CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Steve Chilcote So its a movie about an unwanted visitor into an enclosed and isolated ship (sound familiar?). Very predictable, characters are all stereotyped and done with a story line straight from the best SF movie ever made - "Alien". I gave it a 5 strictly because it held my interest, but at the end I wanted to say to myself, "Really? That's it?". Glad I didn't pay to see in theater.

manjodude I like undersea horror movies, most are usually watchable. Leviathan has the Robocop actor Peter Weller in the lead as the captain of the undersea expedition but I felt his role could have been better(especially towards the climax) although he delivers well. The late Richard Crenna gives good support to Weller as the doc of the team. The rest of the cast are pretty decent too.The movie gets quite creepy in the first half and a little into the second half but then stumbles. Some scenes seem to have been inspired by Ridley Scott's Alien. The mutant is not shown completely until towards the end, but unlike in Alien, the portrayal of the creature in the earlier scenes is weakly managed in the movie.Leviathan is still watchable though, as what the movie may lack in visuals or effects of top grossers like Sphere, Alien or an Abyss, it makes up with sincere performances and suspense.

Michael Yee Let's get he obvious out of the way: Ridley Scott's 'Alien' set the precedence for all films of the sci-fi horror genre, even if the protagonist isn't a monster from the dark reaches of our imagination, I more so mean in the visual aesthetic and tone: lighting, mood, shooting style, set design — anything that bases itself around being both terrifying and off-world, and with a dash (or copious amounts) of thematic human ignorance, owes itself to this film.This Leviathan (not to be confused with the Russian one from 2014) is one of those perceived Hollywood moments where more of the winning formula equals best for business. Between the mid-70's and late 80's was a time for a cinematic revolution of sorts. You had the first in many juggernaut franchises: Rocky, Star Wars, The Terminator, the aforementioned Alien, as well as singular cinematic classics: The Shining, The Godfather, The Thing (lots of "The's") — RoboCop and Jaws. Particularly of these last two, Leviathan does something quite intuitive in response to the movie market and of that time in cinema: What if we took a rising star (Peter Weller), a good looking cast, and combined three of the best and most successful horror films in the last decade (Alien, The Thing, Jaws).Well, you get Leviathan, a movie truly of it's time in all sense of that statement. That's not to say the movie is bad, it's actually quite interesting. The pacing is there; the build and anticipation as well as a little trans-governmental conspiratorial paranoia thrown into the mix — because the best intentions of humankind are ultimately, always the biggest bad guy. However, unlike the films that it shares company with, the reveal of the 'creature' is ultimately underwhelming, more so confusing. It's not fully explained what is it, possibly the closest thing is the Creature from the Black Lagoon, though that already has it's own film (1954). The body horror employed here is interesting in it's premise — it acts like a skin lesion that evolves into full blow leprosy which first kills it's host before birthing the creature life form — but then there's chest bursting, face morphing, tentacle wrapping, all of which feels too familiar.If you have a rainy Sunday and you feel like some legit scares, or fan service in the form of female scientists in 80's aerobic gear or rocking ascots, then watch this film. It may or may not be worth it, especially for Weller's well (poorly) timed punchline at the very end.

jonathanmark-77048 Plot: 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.This is one creature film that has been largely forgotten by people and that's sad in my opinion. This film knew what it was from the beginning and that's what these films should be unlike Sharknado which makes these films look like one big joke. Everybody in the cast does a great job especially Peter Weller, Ernie Hudson, and Amanda Pays. Each character is likable and you really feel that these are real people. I personally feel the creature effects are very good even if it is somewhat like the thing they at least try to be something different. I don't get why the effects guys trash them, I just don't get it, but that's their opinion so I can't change that.This film is one of the better creature films from the 80s that deserves to at least have some respect from certain film fans. It has a great cast, good creature effects, a solid script, and very good direction by George P. Cosmatos. When you get the chance to watch this film, watch it you won't regret it.