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Leviathan

Play trailer Poster for Leviathan R,  1989,  1h 38m,  Sci-Fi/ Horror/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 27% 26 Reviews Tomatometer 27% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
27% Tomatometer 26 Reviews 27% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Hired by Martin (Meg Foster), the head of a major corporation, a crew including geologist Steven Beck (Peter Weller) descends to the ocean's depths for a mining project. When the undersea explorers find a sunken ship and investigate, they inadvertently bring a malevolent life form on board their vessel. The creature kills some crew members and causes them to mutate, resulting in a battle for survival against an unknown force far below the surface of the ocean.
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Critics Consensus

A deep-sea thriller with an unusually strong cast and potent ideas, Leviathan quickly plunges into an abyss of weak thrills and lame kills.

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Janet Maslin New York Times May 20, 2003
The latter half of the film is one long feeding frenzy, guided by a familiar horror-film principle: survival of the best-looking. Go to Full Review
Richard Harrington Washington Post Jan 1, 2000
Leviathan is intermittently interesting, but it's a bad sign that the movie starts losing its punch when the monster shows up. Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Oct 19, 2026
3/5
A mostly confident, if familiar, slice of sci-fi / horror comfort. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mar 2, 2024
2.5/4
The effects by Stan Winston are typically polished, even if the creature looks like the usual assemblage of teeth and tentacles. Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Sep 6, 2020
7/10
As far as rip-offs go, this is one of the best. Go to Full Review
Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jul 7, 2020
B
The cast is like the first team at the B-movie all-star game. Go to Full Review
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Hagrid R Jan 10, 2019 Perfect till the mid section and it disintegrate after that . Wish the undersea entity would have been planned wisely.
Hermione W Jul 19, 2018 Why such bad reviews to one of the movies that shocked me the most? Ok, yes, I was probably 6 when I saw it.... still should count! See more
Han M Mar 14, 2018 Lacks a good monster, writing, and direction.......what happened to this movie. The actors actually did well for their roles but everything else lacks. See more
Kylo S Aug 11, 2017 People on this site are clueless . This has a good script . Comic moments , tense moments , Amanda Pays Amanda Pays and more Amanda Pays . She is great in this film. The story is good . the film has characters you can like and feel for. Peter Weller does a fine acting job .Richard Crenna is great . One of the best if not the best underwater horror film ever made. See more
Anakin L May 27, 2017 Well, I can definitely say it was so bad it was funny. That's about it.
Theodore G Apr 28, 2017 Lousy and forgettable ripoff of Alien and The Thing, only good thing about it is the cast. The effects aren't much to speak of and the monster is laughable. See more
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George P. Cosmatos

Director

Peter Weller

Steven Beck

Richard Crenna

Dr. Glen "Doc" Thompson

Amanda Pays

Elizabeth "Willie" Williams

Daniel Stern

Buzz "Sixpack" Parrish

Ernie Hudson

Justin Jones

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Movie Info

Synopsis Hired by Martin (Meg Foster), the head of a major corporation, a crew including geologist Steven Beck (Peter Weller) descends to the ocean's depths for a mining project. When the undersea explorers find a sunken ship and investigate, they inadvertently bring a malevolent life form on board their vessel. The creature kills some crew members and causes them to mutate, resulting in a battle for survival against an unknown force far below the surface of the ocean.
Director
George P. Cosmatos
Producer
Luigi De Laurentiis, Aurelio De Laurentiis
Screenwriter
David Webb Peoples, Jeb Stuart
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Filmauro, Gordon Company
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.4M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround
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