Synopsis
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.
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Cast
- Peter WellerSteven Beck
- Richard CrennaDr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
- Amanda PaysElizabeth 'Willie' Williams
- Daniel SternBuzz 'Sixpack' Parrish
- Ernie HudsonJustin Jones
- Michael CarmineTony 'DeJesus' Rodero
- Lisa EilbacherBridget Bowman
- Hector ElizondoC.P. Cobb
- Meg FosterMs. Martin
- Eugene LipinskiRussian Ship Captain
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Leviathan is Alien under water. It's not nearly as sophisticated or as terrifying as the Ridley Scott film, but it looks good and moves fast. It's elementary fun with a couple of scary moments along the way. - 60
Empire
A safe, effectively jumpy transfer of Alien to the depths that restores the fear of Jaws into an environment momentarily softened by The Abyss. - 50
The New York Times
Leviathan compares favorably with the other recent aquatic horror film Deepstar Six but probably not with anything else. - 50
Slant Magazine
A mediocre, quasi-diverting B movie. - 50
Washington Post
Because Cosmatos has put together a decent cast and a proficient crew, Leviathan is intermittently interesting, but it's a bad sign that the movie starts losing its punch when the monster shows up. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Scientists in an underwater lab are picked off by a monster of the deep in this cheesy hybrid of Alien, The Thing, and The Abyss. - 50
USA Today
As underwater adventure, Leviathan is so much like already forgotten DeepStar Six that they are crusted with the same brine. By the time they come to almost identical conclusions, you'll wish both were swimming with the fishies. [17 Mar 1989, p.4D] - 40
Variety
It's a soggy recycling of gruesome monster attacks unleashed upon a crew of macho men and women confined within a far-flung scientific outpost.
