Leofwine_draca THE RIG is another nondescript monster-on-the-loose story, made foul by an almost non-existent budget and a distinct lack of imagination. Indeed, the paucity of creative energy is evident in this film's paint-by-numbers script, which tells exactly the same kind of story as has already been done dozens of times before by better directors with bigger budgets.In this one, the crew of an oil rig find themselves menaced by a monster from the ocean floor, although there aren't many explanations on offer. It all boils down to a man in a rubber suit – or what looks like a child in this case – running around and killing overacting cast members in slapdash ways. Attempts at poverty-row gore effects are pitiful and the acting from the no name cast is even worse, not that it mattered when the characters are so clichéd to begin with. The only actors I recognised were THE BRING remake's Art LaFleur and OUT FOR JUSTICE's William Forsythe, neither or whom can readily be described as stars.In the end, the things that really bring THE RIG down are the lack of money and the lack of experience on the part of the director. It just looks cheap and cheesy throughout, and not in a good way. There are no surprises, no well-directed scenes of suspense or action, just a mindless mess of watered-down and hackneyed scenarios done before and better.

Cinobite17 I honestly don't know why this film has been rated so low. This currently has a 3.3 where as "Hypothermia" is rated at 4.0 which has far less authentic creature effects.Yes this is a low budget film, but it is surprisingly better than expected. I don't watch a lot of low budgets because... well, normally they are horrendous. Where The Rig comes into it's own and succeeds is in its direction. It's another man in a rubber suit creature flick and sure, it does have its fair share of pot holes. But there is a notable amount of creativity and well versed cinematography. The create attacks fast after a great build of suspense. Because of this, you never fully see the creature - you don't see a man in a wetsuit and fish head dancing in the snow like you do with Hypothermia. The cuts are spot on and when you do see the full body of the creature it's through a black and white CCTV camera and, given the way that they it moves (very lizard like), appears to be CGI.It does pay homage to Aliens - in fact, before I even read the comments, I was sure that the sound of the rain during the first attack was the same sound scape as used when the marines landed on LV426.But anyway, there's no need to go over board with the review. Needless to say that The Rig is a low budget film that works well because of the direction and editing. They've done a fantastic job with what they have. Like a seasoned pro with a shoestring budget. Give it a go, you might actually like it.

BakuryuuTyranno Much like "Snow Beast" there's not much I can really say about the film; essentially there's people on an offshore rig.Actually, the practical effects monsters are likely the only real positive for most monster movie fans... and there's no human villain.The only noteworthy negative is the confusing focus - two brothers have a plot thread, one tries to transfer off, while the other... becomes a secondary character, overshadowed by another couple. Worse, the entire rig crew cast doesn't appear together... probably ever. While watching I sometimes thought that couple were the older brother & his girlfriend.Otherwise the only notables are that it's less preachy and annoying than "Parasite" and "Ghost Rig", two other offshore rig-based horrors, although unfortunately not quite good.

peteranderson975 On an oils rig out at sea a young inexperienced roughneck Colin ( Dan Benson) is operating a remote camera while they place the drill on the sea floor and open a vent but something pushed at the drill and then the camera is attacked and goes dead. Then we cut to Colin bitching to his brother Freddy (Stacey Hinnen) about getting sent off the rig as an approaching storm means non-essential crew are being evacuated. This dull scene of family BS and childish hissy fit is a bad sign for this film. Colin leaves for the mainland to go and sulk in his room or something. So now we have the skeleton crew on the rig isolated from any hope rescue while the rig is hit by a storm. We In the control room there is a Scottish guy with a red beard called Wallace and young smart-ass called Andrew. Jim (William Forsythe) the guy in charge of the rig is there making sure that they're getting ready for the storm. His daughter Carey (Serah D'Laine) appears and doesn't do much other than be there. I really could n't figure what her job was and why she was so important that she had to stay. Freddy is down under the rig with a Puerto Rican woman Rodriguez examining the wreckage of the remote vehicle and camera that was destroyed at the start and they find a long serrated claw. There's a small crisis with the drill's compressor that has been left running by Earl after the drilling stopped. He's there with Dobbs who heroically takes the blame when Jim calls wanting to know what's going on. Earl goes into the compressor control room to switch it off when he hears a noise then suddenly he's a smear of blood on the window. Most of the rest crew gather in the galley including the creepy ex- special forces Faulkner and a cook who thinks he's working in a restaurant. Turns out that Dobbs is sagging Carey and everyone knows about it including her father. He comes down to the galley because the compressor is still on and Earl is missing so he sends the crew off to search for him but apart from the blood in the compressor room there's no sign of him. Now we've been round the crew each of them starts getting picked by the strange creature which seems to be a small hunched humanoid creature with giant teeth and claws. Of course just because a crew-member has gone missing is probably dead that's no reason not to have fun. Dobbs and Carey get smooch in Carey's quarters while Freddy and Rodriguez get at it in the shower in the gym. I found this film to be about SyFy channel level. It really just boils to an unexplained creature running loose killing a bunch people trapped with it, this time on an oil rig. The dramatic padding it had with various relationships was not really convincing.Rating 5/10