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I saw this on television a couple of Halloween's ago, and I was very frightened. John Carpenter does it again. From the very opening where a sailor tells kids the tale of a lost ship around a camp fire, to the dreaded ending, it keeps you locked onto the screen. The music yet again sets the mood (just as it did in Halloween), and is very creepy and sends tingles down your spine. I like how the movie immediately opens with a creepy, atmospheric scene and doesn't bother explaining why these things are happening or how, and THEN the suspense comes. No, this movie opens with suspense, and ends with suspense. And the ending is very dreadful, yet a good ending nonetheless. I like how five sequels didn't follow this, and it just leaves it to your imagination on what else happens after the ending. I recommend this film! ***** out of *****.

This is definitely the surprise hit of the summer. It has chills, thrills, good scares, good suspense, and a sense of claustrophobia and the feeling of no-turning-back. Yeah, you can't help but think of Jaws when you see this, but simply because both are shark movies. Deep Blue Sea is far different than Jaws, and far more scarier and thrilling. The movie is about a doctor (Saffron Burrows, played very well) who uses sharks to increase their brain size to create a pill to cure Alzheimers. Well, long story short, the sharks (three test sharks in all) escape and wreak revenge on the doctor and her co-workers. Throughout the movie, there are plenty of good and fresh scares, good kill scenes, and great action. Great acting all around. And to not spoil anything, expect the unexpected. There were a few surprising and unexpected scenes that keep the movie fresh and make you stick with it to the end. **** out of *****.

I recently rented this, and I really enjoyed it. Roger Kumble did an exceptional job writing and directing this, and the result was fantastic. This is an excellent modern adaption of the 1782 French novel in which I cannot spell much less pronounce. But out of all the movies that have followed the novel, this one is the absolute best. Great performances all around. Sarah Michelle Gellar (one of my fave actresses) does a great job, as usual. Newcomer Selma Blair is surprisingly good playing the innocent and naive Cecile. Reese Witherspoon is also very good, especially with a character that wasn't that much explored. But I think I give extra props to Ryan Phillippe. He is wickedly funny, yet very cruel and malicious, yet very much in love with Reese's character. You can definitely tell he is having fun with the character, and this may be the best performance he has given in his career yet. Now, some people didn't like the change of the movie toward the end when the beginning was about cruel, cruel teens doing cruel, cruel things to innocent people, and toward the end it changes to a supposed "sappy romantic drama." Well, I wouldn't call it a "sappy romantic drama", but I do like the transition, it plays very well. And the sex scene between Ryan and Reese has got to be one of the most love-filled, caring sex scenes ever displayed on screen. I mean, it is not there to be erotic, or just for the audiences pleasure. Roger Kumble respected that sex scene because it shows the love the two characters suddenly feel for each other. And the end is one of the best, most saddening endings I have seen in a movie yet. I really, truly felt sorry for both Kathryn and Sebastian at the end. Go see this movie the way it is, do not watch it expecting anything. Just watch it as it is, have fun with it. ***** out of *****.