Deep Blue Sea

1999 1080p 1h 45m 0

In the not-too-distant future, a team of researchers at the underwater laboratory Aquatica faces one of the most ambitious scientific breakthroughs in history. Their mission is to develop a cure for Alzheimer's, and to achieve this, they have turned to a radical technique: genetic alteration of the brains of captive sharks. These sharks, known for their primitive intelligence and predatory nature, are modified to enhance their cognitive abilities in an attempt to create a treatment that will benefit humans affected by this devastating disease.

However, what begins as a scientific research endeavor with the hope of saving lives soon turns into a nightmare. The modified sharks not only show improvements in their cognitive skills but become faster, smarter, and, most disturbingly, more dangerous. The scientists monitoring these changes realize too late that they have triggered an unpredictable and deadly evolution in their test subjects.

The Aquatica laboratory, located in a remote underwater facility, becomes a place of terror when a violent storm damages the complex's structures. The damage caused by the storm leaves the researchers trapped in the lab, with the genetically enhanced sharks now out of control. What seemed like a promising scientific breakthrough becomes an existential threat to the very creators of the research.

The sharks, now much smarter and more strategic, use their newly acquired cognitive abilities to hunt the researchers one by one. The team is forced to fight for survival as they navigate the flooded hallways of the lab, facing not only the increasing danger of the sharks but also the despair of being trapped in a hostile aquatic environment, where every movement could be fatal.

Director: C.C. Barnes, David Kelley, David R. Ellis, Kelly Moon, Portia Tickell, Renny Harlin, Thomas J. Mack