Monday, November 25, 2002

Anna over at BBB: Come for the bunny photographs. Stay for the Warmongery is running a site with an odd mix of knowledgeable comments about the relative merits of various surface to air missile systems, pictures of rodents and reviews of really bad Science Fiction flicks. I think she's on to something. Anyhow that let's me seque into my current all-time favorite bad science fiction movie - Deep Rising (1998) - which is your basic alien-style mysterious monster eating the passengers and crew of a luxury liner in the Bermuda Triangle, except it's set in the South Pacific. What sells the movie for me is Treat Williams' matter of fact approach to his character. [When the king devil octopus shows up in the cruise ship's ballroom, Williams observes "Now there's something you don't see every day."] Wes Studi is the leader of a band of mercs and is rapidly carving out a Wes Studi supporting role niche for himself. Kevin J. O'Connor of The Mummie provides a nice comedic touch. Cheesy visual effects. Silly science. Trashy movie, but I like it.

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