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Deep Blue Sea
1999
**½
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgard, Ll Cool J, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport

This fairly entertaining but instantly forgettable thriller recycles Jurassic Park, Jaws and a bunch of generic clichés into a story about genetically enhanced sharks who escape from an underwater research facility during a storm. These sharks can, for example, switch on an oven because they are super intelligent. Yeah, right! Albert Einstein wasn't able to do it until he saw his mom do it first. A mix of a and B list actors offer a varying standard of performances.