Leviathan (1989)

Leviathan: Directed by George P. Cosmatos. With Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern. Perched on the hull of a wrecked Soviet freighter, a team of deep-sea miners led by head oceanographer Steven Beck comes face to face with a mutant creature that’s the product of a failed genetic experiment.

“Leviathan is directed by George P. Cosmatos and then screenplay is written by David Webb Peoples u0026amp; Jeb Stuart from Peoplesu0026#39; own story. It stars Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, Michael Carmine, Lisa Eilbacher, Hector Elizondo u0026amp; Meg Foster.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLet me start off by saying that the rating I have given is purely for personal reasons, I love daft creature features and rate them accordingly. Artistically the film scores about the average mark of 5/10, the acting, story and effects really donu0026#39;t demand much better unless you have got a soft spot for the genre. Tagged as Alien underwater, the film was always going to struggle to live up to that particular tag for sure, but yes, in structure that is what we get. A group of deep-sea miners come across a wrecked soviet ship and after plundering what they can they end up with more than they bargained for. Enter the plot of deep-sea miners under attack from a very bad and creepy monster. Will they survive? How did it happen? And on it goes to a joyously (unintentionally) funny finale. The film crams as many creature feature clichés in as it can get away with, and sure enough the boo jump scare moments are not in short supply.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe cast are all in on the joke (Iu0026#39;m pretty sure they are), so all in all you get a flipping great genre entry that isnu0026#39;t demanding much of the viewer, that is if you are so inclined to check the brain at the door first. So enjoy a B lister that has no pretensions other than to homage and entertain those of a certain persuasion. Quite a cast of pro actors assembled as well. 7/10”