Leviathan

Leviathan is a fairly successful underwater horror film, but if you have seen "Alien", it hardly takes a degree in spotting rip-offs to notice that Leviathan is an imitation of the classic space-monster shocker. Here too a small group of competent people are isolated from the outside world when an unknown creature feeds parasitically on their bodies and slowly grows bigger and bigger until it is an almost invincible, slimy, ravenous monster.

The group is stationed on an underwater base in the Atlantic, where they mine precious metals. The geologist Steven Beck is their leader, while the doctor Glen Thompson gains more and more say as it becomes clear that something unknown is afoot. Daniel Stern has taken over John Hurt's role from "Alien", and from then on it is blow by blow until only Beck and the pretty Willie reach the surface and are rescued.

Just how stupid does Hollywood think its audience is? I would also be surprised if David Peoples and Jeb Stuart have not had a lawsuit slapped on them for such a copy. To think that Peoples, together with his wife, wrote something as original as "12 Monkeys".

Minus one star for lack of imagination.