Deep Rising

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 ...more

Before he hit big with his Mummy franchise, Stephen Sommers set out to make a fun-filled B-movie sea monster flick - and that's exactly what Deep Rising is. |Action and humor play off edge-of-your-seat tension as our unlikely cast of characters battle to stay alive and hold off 'till the movie's big explosive climax. Knowing exactly what kind of movie they were dealing with, the actors jump head-first into the mix as dialogue gets chewed up and spat out while big guns fire endlessly and even ...more