Deep Rising

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Deep Rising

Released Oct 27, 2023

1h 33m

Documentary

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5 years after Anote's Ark, Matthieu Rytz returns with this up-to-the-minute tale of geopolitical, scientific, and corporate intrigue that exposes the machinations of a secretive organization empowered to greenlight massive extraction of metals from the deep seafloor that are deemed essential to the electric battery revolution. Narrated by Jason Momoa, Deep Rising illuminates the vital relationship between the deep ocean and sustaining life on Earth. The documentary also follows mining startup The Metals Company, as it pursues funding, public favor, and permission from the International Seabed Authority to mine wide swaths of the Pacific Ocean floor. Rytz's fly-on-the-wall access observes extraction companies as they co-opt scientific studies and deliver pitches to investors, proposing how the costs of industrializing our Earth's last pristine environment can be justified to access metals they claim will benefit all of mankind. As oil conglomerates pivot investments to deep-ocean mining, Deep Rising examines humanity's destructive pattern of extracting materials for profit and asks why we don't choose, instead, to develop abundant resources to solve our energy problems.

Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

It’s always a bad sign when you learn more from the information cards during the credits than during the documentary itself.

Rated: 1.5/4

Oct 27, 2023

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Lisa Kennedy

New York Times

The footage of iridescent creatures with billowing tentacles or translucent bodies mesmerizes but it also creates contemplative pauses amid the documentary’s facts, interviews and the damning history of the mining industry.

Oct 26, 2023

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Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

Can be a frustratingly (and ironically, considering the subject matter) dry experience.

Jan 22, 2023

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Rather than focusing on [the deep sea's] obvious wonders – those who fit the conventional beauty standards of humans – Rytz finds beauty in the strangeness of deep water creatures, inviting us to appreciate them on their own terms.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 27, 2023

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Morgan Rojas

Cinemacy

The story itself is presented in a fairly dry manner but there is creative respite in Ólafur Arnalds’ score, which is by far the standout of the film.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 27, 2023

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A visually stunning, but repetitive and unfocused documentary that barely scratches the surface.

Oct 24, 2023

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Ari V

Probably my starkest case of 'guilty pleasure'.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Alisha M

I think this movie is very important. People need to know what dipshit venture capitalists are trying mine from our oceans.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/20/23

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Synopsis

5 years after Anote's Ark, Matthieu Rytz returns with this up-to-the-minute tale of geopolitical, scientific, and corporate intrigue that exposes the machinations of a secretive organization empowered to greenlight massive extraction of metals from the deep seafloor that are deemed essential to the electric battery revolution. Narrated by Jason Momoa, Deep Rising illuminates the vital relationship between the deep ocean and sustaining life on Earth. The documentary also follows mining startup The Metals Company, as it pursues funding, public favor, and permission from the International Seabed Authority to mine wide swaths of the Pacific Ocean floor. Rytz's fly-on-the-wall access observes extraction companies as they co-opt scientific studies and deliver pitches to investors, proposing how the costs of industrializing our Earth's last pristine environment can be justified to access metals they claim will benefit all of mankind. As oil conglomerates pivot investments to deep-ocean mining, Deep Rising examines humanity's destructive pattern of extracting materials for profit and asks why we don't choose, instead, to develop abundant resources to solve our energy problems.

Director: Matthieu Rytz
Producer: Matthieu Rytz
Screenwriter: Helen Scales, Matthieu Rytz
Distributor: Abramorama
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 33m