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Leviathan (1989 )

Another entry in the underwater monster mash stakes,you would think that with all theses people underwater doing stuff for the military like in DeepStar Six or robbing cruise liners in Deep Rising or seeing if rats can breath in water as in James Cameron's The Abysmal er I mean the The Abyss ,somebody might of mentioned the sea beasties that soon appear when mankind is minding his own business and just helping to destroy a bit more of the environment by blowing up the sea bed or just generally antagonising mother nature. George P. Cosmatos directs this science fiction mish mash of ideas about a undersea mining geological facility ran by Peter Weller as Steven Beck. Leviathan resembles a underwater version of Alien,with its over worked and strung out crew members discovering a large shipwrecked space craft,sorry I mean large Russian war ship called the Leviathan. Slightly better than it should be and certainly looking good for its 20 million budget,it has a strong cast list headed by Peter Weller and Richard Crenna , both of whom never fail to deliver the goods,whether its giving people 20 secs to comply or ordering Stallone to kill lots of people. Leviathan is certainly not as dumb as a lot of Alien rip off' clones,but it does take its time to get under-way,but once bodies start mutating the film then kicks up a gear.Of course no movie like this is complete without its monster,and luckily Stan Winston and his crew are responsible for the effects,and we get some rather cool looking beasties attaching themselves to the ever dwindling crew members.Its underwater Alien,its Jaws with tentacles its The Thing with a snorkel,it has teeth in places you never expect but more importantly it has a Ghostbuster in it .