In my short stint of modern low-budget horror filoms, I came across Deep Evil. The title alone should be enough to give youa grin, as it pretty much surmises the omedy of antics that will take place within the film. The film is predictable soon after starting, as a man named Lang is caught by the militaryafter a nuclear explosion in the Alsakan mountains The only suspect seemsto be Lang.
Lang explains to his interrogator the circumstances of his arrival, and the reason for for the explosion. Given that this is told in flashback, you’ve probably already guessed at what’s happened, or what the outcome will be. Lang himself was a feelance bichemist working with his friend on an alien lifeform.
Unfortunately, something disastrous has happend in the labs, and they’re called forth to investigate and contain the situation within a black ops mission. So the clcihes come thick and fast: the pushy and controling scientist; the rebel without a clue who thinks he’s rambo; the petrified new kid who is inexploicable enlisted in the “best squad”; the serious solider who seems to find cracking a smile about as difficult as taking a dump; the buth, but respect female solider and of course Lang himself; a slighlty dubious and suspect character.
The crack team of idiots infiltrate the base, and to their shock find that no one is arounhd. They walk around in slime, not knowing where it’s come from as we’re given great theories about disasters that have happened before. It is sci-fi, but it’s just bad sci-fi. The drama, the tension, the fear…is all missing from this film.
Deep Evil becomes quite boring and dull, and you know the film has issues when they start machine gunning their most deadly enemies
Looking like a cross bred bastard of Alien and some teenagers fantasy of what makes a good film; it’s good entertainment for those who have had a few drinks and need some brainless nonsesne to get through the hour or so. It’s one of those films, that if you slept for half an hour,and woke up towards the end, you wouldn’t have missed anything important and you’d still figure out what happened.
It’s cheesy, which is why I wanted to see it’s perhaps too cheesy. I just couldn’t get rid of the taste of cheese from my mouth, as I watched gung-ho morons fail to get things right; musical interludes which define patriotism or sacrifice; aliens in rubber suits looking as though they’re covered in snot and running as though suffering from piles. Being told tha these soliders are the best, is quite frightening, because it really does leave the bigger morons in charge. I hate to think who the second best are – perhaps a group part dedicated to watering their flowers before a firefight; or drinking beer then cruhsing cans against their empty skulls.
Deep Evil becomes quite boring and dull, and you know the film has issues when they start machine gunning their most deadly enemies….spiders. That’s right, as if taking a scene straight out of Lost in Space, spiders attack our soliders at one point, But these aren’t the menacing, violent spiders with metal limbs that could tear your limb from limb; these are water based spiders that move slower than an actual spider, and it’s amusing to watch as the soldiers pepper the floor with bullets, only to be outwitted.
Acting is bad, and I can’t really applaud anyone for playing their part well; we have seen it all before far too often. The special effects leave a lot to be desired, and the moments of melodrama are rib-tickling funny; where you’re meant to grieve for the dead you can’t help but fall into hysterical giggles. To quote Mr T, “I pity da fool” that bought this tripe.
Verdict: Harmless, brainless, but fun in a “5 minute wonder” sort of way.