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Actors: Peter Weller, Amanda Pays
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Leviathan |
A rather by-the-numbers horror-thriller about employees of a mining operation 16,000 feet below the surface of the Atlantic to extract silver and other precious metals from the sea bottom. Something weird gets aboard their station and runs amok, killing them one by one. There's the same microbe invading the blood, the same gooey stuff dripping from the rafters, the same long snaky limbs making quick strikes out of nowhere, the same plunging into and out of people's chests, the same faces of lost crewman preserved on the surface of the creature, the same survival of the obligatory black member of the crew to show we're racially sensitive. But Peter Weller (Robocop) does a decent job as the leader of this bunch, Richard Crenna has a nice turn as the ambivalent doctor, and Amanda Pays obligingly disrobes several times.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Leviathan |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- The monster chased me!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- explorer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- An "It".
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- can change shapes
- super strength
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- Bulging muscles
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Water?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Unusual forms of death
- biohazard/virus
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
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