Deep Rising meets
The Abyss on an offshore oil rig!
The beginning of the film is so reminiscent of
The Abyss that it's uncanny - right down to the small glowing creatures! For the next 30-odd minutes the film goes nowhere before the first death occurs. Many things are left unexplained which makes it a bit confusing (the ridiculous subtitles don't help much either) and when the explanations come, they make your eye roll. Then, the film enters
Deep Rising mode (even swapping the power jet ski-boat of Treat Williams/Famke Janssen for a motorbike here). The similarities don't end here - look closely after the climax and you will find an ode to
Predator's ending in the whole chopper pickup scene!
A mish-mash of several Hollywood films (the maker is obviously very inspired by all of them) which sadly doesn't click. Only when the monster comes in (a pretty cool looking one -
http://popcultureninja.com/wp-conten...-7-monster.png), does the film get any sort of injection to run forward.
Too bad, because they could have done wonderfully well with the setting - an offshore oil rig cut off from the world during a thunderstorm.
Watch if you have any time to spare for a monster film. Skipping it will not be a big deal at all.
Rating - * *