Rating: R
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: 10/14/1998
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video

Stephen Somers wrote and directed this $50 million science-fiction action-thriller. Set in the South China Sea, the story has been described as a cross between The Poseidon Adventure, Alien, and Die Hard. On the maiden voyage of the luxury liner Argonautica, pickpocket Trillian (Famke Janssen) is caught stealing jewels and locked up. After the ship's communication system is infected with a virus, the ship collides with a massive underwater object. When John Finnegan (Treat Williams) and others board the Argonautica, they are surrounded by death. Survivors Trillian, builder Simon Canton (Anthony Heald), and others talk of sea monsters, but Hanover (Wes Studi) doesn't believe them -- until the fanged, squid-like creature (designed by Rob Bottin) extends its huge tentacles and makes its presence known to all. Filmed in Vancouver and the northern Pacific under the working title Tentacles.

~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Treat Williams - John Finnegan
Famke Janssen - Trillian
Anthony Heald - Simon Canton
Kevin J. O'Connor - Joey Pantucci
Wes Studi - Hanover
Derrick O'Connor - The Captain
Jason Flemyng - Mulligan
Djimon Hounsou - Vivo
Cliff Curtis - Mamooli
Clifton Powell - Mason
Trevor Goddard - T-Ray Jones
Una Damon - Leila
Clint Curtis - Billy

Production:
Stephen Sommers - Director
Laurence Mark John Baldecchi - Producer
Jerry Goldsmith - Composer
Bob Ducsay John Wright - Editor
Stephen Sommers - Screen Writer
Rose Marie McSherry Annmarie Corbett - Set Designer
Sandy Cochrane - Art Director
Mary Goldberg - Casting
Howard Atherton - Cinematographer
Joseph Porro - Costume Designer
Barry Bernardi - Executive Producer
Howard Ellis - First Assistant Director
Holger Gross - Production Designer
Frank Griffiths - Sound/Sound Designer
Rob Young - Sound/Sound Designer
Mike Shea - Special Effects Supervisor
Gary Combs - Stunts Coordinator
Kevin Ishioka - Art Director

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