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5/10
Routine creature feature has some fun moments
MartianOctocretr53 January 2010
Screened on SyFy as Sea Beast (Trogolodyte on IMDb), probably because it's a hybrid of so many other creatures, both sea beasts and land beasts. Look for elements of Jaws, Alien, Jurassic Park, Lake Placid, and Predator, among others.

It's fun, and just what you expect from a SyFy original offering (at least it's free). Low budget, loosely jointed, questionable acting, cheap CGI effects, and unresolved items at the end. But the creatures are pretty well designed, and the lead actor, the fisherman guy, does pretty well. There's actually urgency in his voice. Not so his daughter and her paper thin character friends. Drama 1 drop outs. The one-on-one fights between the teens and baby creatures are absolutely hilarious--in particular the one where the sea beast pulls himself into a rock, lol. That single moment is worth the price of admission. The siege on the cabin has some great visuals, too.

Most important for a movie is to entertain, and this one does. It holds your attention, and some scary scenes manage to sprinkle in amongst all the craziness. Yes, it resorts to some horror clichés like the blood spurting out of a neck bit when somebody gets decapped. Also, you never quite know what spawned these things. But it's good enough for at least for a few laughs.
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5/10
Unoriginal but Pretty Decent
claudio_carvalho3 April 2011
The fishing vessel Solita crosses a storm during the night and the Skipper Will McKenna (Corin Nemec) witnesses a weird creature attacking the crewman Joey. They return to the dock and Will has difficulties to pay the amount he owes to the former owner of the boat, Roy (Roman Podhara). The fish population is reducing in the area and the biologist Arden (Camille Sullivan) is investigating the possible causes. Meanwhile, Will's daughter Carly (Miriam McDonald) steals the keys of her father's cottage in a nearby island and plans to travel with her boyfriend Danny (Daniel James Wisler) and their friends Erin (Christie Laing) and Drew (Brandon Jay McLaren) to spend the weekend in the island. However, Drew is murdered by a deep sea predator on the dock and his pieces are found by Will and Arden. Carly, Danny and Erin do not have any news from their friend and travel to the island without Drew. Sooner Erin is murdered by the creature and Danny is bitten by a newborn reptile. Danny and Erin seek shelter in the cabin but they are trapped there by the creatures. In the continent, Will and Arden learn that the deep sea predator is a very dangerous species, after a series of lethal attacks, and they head to the island to rescue Carly.

"Troglodyte" is an unoriginal but pretty decent B-movie for television. The plot blends "Lake Placid" and Predator" and the result is a cheesy and forgettable action film with the usual clichés. The town seems to be empty and the conclusion has the usual nonsense, with Will, Carly and Arden happy and forgetting that Danny, Jay and many of their friends are dead. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Feras do Mar" ("Sea Beasts")
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5/10
Another Strange Venture From the Maneater Series
gavin69423 July 2009
Being a fisherman is a difficult job, particularly during a rough storm. But things can only get worse when a sea beast decides to make your crew its meal. In this small fishing town, the sea beast and his family follow the seamen ashore... to destroy every living thing in their path. How do you stop a creature that you cannot see?

This happens to be another film in the "Maneater" series of films, which started off with vicious animals (blood monkeys, crocs, and more) and has ventured into some strange territory. They recently came out with "Yeti", for example (you can read the review for this on Killer Reviews). And now, the sea beast, formerly titled "Troglodyte" (which is grossly misleading). It's "Jaws" meets science fiction meets "Raptor Island", which is either awesome or horrible depending on how you feel about those three things.

Personally, I love "Jaws" and science fiction has its good points, but "Raptor Island" is a CG piece of offal. Now, to be fair, "Sea Beast" isn't as poorly animated as "Raptor Island", but they fit in the same category. But we've come to expect that from the Maneater series. Cheesy plot, minimal gore (though this one does alright), little or no nudity or cursing. Your basic TV-ready film. And don't get me wrong, if you want an hour and a half of beer-swilling entertainment, this film will fir your needs. But if you try to dissect it, you'll claw your eyes out. It simply doesn't make much sense.

If you want to watch this film, my best recommendation is that you try to catch it on TV or borrow it from a friend or rent it. There is no reason to purchase this film. It doesn't have a lot of replay value, and there are literally no special features (unless you count scene selection). No subtitles, no languages, no audio commentary, nothing. It's about as bare bones as DVDs come, which is rare these days.

Bottom line: cheap, cheesy entertainment. If that's what you're into (and I guess some people are because they keep making these movies), go for it. If you want more substance or a good scare, this is not the film for you. Seriously, watch "Jaws" for the tenth time before you see this if you want a quality man versus fish story.
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4/10
Ridiculous but sort of watchable
TheLittleSongbird1 May 2012
I don't mind low-budget movies, some of them are bottom-of-the-barrel quality but some are entertaining. Troglodyte is sort of watchable and entertaining, but it does have a lot wrong with it. I give it credit for a great idea, quite nice locations, a decent soundtrack and a good performance from Corin Nemic. However, Miriam McDonald is absolutely awful, consisting of forced line delivery and more annoying than anything else. She's not the only asset that doesn't work. The stereotypical characters also don't work, and neither do the choppy editing, abysmally rendered CGI effects, a meandering, cheesy and predictable script and a story that gets stupider and stupider from one scene to the next. Overall, not bad but far from good. 4/10 Bethany Cox
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3/10
Super Fish (with arms and legs) = Super Fun.... If you're bored
kiawa7721 March 2009
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Overview: Paralytic-toxin-spitting, self-camouflaging monsters (ala "Predator") from the deep sea have come to shore and are killing people.

Troubles at sea, harbinger of death, and a mostly-invisible sea monster that spits a paralytic goo. Not bad, despite a start that seems slow due to wooden acting and what appears to be the setup for a pathetic, predictable storyline.... and it is.

The fact that the big monster has three young ones is a very cool twist, despite the questionable-par CGI renderings of the beasts. Of course the one guy who we know has seen them in the past is too terrified to talk, and apparently the town isn't fond of the ol' Corin Nemic wildly shooting at "nothing" on the beach. And of course the only other person who saw the thing AND HAS A PICTURE OF IT is too busy screwing around to do anything with it. Idiocy. Any person of average intelligence or higher would have that picture to the local authorities and/or to the news. Instead, he doesn't treat his quickly-infectious wound and goes back outside to where he saw a creature not of this *land* to where maybe he'll get chomped too. The brilliance of the script continues to unfold.

So here's the thing: I understand this is sci-fi, but come on! How do monsters *from the deep* now suddenly have arms and legs and become amazingly adept at hunting on land. Not only that, but they can run, leap, and alter their extremely interesting camouflage to their new surroundings without any problem whatsoever. Most cameo-critters require objects in their immediate vicinity to which to adapt themselves, yet our land-fish-monsters can openly leap through the air or walk on the beach and remain unseen. Although the Predator needed highly advanced alien technology to pull this off, apparently the deep sea and some quick evolution helped these guys out.

About an hour and fifteen minutes into it, things just turn more stupid. Suddenly every monster gathers at the island cabin, and three babies turn into about ten. Then, when finally all is quiet, the young couple leaves the safety of their room. More brilliant ideas from whoever wrote this movie. ("Hey, it's safe here... let's LEAVE!") In the last half hour (including commercials), the big momma(?) monster of course knows exactly where the human "kids" are. Why wouldn't it? Everything else in this flick defies logic, reason, and even pseudo-science. They might as well be psychic too. Suddenly it becomes a good idea to find a safe, secure room. Shocking. Of course the guy won't stay there. Safety=bad for males.

The big twist here is that the ship happens to contain the gigantic nest of the land-fish-monster. This now suddenly explains why there are so many of them. This, however, does not explain why they haven't been a problem until right now. You'd think that these monsters, in these numbers, would be consuming entire towns by now. But I digress...

Everything gets tied up nicely and neatly at the end with Daddy saved and all, despite being at ground zero in a large gas explosion. He didn't even lose his hair! We don't have the obligatory Sci-Fi ending kiss due to the boyfriend having been horribly slaughtered, but they need to mix it up now and then. It's all smiles and lack of bloody appendages here as the captain sails off to find his bounty once again.
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Typical made-for-Sci Fi-channel movie
treeline115 March 2009
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The story is set in a fishing village where a local boat captain (Corin Nemic) has recently lost a crewman. It seems a sea monster has hitched a ride to shore on his boat and lots of townsfolk are being eaten (the creature and her children can walk on land and even climb trees!)

This movie is so typical of the Sci Fi channel movies...minimal dialogue, maximum carnage. The CGI isn't too awful, but the predictability of the script makes it tedious; any character who goes off alone is sure to be killed. Corin Nemic is the best thing about the movie, but he isn't on screen much. We see more of Miriam McDonald, who plays his daughter, and she's truly awful. Between her constant half-grin in the face of impending death and endlessly pushing her hair behind her ears, I half-expected her to say, "Like OMG! I'm like in a movie!"

The movie was shown on TV as, "Sea Beast," which is a better title than "Troglodyte," but not by much. Trite and silly.
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5/10
You have seen this movie before, even if you haven't
timothygartin14 March 2020
This isn't a bad movie. It has some good acting and some good effects. The setting and the music are good. The problem is the story has been done a million times and this movie does not have any new ideas to offer. Everything about the story, from the monsters, to the babies, to the nest, to the explosion at the end has been done exactly like this.

Its ok to watch, but ultimately unsatisfying.
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5/10
Enjoy the ride .....
richshire12 September 2009
For those who are looking for Jamie Foxx doing huge stunts with mega explosion, This is not the movie for you... But for those who enjoy some low budget horror movies, this mix of predator/ jaws & aliens low budget flick is a fun one. When you see the cover of this DVD, you know exactly what you're in for. I rented this last night because I thought it was time to check out a monster movie :D I was surprise, I admit there are many bad straight to DVD horror & Sci - fi movies out there I was impress with this movie Personally, I think the creatures look a lot better than I am Legend, and the movie is way better than the 1998 Godzilla. So if you enjoys flicks like Tremors, The Mist or even Frankenfish, give Sea Beast a try
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3/10
The daughter is hideous....
reddynolan-112 September 2009
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Okay... who's relative is she? This movie would have been fun, but the actress who played the daughter was painful to watch. Her half-hearted attempt at displaying fear - or any form of emotion - resulted in either the vacant look of trying really hard to multiply 9x7, or the look of surprise at accidentally figuring 9x7 out. Why would the director settle for this? Also, the editing was choppy. The writing horrendous.

The idea is good. The locale is gorgeous. The CGI beasts are fun. It was also great to see a slew of more than decent character actors. And, didn't they do the absolute best with what they were given as far as writing was concerned. Kudos for that.
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6/10
"Jaws" meets "Predator" meets "Godzilla ('98)"
Wuchakk13 March 2014
Believe it or not, "Sea Beast" originally appeared as "Troglodyte" on Syfy in 2008. It goes without saying that it was a good call to change the name seeing as how there are no troglodytes in sight.

As the cover of the DVD would suggest, "Sea Beast" is another take on the well-worn "Jaws" theme. This one takes place in the Vancouver, BC, area (big surprise). The creature has the ability to appear nigh invisible and render its prey immobile. This may sound cartoonish, but the way it's explained by the requisite scientist makes it semi-believable.

Other than "Jaws," the plot borrows from other creature flicks like "Predator," "Gremlins" and "Godzilla ('98)." It's reminiscent of the latter film in that there's a mommy monster and a bunch of little tykes, just as ferocious.

What makes "Sea Beast" work is that the material is taken seriously and it has a quality cast, not to mention solid locations. The cast is highlighted by a strong male protagonist, Corin Nemec as Will Mckenna, Will's ditzy daughter, Carla, who can be ultra-violent when necessary (Miriam McDonald) and Will's female sidekick scientist, Arden (Camille Sullivan). Miriam possesses such a cuteness she's somehow just enjoyable to look at. Also, the creature effects (CGI) are well done. Not to mention it's very gory, if you're into that.

There's not much else to say. If you like well-done creatures-on-the-loose TV flicks, "Sea Beast" provides well enough to satisfy. It's far from great but it delivers just enough to grant it a marginal thumbs up.

GRADE: B-
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2/10
Wvlho will be the next victim?
ljmcfarland29 June 2019
We really enjoy finding campy, corny, fun monster movies with dramatic over-acting. This isn't one of them. The actors seem to have all taken sedatives before going on camera, and the only ones excitable are the beasts, & by the first half hour, you're hoping they eat everyone in town. One can only hope!
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8/10
Enjoyable Grade B creature feature
Woodyanders5 November 2012
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A gaggle of lethal and mysterious predatory sea beasts from the darkest depths of the ocean floor come onto dry land to attack and feast on the residents of a previously sleepy bay village community. Director Paul Ziller, who also co-wrote the derivative, but engrossing script with Neil Elman, relates the entertaining story at a snappy pace, takes time to develop the plausible working class characters, generates a good deal of tension, and delivers a generous amount of surprisingly graphic gore (one woman gets her head bitten off and the creatures leave behind the torn up bodies of their victims). The solid low-key acting by the capable cast keeps the movie buzzing: Corin Nemec makes for a credible rugged blue collar hero as struggling fisherman Will McKenna, the cute Miriam MacDonald contributes a winningly feisty portrayal as Will's spunky daughter Carly, Daniel Wister registers nicely as likable hunk Danny, and Camille Sullivan does well as earnest and helpful marine biologist Arden, plus there are sturdy turns from Gwynyth Walsh as concerned harbor master Barbara, Brent Strait as grizzled old drunk Ben, Gary Hudson as the amiable Sheriff Jay McKenna, Brandon Jay McLaren as the easygoing Drew, and Roman Podhora as obnoxious antagonistic jerk Roy. The CGI effects are okay and the monsters look pretty cool. The sharp cinematography by Mahlon Todd Williams boasts plenty of gnarly creature POV shots. Chuck Cirino's energetic ominous score does the spirited shuddery trick. A really fun little flick.
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6/10
Actually worth checking out...
paul_haakonsen12 April 2012
"Sea Beast" (aka. Troglodyte) was actually a rather nice surprise of a movie. I picked up the DVD from Amazon based on the cover of the movie, because it looked interesting.

The story in "Sea Beast" takes place at a coastal community. A local, struggling, fisherman witnesses something taking one of his crew at sea during a storm. Then people start dying at land, and it appears that some aquatic creature have followed the fishing vessel back to land. Can the people stop the deep sea predator before it is too late and can they find the nest? Now, that story was actually quite alright, despite it being very cliché and predictable. But still, it was enjoyable.

Actually the creature design and effects were actually quite good. Think up a weird mix of the Deep Ones (to those familiar with Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology) and predator, then you have a basic idea of the creatures found in "Sea Beast". I like the way the creatures looked and the CGI was believable enough - except for the super fake boating scene that you are introduced to within the first minute of the movie. Now that was just hilarious.

The acting in "Sea Beast" was adequate, of course nothing award-winning, but not bad like so many other movies. Corin Nemec (playing Will McKenna) has the lead role, and you can say what you will about him, but he actually did a good job in this movie.

"Sea Beast" was great entertainment and I do enjoy monster movies, sadly most of such movies end up being crap. "Sea Beast", however, was quite alright. Despite being predictable to the core, "Sea Beast" turned out to be a nice surprise.
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2/10
If it bleeds ... we can fish for it?
Coventry22 January 2012
Sigh, after being a horror fan for more than twenty years, I still make the same old rookie mistake of getting lured into watching dumb, nonsensical crap just because it has an enticing DVD-cover… With just a minimum of research in advance, I would have noticed that this is another run of the mill made-for-TV creature feature released by the infamous Sci-Fi Channel. These flicks are aimed at a very undemanding audience and derivative of approximately a dozen of other – far more original – movies. "Sea Beast", or "Troglodyte" as it's officially called apparently, is a clumsy hodgepodge of genre clichés and all too obviously borrowed ideas that just look pathetic in this movie's context. The plot takes place in a small seaside community and begins with a fatigue, old-timer fisherman returning from a hectic trip where he lost one of his crew members during a storm. Will McKenna witnessed how a large monstrous sea creature grabbed his helper, but naturally nobody onshore believes him and he becomes the laughing stock of the town. He finds a drunkard in town who also saw the creature, but naturally he doesn't want to help. Oh and – also naturally – Will has a rebellious teenage daughter who disregards daddy's warnings and heads off to a little island to party with a few friends. The titular "sea" beast turns out to be a ravenous creature that is also able to live on land and even in trees. Nobody knows where it comes from and the script doesn't bother to explain, but presumably it's a distant relative of the aliens in "Predator", as it can become transparent and attacks its victims from high up in trees. Several sequences are bluntly and shamelessly copied from "Predator", but the film also borrows success-elements from other horror favorites, like "Jaws" and "Jurassic Park". The monsters look like ludicrous computer-engineered experiments designed by an over-enthusiast bunch of geeks that couldn't unanimously agree on a decent design. Dumb and forgettable TV-horror.
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Cool Creature Design, and Not Much Else
arminio-700985 March 2019
The design of the monsters is cool, besides the dodgy CGI, and Corin Nemec is doing his best, but other then that its a fairly generic by the numbers SyFy horror movie. Good in the backgound movie.
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2/10
You know it's not good when you want certain characters to be eaten by the creature.
mark.waltz1 September 2021
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But at least it's not from Asylum, the cheap rip off film production company known for mockbusters, even though this is obviously a rip off made for a cheap cable TV channel which specializes in quickly made action films with poorly conceived monsters. Here, it's a see through beast (which made it cheap to create) that spits out some underwater type acid that makes it easier to capture its prey. So what we do have here is some pretty scenery, a few well done action scenes and some tension as the creature approaches. There's a lot of carnage so for those who want that sort of silliness, they'll have a field day. This is a sea side village with residents so dumb that it deserved to be made a ghost town with the extremely moronic sheriff the most deserving of becoming a midnight snack.

But what made me overuse the remote were annoying cliched characters, too many young women with ear cringing vocal fry and a boring domestic subplot that has been overused and abused too many times. The cast is instantly forgettable, going through the motions of trying to make you care about them. The creature, when seen without the use of the poor practically invisible effects, looks like a giant toad with a huge tongue and lots of teeth. You can get the same type of beautiful scenery on YouTube channels that utilize beautiful music as they take you to the most exotic places around the world. A few giggles as the creature attacks had me amused, but for the most part, the film is a complete waste of time. A shot of a dumb young man trying to get online likes by taking a closeup picture of one of the baby beasts gave me a nice laugh, yelling out "Take that you twit wit!" as he became nearly a human toothpick. By the time I said enough is enough, I realized that it was barely a step above the Asylum films, and I didn't want to commit myself further.
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1/10
Well, it wasn't done by the Asylum
mhorg201819 January 2024
Which doesn't make it any better. Let's start with the original title; Troglodyte. Did the producers/screenplay writer, heck, did ANYONE realize that Troglodyte's live UNDER GROUND not UNDER the SEA? Probably not. (For a terrible version of a troglodyte, see the Joan Crawford z film, Trog. Which is as bad as this.) So we have a lame fishing village under siege by mostly invisible (poorly animated invisible creatures) who are kind of a rip on Lovecraft creations. When they do appear, they're happily not indestructible, have really long tongues and are quite hungry. While the creature effects are poor CGi, some of the practical effects, like a woman getting beheaded by one, are pretty good. Still the acting is subpar and the story, what there is of it, is pretty lame. Another loser.
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4/10
Sea Beast isn't scary
coolshop00722 August 2011
The storyline comes out weak, as each character doesn't come out strong enough to create any climax. In addition, a sci-fi movie lacks of any special effects to look outstanding other than a creature is trying to act as something like "the predator", but not scary.

Here is what the difference between a Hollywood film and a regular film. A Hollywood film can have a simple story, with a normal ugly creature, and create it into a big movie; as if a regular film with simple story, with a more complex ugly creature, and create it into a small house production film.

Should they need more time for editing before bring out to the screen Sad.
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5/10
Like stuff I used to watch Saturday morning
izzojoseph14 October 2020
... in the late '70s. Not sure I can even finish it. But hey, it's something to let play in the background. The monsters are almost cartoonish but passable. Despite how bad it is, I feel compelled to keep watching, so, there's that. Not sure if I'll regret it or not. All that being said, it's tough to come up with a story that has good acting and dialogue and then keep the it moving. The characters are almost cliche (like - REALLY close) and yet, there are some I'm rooting for. Wish me luck. Gonna finish. The fact that I'm warning you before I've watched the whole thing oughta tell you something.
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3/10
Another breed
kosmasp28 September 2010
There is a thing out there called ... Man-Eater series. And this is one of their "beasts". And while other movies try to be original with their titles (and only them), this does have at least some more or less decent acting behind it all. It's nothing great and even while the dialogue is spoken you can feel how the actors struggle to keep a straight face, with all the plot holes and turns they take while talking.

But you won't watch it, for the acting now, will you? Exactly. So if you're here for the beast(s), you will have to do with mostly CG-generated ones. It's not a complete waste of time, but then again, you might wanna watch something more interesting (and comprehensible)
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6/10
You gotta love it because "Sea Beast" does deliver ........
merklekranz3 September 2009
Depending on your point of view, this movie either delivers what you would expect from a low budget creature feature or you should avoid at all costs. There are some similarities here with another "Sci-fi Channel" movie "Loch Ness Terror". The difference being that "Sea Beast" runs off in several different directions at a frantic pace, while "Loch Ness Terror" is far more deliberate. The CGI monsters are about equal, and interestingly both films have young creatures getting in on the carnage. One major annoyance about "Sea Beast" is the daughter, played by Miriam McDonald. Her acting is so amateurish that you will be rooting for the creature to end her misery and your's. The creatures are on screen in daylight for a good amount of time, which maintains interest throughout, although there is never any attempt to explain where they came from in the first place. - MERK
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5/10
Seen it all before
marklyminster12 June 2023
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This is a decent enough film but it's all been done before.

Acting is pretty decent and the script is ok.

CGI creatures with no real explanation of what or where they came from.

The usual nest is found and blow the crap out off it.

No one thinks to call for outside help.

The title is misleading as I thought it was going to be set at sea but no, pretty much all on land.

Think predator, down to the creatures being almost invisible with a haze around them and the blurred camera work when we are the creature looking at the cast. Ending is pure cringe, practically scoot doo, boyfriend and crew members dead but let's set sail on a fishing boat with next to no crew and no experience, all done with the biggest smiles possible. More cheese than a dairy.
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8/10
Solid with a few mild flaws
kannibalcorpsegrinder19 August 2015
After returning from a fishing trip, a fisherman finds the series of strange deaths plaguing the community is brought about by their bringing back a ravenous prehistoric sea creature and must find a way of stopping the deadly creature.

On the whole this wasn't all that bad of a creature feature. Among the better elements here is the rather enjoyable action which is pretty frequent in here which has plenty to like about it in here. The first attack on the couple leads into the frantic chase in the forest which features the impressive gun-fighting along the way, a series of fine attacks on the group partying on the island leading along some great stalking through the jungles and a great marina confrontation with the creature that makes for a really great series of encounters that makes this one quite enjoyable having some great parts in here. These set the stage for the film's two biggest action scenes throughout here in the militia attack out in the woods where the creature's survival instincts are put to great use stalking around the forest leading to some great attacks, the action comes off rather nicely of the group firing off at the creature while giving this one some solid gore as well, and makes the finale even better by comparison with the creature's attack on their cabin which feature some impressive defense tactics against the creatures, a lot of action trying to hold them off and segues right into the fun times in the ship at the end which is such a good time all throughout here. Along with the spectacular blood and gore here, the film's other positive is the creature itself as there's far more than expected here in their behavior and tactics that makes them far more formidable than expected throughout here, all of which help this one against the few flaws here. The biggest issue to overcome here is the completely unknown creatures here, for as much good as it does in their behavior and attack tactics it loses in terms of their biology and history, and there's not even an official species name given to them which leaves them altogether quite problematic. The other big problem here is the lame CGI present which makes for a rather obvious time here whether being utilized for the creatures or the rather lame insert shots here that tend to stick out quite obviously. There's very little times where it all looks quite cheesy and fake here, which does lower this one. Along with a few lame kills early on, these are the film's flaws.

Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language.
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7/10
Surprisingly Enjoyable
thetauren139 May 2009
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Worthless plot, lame acting, by-the-numbers flick. Nonetheless, I rather enjoyed it.

This highly predictable movie adds nothing to a world of monster movies. If you're looking for a masterful piece with an inventive story and relatable characters, go somewhere else. However, if you want to be mindlessly entertained and simply enjoy watching CGI monsters tear things up, check out this title.

The beast itself is very well done. Seeing it in action, you would never guess this is just another low-budget made-for-scifi channel movie. When the beast is on-screen, the movie really shines; and fortunately it has a decent amount of screen time, since things are extraordinarily lame when the beast isn't around.

Also, trying to avoid any spoilers, I'll just say I was pleasantly surprised with the ending as far as the characters were concerned. Horror movies are all to often predictable in this respect, and it seems the most annoying characters wind up alive.

Finally, the girl is relatively attractive to look at, which helps any movie's cause, and turned out to be capable of some unexpected ass-kickery.

Overall, a very fun movie to watch. Unless you're a snotty film critic who thinks you're gifted with some kind of social superiority, I'd recommend it.
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4/10
Good feeding sea beast movie
dy3849329 January 2020
Good movie so far to watch especially the sea beast creature looking dangerous and also thanks to camera works.
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