TheLittleSongbird
I wasn't expecting much from Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep, and I certainly didn't get much from the finished product. The scenery is quite nice, but pretty much nothing else works. The underwater sequences, which I thought would be a redeeming quality at least, but was hindered by very unclear camera work and contrived action. The photography wasn't just bad in the underwater sequences, it was haphazard everywhere else as well. The music and sound effects are generic, and the special effects are very cheaply rendered. The kraken is under-utilised and doesn't pose much of a threat. The death scenes are very lame, having nothing to them other than people being dragged under water. The dialogue is cheesy, the story is uninteresting and predictable and the characters are stereotypical and have no motivations to them, especially the villains. The acting is very poor as well, the female scientists don't act so and Jack Scaglia is equally unconvincing as a mobster. Everybody else is bland. All in all, a really bad film but not quite bad enough to be bottom-of-the-barrel. 2/10 Bethany Cox
ctomvelu1
What if I told you this low-budget sea monster movie was so "off," I would have sworn it was shot in South Africa, which has given us many very bad sea creature flicks. It apparently was shot in Canada, which I still find hard to believe -- not that most Canadian-lensed flicks aren't just as abysmal. Two groups of people are after a treasured artifact, which is guarded by a giant squid. The two groups come to blows, but in the end the squid takes care of a lot of them. The only "name" actor is TV thespian Jack Scalia, who has seen better days. So has the director, who gave us the surreal and sublime THE GATE back in the day. I just can't get over how odd this movie feels. In a very small way, the plot resembles that of THE DEEP. However, it is not worth watching, unless you're having trouble sleeping.
disdressed12
this movie surprised me.i found it better than i expected.i thought it would be pretty lame,instead,its not too bad.i found the story interesting and well paced,for the most part.the acting was adequate for this type of movie.but i didn't like everything about the movie.i found some of the characters,(mainly the villains)too stereotypical for my tastes.that annoyed me a bit.that and some of the dialogue was stereotypical and clichéd.as for the creature itself,i thought it looked pretty impressive at times,and fairly unrealistic and cheap at others.one observation i have is that from an Echo Bridge co-production,this movie was more graphic than any of the others i have seen.anyway,i thought there were more positives than negatives,and i was entertained.for me,Kraken:Tentacles of the Deep is a 7/10
everchanging02-1
Kraken is an interesting film about a giant squid that links the monster's murderous rampage to a Greek myth. This provides for a rather solid story/background, despite the common problems the movie shares with other made-for-TV flicks. I had three main problems with the movie. First was how Ray seemed too easily accepted as part of Nicole's crew. Second was the pig-like squealing of the squid. The last point has to do with the end and might ruin the story; but Ray's shooting is what's in question. The CGI of the squid alone was pretty good, except for some scenes. Mix the squid with live-action and it gets fairly cheesy, but it's not bad for made-for-TV. All-in-all, an okay movie if the premise interests you.
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