Twenty-five years ago this week, a low-key action movie quietly landed in theaters as director Lenny · Haring's comeback and eventually became an unexpected hit that summer. Although Haring has established himself with titles such as "Spicy Police Overlord Flower," "Goldfish on the Cliff," "Goodbye with a Long Kiss" and "Nightmare Street 4: The Dream Master," his "Pirate Island" nearly dragged a studio into the abyss with huge losses. It wasn't until 1999 that Operation Deep Blue gave him a real victory.
Harlem and his team brought a top-notch cast to the film, including Thomas · Jane, Safinro · Burrows, Samuel · L. Jackson, Steelland · Skarsgård, Michael · Rappaport, and even one of the early roles of LL COOL J. At the time, Jackson was the only movie star to be recognized, and Operation Deep Blue helped those actors go even further.
Hollywood killer shark movies are not uncommon, and Jaws remains a classic in the category. Operation Deep Blue breaks the traditional shark premise by revealing that these sharks are more deadly than normal sharks. A group of scientists studying chemicals in the brain that can fight Alzheimer's disease have accidentally turned the sharks into intelligent predators.
Once the sharks become smart enough, they will decide to escape, even if it means killing everyone left in the facility. Although this setting is absurd, the movie never shies away from it. That's the story it wants to tell, and it's done well.
What makes Operation Deep Blue such an effective thriller is that clever sharks tend to attack when they are least expected. When the sharks' escape plan is activated, they will not miss a single opportunity to eliminate the human prisoners one by one.
If you've seen any horror movies, it's easy to guess which characters will die first. The joy of this movie is to watch humanity meet its fate in a sudden and even shocking way. Operation Deep Blue manages to keep the audience in suspense for most of the running time, and there are also exciting action sequences to grab the audience's attention.
Early in the film, Samuel · Jackson plays Russell · Franklin as a company executive who survives an unknown situation under the ice. It was just a smaller backstory until Russell brought it up during his speech in the film. As the survivors begin to turn their heads against each other, Roussel takes control of the situation and reveals details of his previous experiences to them as a means of emphasizing the need for them to stick together.
The other characters were drawn to Jackson's passionate interpretation and the logical approach he proposed to deal with the crisis. More descriptions of this scene may ruin the experience for first-time moviegoers, but it's undoubtedly the best part of the movie.
Of course, shark intelligence also has its limits. They do not have the ability to truly communicate with humans, and have little interest in the people inside the facility other than seeing them as a source of food. Humans who are unfortunate enough to be caught by sharks end up with a tragic fate.
There is a scene later in the film where a fragile reason is concocted for Susan · McAllister, played by Safinroe · Burrows, to survive in lingerie to avoid shark attacks. It's a deliberately hilarious moment in the movie, as it seems to have been added just to add to the sexiness of the movie.
The movie ends with a modification of Susan's story because the test audience thinks she deserves to be punished for making the shark smart...... Although her intentions are kind.
Operation Deep Blue is now available on Max.
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