Deep Blue Sea Movies Ranked, Worst To Best

As of 2020, there’s an official Deep Blue Sea trilogy, so which installment is the best? Here’s our complete ranking of the sharksploitation series.

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As of 2020, there’s an official Deep Blue Sea trilogy, so which installment is the best? The shark-themed horror franchise kicked off in 1999 and became a proper box office hit, as Renny Harlin’s $60 million blockbuster killed at the box office with a $165 million take. However, it would be almost another two decades before a sequel was released, and a third movie dropped in July 2020. As many franchise loyalists may already know, one of the three films doesn’t quite match the quality of the others.

The Deep Blue Sea films work as stand-alone productions, but they are indeed linked by one central storyline. The 1999 franchise-starter, Deep Blue Sea, revolves around sharks that are genetically-engineered to have larger brains. Incidentally, they learn how to outsmart humans and hunt them down, resulting in some gory moments and sharked-themed one-liners. Released in 2018, Deep Blue Sea 2 hasn’t become a cultural phenomenon, but does indeed pick up on the original film’s events, and sets up the main premise for the 2020 follow-up, Deep Blue Sea 3.

In pop culture, the original Deep Blue Sea film sparked interest in the sub-genre known as sharksploitation. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws is inarguably the best shark movie ever made, but there have many others since that resonate with viewers for a variety of reasons. For example, the Sharknado franchise has a comedic element, while a film like The Meg was produced for well over $100 million and appeals to the blockbuster crowd. Director Jaume Collet-Serra took a more stripped-down approach for the 2016 hit, The Shallows, which is essentially a character study starring the talented Blake Lively. In the Deep Blue Sea films, the thematic constants are the genetically-engineered sharks who systematically terrorize human beings. Here’s our take on the three franchise movies, ranked worst to best.

3. Deep Blue Sea 2

Directed by Darrin Scott, Deep Blue Sea 2 suffers not from its C-movie vibe, but rather from a clunky script and weak comedic relief. Dr. Misty Calhoun (Danielle Savre) travels to a place called Akhelios to meet with eccentric billionaire Carl Durant (Michael Beach), who has genetically altered several bull sharks and makes it clear that he values the fish more than human lives. From there, the exceptionally-awful acting becomes a major problem, along with a script that doesn’t trust the audience to connect the dots. Certain lines of dialogue are read with an awkward stiffness, and also with a strange sense of wink-of-the-eye confidence that derails so many low-budget horror flicks. Visually, there’s much to enjoy in Deep Blue Sea 2, and the film actually picks up momentum in the final act, but the collective performances—aside from the aforementioned Beach—are difficult to watch and purely distracting.

2. Deep Blue Sea 3

Deep Blue Sea 3 definitely isn’t one of 2020’s must-watch films, but it’s also not a complete disaster like Deep Blue Sea 2. In fact, there’s a case to be made that John Pogue’s 99-minute feature could eventually become a sub-genre cult classic. For one, the overall acting is on-point, especially that of Tania Raymonde (Alex Rousseau from Lost), who plays a no-nonsense doctor named Emma Collins. The actress delivers her lines with believable confidence, and her character even punches a male colleague square in the jaw. She’s fierce but also charismatic, especially in scenes with co-star Reina Aoi, a Japanese actress who displays clear star potential. The most intriguing aspect of Deep Blue Sea 3, however, may be the smart screenplay from Dirk Blackman that links the storyline to the original two films. Nothing feels forced in the third franchise installment, and there are some genuinely funny moments featuring Alex Bhat as Spinnaker, a character who references both the funkiness of James Brown and something called “Seamageddon”.

1. Deep Blue Sea

Deep Blue Sea features strong central performances, top-notch action sequences, and rad shark scenes. As with all of the franchise films, the central premise revolves around genetically-engineered sharks with large brains, which sets up two notable jump-scare moments in which lead actors feels the wrath of their aquatic subjects. There are several tongue-in-cheek jokes that mostly land, and LL Cool J provides a memorable performance as Preacher Dudley, a character who is the focus of several intense sequences. To be clear, LL’s acting doesn’t match that of Samuel L. Jackson or Stellan Skarsgård, but his performance calls for comedic relief instead of stoic line deliveries. So, it works. Whereas Deep Blue Sea 2 feels uninspired and Deep Blue Sea 3 feels positively indie (in the best way possible), the original Deep Blue Sea feels like a proper blockbuster with visuals that viewers will remember.

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