Octopus

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2000
PG-13
1h 40m

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3.0/10

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During the Cuban Missle Crisis, a Russian sub is sunk while en route to Havana. As the sub goes down, the hold is breached and barrels full of some mysterious substance tumble out. Years lat... Read allDuring the Cuban Missle Crisis, a Russian sub is sunk while en route to Havana. As the sub goes down, the hold is breached and barrels full of some mysterious substance tumble out. Years later, an American nuclear submarine is transporting a captured terrorist to the States. The ... Read allDuring the Cuban Missle Crisis, a Russian sub is sunk while en route to Havana. As the sub goes down, the hold is breached and barrels full of some mysterious substance tumble out. Years later, an American nuclear submarine is transporting a captured terrorist to the States. The terrorist's henchmen, however, are planning to hijack the sub and rescue their leader. Mea... Read all

Director
- John Eyres
Writers
- Boaz Davidson
- Michael D. Weiss
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IMDb RATING

3.0/10

2.2K

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Director
- John Eyres
Writers
- Boaz Davidson
- Michael D. Weiss
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
In addition to a few scenes in the opening sequence in the film of a United States submarine firing torpedoes at the Soviet Russian submarine Leningrad, which were actually of the U.S.S. Alabama firing at a rogue Russian submarine, there were also a few scenes towards the middle of the film where they were supposedly launching mines at the octopus. These were actually the launching of countermeasures from the USS Alabama towards incoming torpedoes. These scenes were taken from the movie Crimson Tide (1995) starring Gene Hackman, And Denzel Washington.

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During one part of the movie, they have a camera shot across the deck of the cruise ship. In that shot the signature "Whale Tail" of the Carnival Cruise Line is shown. All other pictures of the ship are without that smokestack and do not resemble a Carnival cruise ship.

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Edited from Crimson Tide (1995)

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3/10

OK monster and heroine defeated by clumsy director and badly acted terrorist

Well, I was hoping this was going to be a nice little monster movie... something along the lines of Lake Placid or Komodo, both of which I enjoyed. No such luck. It's burdened down by a tedious "terrorist on board" plot, that places it closer to Turbulence (a movie I loathed) for much of its running time. It also doesn't help that the principle terrorist villain is played by quite the worst actor I've seen in any professional film I can currently recall - his version of passing as an elderly woman to infiltrate a US establishment makes Hulk Hogan look like Laurence Olivier, and his performance as his 'normal' terroristic self consists almost entirely of eye-popping, smirking and grimacing. With many principle scenes depending on this character the whole exercise is pretty much doomed from the word go. It also doesn't help that the director's style seems to be based on the principle "telegraph what's about to occur, then telegraph it again, in case the audience is *really* slow". The special effects are passable... they could have been quite effective given an engaging script, some good acting, and sound direction, but they're hardly enough to carry the movie on their own. Carolyn Lowery as the lone significant female in the cast is consistently good... but she and the creature and the explosions can't save this aquatic turkey.