Leviathan

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Leviathan

R

1989

1h 38m

Sci-Fi

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Hired by Martin (Meg Foster), the head of a major corporation, a crew including geologist Steven Beck (Peter Weller) descends to the ocean's depths for a mining project. When the undersea explorers find a sunken ship and investigate, they inadvertently bring a malevolent life form on board their vessel. The creature kills some crew members and causes them to mutate, resulting in a battle for survival against an unknown force far below the surface of the ocean.

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Critics Consensus

A deep-sea thriller with an unusually strong cast and potent ideas, Leviathan quickly plunges into an abyss of weak thrills and lame kills.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

The latter half of the film is one long feeding frenzy, guided by a familiar horror-film principle: survival of the best-looking.

May 20, 2003

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Richard Harrington

Washington Post

Leviathan is intermittently interesting, but it's a bad sign that the movie starts losing its punch when the monster shows up.

Jan 1, 2000

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The effects by Stan Winston are typically polished, even if the creature looks like the usual assemblage of teeth and tentacles.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 2, 2024

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

As far as rip-offs go, this is one of the best.

Rated: 7/10

Sep 6, 2020

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

The cast is like the first team at the B-movie all-star game.

Rated: B

Jul 7, 2020

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Heather Wixson

Daily Dead

The combination of well thought out characters and an incredible cast to bring them all to life is a huge reason why Leviathan will always be one of my personal favorite underwater monster movies.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 7, 2016

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cat m

I’m a fan of alien but this one took to long more long than alien felt like

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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Calvin T

Idc what others say....I liked it enough to finish the movie 🎬 💯

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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Stephen C

Failure in 1 hour and 38 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/18/25

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Grizzly W

This movie feels like Ridley Scott's "Alien" and John Carpenter's "The Thing" put into the setting of James Cameron's "The Abyss," except it's nowhere near as good as any of those films. I will say that I actually do enjoy this movie because it's got a solid cast and it's corny in a fun way, but it's nothing special. If you've never seen Leviathan and you enjoy sci-fi horror/thriller films like the ones mentioned above, then I would say it's definitely worth watching at least once. Just keep your expectations low and you might have some fun with it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/30/25

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Dave B

What you get when you combine Alien, The Thing and Deep Blue Sea, take away a budget for decent effects, and take away quality writing.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/25

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Neal G

Nice cast of well-known people. Average story line and predictable plot. Good enough for a one-time viewing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/09/24

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Synopsis

Hired by Martin (Meg Foster), the head of a major corporation, a crew including geologist Steven Beck (Peter Weller) descends to the ocean's depths for a mining project. When the undersea explorers find a sunken ship and investigate, they inadvertently bring a malevolent life form on board their vessel. The creature kills some crew members and causes them to mutate, resulting in a battle for survival against an unknown force far below the surface of the ocean.

Director: George P. Cosmatos
Producer: Luigi De Laurentiis, Aurelio De Laurentiis
Screenwriter: David Webb Peoples, Jeb Stuart
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Filmauro, Gordon Company
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.4M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround

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