History YMMV / DeepRising

* {{Fanon}}: The three remaining heroes are stranded on ''Film/SkullIsland'' after surviving their ordeal on the ''Argonautica''.

* TakeThatScrappy: Sometimes, you can't blame the mercenaries around the first act of the film mercilessly subjecting Joey to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after [[HeKnowsTooMuch stumbling upon their secret torpedo]], Trillian treating like crap for no reason after she's just met him or [[spoiler:[[DirtyCoward Hanover]] shooting him in the leg to save his own skin from the monster]], considering Joey being mostly irritating and does nothing to help or further the plot.

** The mercenaries, due to their wisecracking and battle-hardened badass characterizations, their VillainousValour and their CoolGuns. Finnegan can qualify too depending on his role as a technical VillainProtagonist even if he's a PunchClockVillain himself.

* EvilIsSexy: Trillian is a thief played by Creator/FamkeJanssen and technically a female VillainProtagonist.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The main monster is an [[ItCanThink intelligent]] octopoid, but exactly how intelligent is up for debate. Some have [[https://horrorflora.com/2021/10/31/fan-ichf-octalus/ theorized]] that Octalus is as malevolent as the ''Indominus rex'', specifically hunting Finnegan and his allies at the end to ''hurt'' them as payback for frustrating its attempts to eat them. Its face-to-face confrontation with Finnegan very much comes across as an act of EvilGloating.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The main monster is an intelligent octopoid, but exactly how intelligent is up for debate. Some have [[https://horrorflora.com/2021/10/31/fan-ichf-octalus/ theorized]] that Octalus is as malevolent as the ''Indominus rex'', specifically hunting Finnegan and his allies at the end to ''hurt'' them as payback for frustrating its attempts to eat them. Its face-to-face confrontation with Finnegan very much comes across as an act of EvilGloating.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While Music/JerryGoldsmith's entire score is excellent, the real standout is his kick-ass [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMAgPQL7jQo Hang On/End Title]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While Music/JerryGoldsmith's entire score is excellent, the real standout is his kick-ass [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwuFDAL3_MA#t=1m39s Main Theme]].

* EvilIsCool: The mercenaries, due to their wisecracking and battle-hardened badass characterizations, their VillainousValour and their CoolGuns. Finnegan can qualify too depending on his role as a technical VillainProtagonist even if he's a PunchClockVillain himself.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[spoiler: T. Ray, Mamooli and Vivo (played by Djimon Hounsou), who were killed just moments after they boarded the ship before the main action sets for the rest of the characters.]]

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: While the BigBad is a sea monster, this is a film that has little in the way of "proper" heroes or heroines. Finnegan and his crew seem mostly decent sorts, but are hired for villainous reasons and willingly admit they're OnlyInItForTheMoney. Trillian despite her affableness is a thief. Canton is a fraudster. The mercenaries are simply mercenaries, if with camaraderie amongst themselves, and the few crew members to survive the initial attack don't last long enough to do anything heroic.