I remember owning "Deep Rising" on VHS back in the day, and I do remember it as being a fairly entertaining movie. So when I got the chance to sit down and watch it again in 2017, I did of course jump at the chance to do so.
Memory did serve me well, because "Deep Rising" really was and still is a rather entertaining movie, and one that actually still is capable of standing up to movies made even today.
The effects in the movie are surprisingly good, especially when taking into consideration that the movie is from 1998. The CGI effects were really impressive back in the day, but still stand up to many movies that are made even today. And on that account, the special effects team really pulled their weight with their work on "Deep Rising".
"Deep Rising" is a story that is quite simple to follow, but at the same time it is also a story that is entertaining and has a good amount of action and even some sense of dread and claustrophobia to it. Wríter and director Stephen Sommers did manage to put together a very entertaining movie and one that has a lot of replay value.
For a movie back from 1998 then the cast list really does have some familiar names and faces to it; Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jason Flemyng, Cliff Curtis and Djimon Hounsou are some of the prominent and very familiar faces that portray characters in "Deep Rising". It was without a doubt Kevin J. O'Connor in the role of Joey Pantucci who stole the spotlight in this movie.
I found the movie to be entertaining from beginning to end, and there is a great level of action and fast pace to the movie which never loses momentum.
The only real bad thing about the movie was the ending, which was just about as anti-climatic as it could possibly be, not to mention also incredibly ludicrous and stupid.
All in all, "Deep Rising" is a great movie if you enjoy creature features and things with tentacles. My rating of "Deep Rising" is a solid 6 out of 10 stars.
