History YMMV / DeepRising

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Joey, who you'll find listed as both an EnsembleDarkhorse ''and'' TheScrappy.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Joey, the mechanic is just a normal, wimpy dude surrounded by grisled mercenaries and master thieves. He has zero business being involved in the action, and yet that sense of relatability makes him one of the more popular characters in the film.

* TheScrappy: Joey, as he is mostly irritating and does nothing to help or further the plot, yet [[spoiler: survives over many other more useful characters by dumb luck]]. One can wonder if this unlikable nature of this character is what led his actor play villainous characters in Sommers' later films like ''Film/TheMummy1999'', ''Film/VanHelsing'' and ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' in contrast to Joey who was on the side of this film's heroes.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Joey, who's listed as both an EnsembleDarkhorse ''and'' TheScrappy.

* CultClassic: The film may have been a flop upon theatrical release and ended up on the RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList, but over the years it has garnered a cult following amongst Sommers fans for being considered as arguably one of his best works and the most DarkerAndEdgier entry of his directing career due to its R-rated nature of gore, profanity and violence (blending with the usual Sommers adventurous wit) in contrast to his more memorable PG-13 rated works ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'', ''Film/VanHelsing'' and ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' and his earlier Disney works ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' and ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|1994}}'' (until his R-rated entry ''Film/OddThomas'').

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: 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.

* RetroactiveRecognition: The film features a huge number of subsequently well-known character actors, and this was one of their earliest projects. This includes [[Series/FearTheWalkingDead Cliff Curtis]], Kevin J. O'Connor (a year before his StarMakingRole in another Stephen Sommers film, ''Film/TheMummy1999''), Creator/JasonFlemyng and Creator/DjimonHounsou. The film could very easily come off as having an AllStarCast if one was familiar with all of the actor's subsequent filmographies.

* ItWasHisSled: The fact that the monsters are really one giant mutant octopus was kept hidden until the end, but pretty much any horror fan who watches it nowadays is aware of this from the get go.

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

* EvilIsCool: The mercenaries, due to their wisecracking and battle-hardened badass characterizations and their CoolGuns.

* SoBadItsGood: One of the main reasons of its CultClassic status: the film is so unapologetically bent on cool action and gory monsters that it throws every ounce of sense off the window in the process. In his review, [[WebVideo/AgujerosDeGuion Andoni Garrido]] explains how much absurdity the film entails, yet only after stating he loves it.

* SoBadItsGood: One of the main reasons of its CultClassic status: the film is so unapologetically bent on cool action and gory monsters that it throws every ounce of sense off the window in the process. This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v0gWJUuRaA Spanish Youtuber]] explains how much absurdity the film entails, yet only after stating he loves it.

* RetroactiveRecognition: The film features a huge number of subsequently well-known character actors, and this was one of their earliest projects. This includes [[Series/FearTheWalkingDead Cliff Curtis], Kevin J. O'Connor (a year before his StarMakingRole in another Stephen Sommers film, ''Film/TheMummy1999''), Creator/JasonFlemyng and Creator/DjimonHounsou. The film could very easily come off as having an AllStarCast if one was familiar with all of the actor's subsequent filmographies.

* CultClassic: The film may have been a flop upon theatrical release and ended up on the RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList, but over the years it has garnered a cult following amongst Sommers fans for being considered as arguably one of his best works and the most DarkerAndEdgier entry of his directing career due to its R-rated nature of gore, profanity and violence (blending with the usual Sommers adventurous wit) in contrast to his more memorable PG-13 rated works ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'', ''Film/VanHelsing'' and ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' and his earlier Disney works ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' and ''Film/TheJungleBook'' (until his R-rated entry ''Film/OddThomas'').

* TakeThatScrappy: Sometimes, you can't blame Trillian treating Joey 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.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the BigBad is a sea monster, this is a film that has no heroes or heroines at all. Finnegan and his crew are hired for villainous reasons. Trillian is a thief. Canton is a fraudster. The mercenaries are simply mercenaries, and the few crew members to survive the initial attack don't last long enough to do anything heroic.

* RetroactiveRecognition: The film features a huge number of subsequently well-known character actors, and this was one of their earliest projects. This includes [[Series/FearTheWalkingDead Cliff Curtis]], Creator/MykeltiWilliamson, Kevin J. O'Connor (a year before his StarMakingRole in another Stephen Sommers film, ''Film/TheMummy1999''), Creator/JasonFlemyng and Creator/DjimonHounsou. The film could very easily come off as having an AllStarCast if one was familiar with all of the actor's subsequent filmographies.

-->"This film doesn't deserve to be so unknown. It should be placed among the best shit films in the history of film."

* RetroactiveRecognition: The film features a huge number of subsequently well-known character actors, and this was one of their earliest projects. This includes [[Series/FearTheWalkingDead Cliff Curtis]], Mykelti Williamson, Kevin J. O'Connor (a year before his StarMakingRole in another Stephen Sommers film, ''Film/TheMummy1999''), Jason Flemyng and [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Djimon Hounsou]]. The film could very easily come off as having an AllStarCast if one was familiar with all of the actor's subsequent filmographies.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the BigBad is a sea monster, this is one of the few films that has no heroes or heroines. Finnegan and his crew are hired for villainous reasons. Trillian is a thief. Canton is a fraudster. The mercenaries are simply mercenaries, and the few crew members to survive the initial attack don't last long enough to do anything heroic.

* CultClassic: The film may have been a flop upon theatrical release and ended up on the RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList, but over the years it has garnered a cult following amongst Sommers fans for being considered as arguably one of his best works and the most DarkerAndEdgier entry of his directing career due to its R-rated nature of gore, profanity and violence (blending with the usual Sommers adventurous wit) in contrast to his more memorable PG-13 rated works ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'', ''Film/VanHelsing'' and ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' and his earlier Disney works ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' and ''Film/TheJungleBook'' (until his recent R-rated entry ''Literature/OddThomas'').

* EvilIsCool: The mercenaries, due to their wisecracking and battle-hardened {{Badass}} characterizations and their CoolGuns.

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