Alien Underwater?

Leviathan (1989)

Directed By: George P. Cosmatos

Tagline: Welcome to your worst nightmare, welcome to Leviathan

Before last night, I had never seen nor heard of this movie. However, all the while watching it, I felt like I recognized it. It might have something to do with this movie being a COMPLETE rip off of the 'Alien' franchise. 'Leviathan' starts out like this: A group of underwater miners/scientists are out looking for certain rocks and gems and stuff when they come across a wrecked soviet ship. They discover a chest on the ship and bring it back to their underwater base. There be some old soviet pirate vodka in that there chest. One of the crew members steals the drink and chugs it down with his busty crewmate. Little do they know, the vodka is spiked with some sort of genetic altering drug that turns the crew members into man fish creatures. Oh and did i mention the mutation starts with an eel like creature bursting out of thei chests? Yea. I feel like I've seen that done before. Oh and the divers wear big mech like suits while underwater searching for rocks.....thats just two of the many rip offs one can take from this movie. Taken for what it is though, 'Leviathan' is a decent movie. It has some creepy atmospheres, a feeling of dread throughout, and some great monster and gore effects. Also there are some decent names in this film including Peter Weller(Robocop), Richard Crenna(First Blood), Daniel Stern(C.H.U.D., Home Alone), Ernie Hudson(Ghostbusters), and Hector Elizondo(The Fan). Overall, 'Leviathan' is just OK. Nothing groundbreaking or original to be found here. If your browsing through the channels and see this one on TV, give it a shot. 'Leviathan' gets a 5/10.