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Petition To Reinstate The Original Ending To Renny Harlin’s DEEP BLUE SEA

Movies In Focus isn’t one for online petitions – but it has been brought to my attention that there’s a change.org petition to get the original ending of Renny Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea reinstated for some sort of release by Warner Bros. [...]

September 24, 2023

Remembering Renny Harlin’s DEEP BLUE SEA Starring Thomas Jane & Samuel L. Jackson

Renny Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea scored $75 million in the US and $164 globally (from a $60 million budget) following its release on 28 July 1999. That’s a very good number for an original property released over 20 years ago. Nobody has [...]

July 28, 2021

Notebook Reviews: ANY GIVEN SUNDAY

Oliver Stone – 1999 Oliver Stone is at the top of his game with this sports-based drama which features a fantastic cast – Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool, Matthew Modine, Aaron Eckhart and the [...]

March 25, 2021

Movies In Focus Jumps The Shark On DEEP BLUE SEA – THE PODCAST

Regular readers will know that Movies In Focus is a huge of Renny Harlin‘s Deep Blue Sea. I’ve often said that the 1999 shark attack actioner is a stone cold cult classic and that Harlin is a director who knows how to play-up the [...]

February 10, 2021

Review: DEEP BLUE SEA 3 Is A Tremendously Entertaining Piece Of Schlock Cinema

Director Renny Harlin‘s 1999 killer shark actioner Deep Blue Sea is a stone cold cult classic. Harlin played-up the film’s far-fetched moments and the Thomas Jane/LL Cool J/Samuel L. Jackson starrer wore its ridiculous B-movie tropes with [...]

August 29, 2020

Water, Water Everywhere: Renny Harlin Directs The Action On The Set Of 1999’s Killer Shark Actioner DEEP BLUE SEA

Nobody has an appreciation of Renny Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea like Movies In Focus. Renny Harlin‘s 1999 shark attack actioner is a stone cold cult classic. Harlin is a director who knows how to play-up the film’s far-fetched moments and [...]

June 14, 2020

Trailer: We’ve Waited Almost 20 Years…And Now We Finally Get DEEP BLUE SEA 2

Nobody has an appreciation of Renny Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea quite like Movies In Focus. The 1999 shark attack actioner is a stone cold cult classic/ guilty pleasure. I’ve watched it more times that I would like to admit and therefore [...]

January 29, 2018