A motley group of heavily armed hijackers along with the scrappy crew of a boat for hire board a luxury cruise ocean liner with the specific intention of looting it only to discover that their plans have been thwarted by bloodthirsty sea monsters.

Writer/director Stephen Sommers brings an immensely enjoyable and engaging Grade B trash pulp sensibility to the delightfully outrageous premise, maintains a breathless brisk pace throughout, delivers oodles of gloriously excessive over-the-top gore, and stages the exciting and explosive action with rip-roaring aplomb. Moreover, it's acted with considerable gusto by a game cast: Treat Williams makes for a fine macho hero as rugged boat captain John Finnegan, Famke Janssen projects a winning blend of sass and sexiness to her role of slinky thief Trillion St. James, Anthony Heald smarms it up well as greedy and selfish sniveling coward Simon Canton, and Kevin J. O'Connor provides amusing comic relief as bumbling engineer Joey Pantucci, plus there are sturdy contributions from Wes Studi as ruthless mercenary Hanover, Derrick O'Conner as the dashing Captain Atherton, Cliff Curtis as the horny Mamooli, Trevor Goddard as aggressive Aussie T. Ray, Djimon Hounsou as the fearsome Vivo, Clifton Powell as the smooth Mason, and Una Damon as the spunky Leila. Jerry Goldsmith's spirited score hits the stirring spot. Howard Atherton's slick widescreen cinematography gives this picture a pleasing glossy sheen. The CGI beasts look pretty gnarly. An absolute blast.

Deep Rising (1998) for me is one of the best underrated monster horror movie from the 90's!! I love this movie to death every time I see it, it takes my breath away and I wish there would be a sequel and explained what happened to characters. It is definitely one of the most underrated action horror flicks. It is one of my favorite best film from the Director Stephen Sommers before he made The Mummy. This film and The Mummy and The Mummy Returns are the only movies from Stephen Sommers that I love, the rest of his movies I don't watch! quality keeps you on the edge of your chair good scene for a film. It doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is -- your standard creature action film.

This is a really fun no brainer of a movie. It doesn't have a great story line, but the action and creature are great! So if you just want to watch a fun gory movie where there are good guys, bad guys, the pretty woman thrown in and a monster. This is perfect! This is the movie for people that just wanna watch a movie. Deep Rising is what you classify as great monster movie, with a story that's all too clear and characters that'll make you wonder what'd happen if they were in Aliens. The jokes don't stop, the action doesn't stop, and the editors did a great job on the cutting room floor. No fat, all meat... Or drink as it goes in this one. This film is genius. Great cast, Great story, Great SFX, Big budget. Laughs, Thrills….This movie has it all, yet no one has heard of it! If you like a fun, corny adventure movie….look no further! Treat Williams, Famke Janssen and Wes Studi are just great chemistry. I've probably watched this movie 10+ times over the years….like your best pair of slippers!

Buckle up for edge-of-your seat excitement with the explosive hit Deep Rising, an unstoppable high seas action thriller that moves at full scream ahead! When a band of ruthless hijackers invade the world's most luxurious cruise ship, they're shocked to discover the passengers have mysteriously vanished! But that doesn't mean they are alone! Something terrifying is lurking just out of sight: a deadly force from the unexplored depths of the ocean that begins to snatch the horrified intruders one by one! Treat Willliams (The Devil's Own) and sexy Famke Janssen (Goldeneye, Rounders) lead a group of survivors who must overcome incredible odds in their breathtaking battle to escape the doomed ship alive! That is the basic plot about a cruise ship who gets hijacked by a sea monster who eats and drinks people and spits out the bones. A team of mercenaries are the only survivors on this ship and they have to fight for their own survival.

It's Die Hard meets Alien meets Titanic!!!! I love this film to death it has my favorite actress in it Famke Janssen from GoldenEye (1995) my favorite James Bond 007 movie! Why would anyone thought that this movie suck? I don't get it! I didn't saw this movie about 10.years ago until just 2.days back and honestly this movie took my breath away. I never saw any monster movie eating people like that ever. Deep Rising was Stephen Sommers movie which he directed. And I thought the movie was one of the best action paced horror movie. I was surprised to see Famke Janssen in this movie she stared in James Bond 007 GoldenEye one of my best Bond movies as the main villain opposite of Sean Bean. First I thought the awesome women in this flick was Izabella Scorupco because she looked a like Izabella Scorupco from GoldenEye. But I was surprised to see Famke Janssen in this awesome flick from Stephen Sommers.

This is the second time Trevor Goddard played an Australian, the last time I saw him played an Australian was in Baywatch Season 3 In Episode Fatal Exchange in 1993. I seriously miss this actor and it is a terrible and sad, that this awesome actor is no longer with us anymore. May he rest in peace (1962 - 2003). This movie failed in the Box office but it was still a fun ride. I think this is Treat Williams's favorite film he ever made! I love it to death! For me this movie is a 10 not a 6 or 7 a perfect 10. This movie does not deserve to be bashed or hated I always love it. great film! as far as the "action-scify-horror" genre this one's up there with the best, and there's only 5 or 6 proper ones out there, so that says a lot!. the more I watch it the more I like it. Shame they stopped doing films like these (with a proper budget I mean). I'm disappointed it never had a sequel though.

Deep Rising is a 1998 American action horror film directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen and Anthony Heald. It was distributed by Hollywood Pictures and Cinergi Pictures and released on January 30, 1998.

10/10 Grade: Bad Ass Seal Of Approval Studio: Calimari Productions, Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures Starring: Treat Williams. Famke Janssen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Anthony Heald, Wes Studi, Derrick O'Connor, Cliff Curtis, Una Damon, Djimon Hounsou, Jason Flemyng, Clifton Powell, Trevor Goddard Director: Stephen Sommers Producers: John Baldecchi, Mario Iscovich, Laurence Mark Screenplay: Stephen Sommers, Robert mark Kamen Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 46 Mins. Budget: $45.000.000 Box Office: $11,203,026

I've got very little love for The Mummy and Van Helsing, director Stephen Sommers' slick, big-budget, digital effects-filled popcorn monster movie blockbusters, but his earlier creature-feature Deep Rising is a far more worthy effort, despite being just as polished, just as tongue-in-cheek and just as crammed with CGI.

That's because, unlike The Mummy and Van Helsing, this one hasn't had its horror elements watered down for family consumption in the multiplex: its rapacious, flesh hungry monster from the depths of the ocean is seriously nasty and makes a real mess when it feeds. Kiddie-friendly this movie ain't!

The plot is as clichéd as it could get—a group of mercenaries hijack a cruise ship only to find that it is infested by man-eating tentacled beasties from the sea bed—and logic plays very little part in matters, but with energetic performances from a game cast, an impressive critter (a mass of writhing tentacles with a mouth full of needle sharp gnashers),lots of guns and explosions, and plenty of yucky bodily remains littered all over the ship, this is still one hell of a fun ride.