The latter half of the film is one long feeding frenzy, guided by a familiar horror-film principle: survival of the best-looking.
Leviathan
How long can you hold your breath?
1989 · 1h 38m · R
Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
George P. Cosmatos
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Leviathan
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- George P. Cosmatos Director
- Peter Weller as Steven Beck
- Richard Crenna as Dr. Glen Thompson
- Amanda Pays as Elizabeth 'Willie' Williams
- Daniel Stern as Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish
- Ernie Hudson as Justin Jones
- Héctor Elizondo as Cobb
- Michael Carmine as Tony 'DeJesus' Rodero
- Lisa Eilbacher as Bowman
- Meg Foster Cast
- Eugene Lipinski Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Leviathan is intermittently interesting, but it's a bad sign that the movie starts losing its punch when the monster shows up.
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