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Deep Blue Sea
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.
1999 · Directed by Renny Harlin · 105 min · Action · Horror · Science Fiction · 18 frames
Tagline
Bigger. Smarter. Faster. Meaner.
Crew
- Screenplay: Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers
- Written by: Wayne Powers
- Cinematography: Stephen F. Windon
- Edited by: Derek Brechin, Dallas Puett, Frank J. Urioste
- Music: Trevor Rabin
- Production design: Joseph Bennett, William Sandell
- Produced by: Akiva Goldsman, Tony Ludwig, Don MacBain, Alan Riche
Cast
- Saffron Burrows as Dr. Susan McAlester
- Thomas Jane as Carter Blake
- LL Cool J as Preacher
- Samuel L. Jackson as Russell Franklin
- Jacqueline McKenzie as Janice Higgins
- Michael Rapaport as Tom Scoggins
- Stellan Skarsgård as Jim Whitlock
- Aida Turturro as Brenda Kerns
- Cristos as Boat Captain
- Daniel Rey as Helicopter Pilot
Production
- Country: Australia, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Riche-Ludwig Productions, Village Roadshow Pictures, Groucho III Film Partnership, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $60,000,000
- Box office: $164,648,231
- Themes: shark attack, creature, scientist, shark, killer shark, genetic engineering, animal horror, animal research, underwater facility, intense
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