating it was gory enough to be an 18 with ease, but once I'd watched it, I realised I'd been worried over nothing. The 'gore' is mainly blood, and the worst you'll see is the half-digested dude who is still up and about. Well, for about 5 seconds anyway.When it gets down to it, Deep Rising is essentially a comedy. Okay, so a lot of people die horribly, but even in the sickest deaths, there's an underlaying of (albeit morbid) humour, such as when the lady gets yanked down the toilet in a spray of blood. See? Blood = horror, toilet = comedy. What a way to die. There are many great one-liners (Pantucci's nervous "I'm feelin' a real lack of love here..." when faced with an angry bunch of pirates or whatever they are), which are even present when the characters are in the most dangerous situations, just to remind you there's a funny side to giant tentacle things dealing out painful deaths. Obviously. The actors here are all suitable for the role. Treat Williams is actually a lot better than most reviews say about him, and Famke Janssen is the token sexy female (other than poor Una Damon who ends up tentacle-chow). The pirates are led by... I think Wes Studi. Forgive me, but I don't know much about him, so I'll just stick with saying he and his posse were okay. My favourite actor, Kevin J. O'Connor (not the only reason I bought the DVD, okay?) is hilarious and does what he went on to do in The Mummy - steal just about every scene he's in, which is rather a lot, happily. XD In all, Stephen Sommers has created a rare little jewel; a horror/comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously and is better for it. Laughable, bloody fun that gets to the action fast and doesn't slow down. A scary monster, overall good cast and some witty lines, there's only one bad point: You may be put off taking a cruise forever. Take care, JJ
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