Deep Rising


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.

Meanwhile, the luxury cruise ship Argonautica is undertaking its maiden voyage. The ship is the brainchild of Simon Canton Anthony Heald, designed to be the most luxurious passenger vessel ever built, catering only to societys lite. Canton and the ships captain, Atherton Derrick OConnor, discover a woman named Trillian Famke Janssen attempting to steal from the ships vault. They lock her in a storeroom as the brig is incomplete. Soon after, a saboteur disables the ships navigation and communication systems. A large object is then detected on the sonar, rising from beneath and headed towards the ship. It collides with the vessel, bringing it to a violent stop and leaving it dead in the water, while the panicking passengers begin to be attacked by unseen creatures.Soon afterwards, Finnegans boat collides with a speedboat shaken loose from the Argonautica during the commotion, causing severe damage. Finnegans boat limps onwards to the cruiseliner, which is revealed to be the mercenaries target they intend to rob the ships vault and its wealthy passengers, before sinking the vessel with torpedoes they have brought along. The majority of the group transfer over to the ship while Leila and mercenary Billy Clint Curtis remain on Finnegans boat to conduct repairs. The others explore the abandoned ship, finding only blood and damaged superstructure. They also begin to hear screeches and ominous sounds on the ship. Back on Finnegans boat, Leila is violently dragged overboard, while Billy also disappears. Finnegan and Joey go to the cruiseliners engine room to scavenge the parts they need to repair the engines on their own vessel, under guard of TRay Trevor Goddard and Mamooli Cliff Curtis. Both mercenaries are killed by the creatures, but Finnegan and Joey escape with the necessary parts. They run into Trillian, who has escaped from the storeroom and is unaware of what happened on the ship. They are quickly captured by the remaining mercenaries, who still intend to break int

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