The Antarctic Octopus is a 2023 Chinese sci-fi creature feature monster movie about scientists battling a giant tentacled terror.
Directed by Zhao Jinyi from a screenplay written by Wu Zhigang. The movie stars Xu Jia, Chen Ruoxi and Zhu Tianfu.
Plot:
Due to overly commercial scientific research activities driven by human greed, the giant octopus in the Antarctic deep sea retaliated against the Antarctic International Scientific Research Station. Han Lian, an Antarctic transportation team member, was involved in this disaster. To help Rosa and his teammate Hadron out, Han Lian must fight to the death with the giant octopus and finally escape…
Reviews:
“It borrows heavily from several Hollywood films (in this case Deep Blue Sea, Deep Rising, Underwater and Aliens), but has enough Chineseness to it to appeal to one of the largest film markets in the world. It doesn’t concern itself with things like consistency and character development, instead, it wants to get you from point A to point B in a little over 80 mins.” ★★★★★ Ben “Trash King” Jones
“If the script for The Antarctic Octopus is bad, the effects manage to be even worse. Almost all of the shots of the creature are not only unconvincing, they also border on laughably bad. It feels like the film was thrown together quickly with a first draft script and effects that were slapped together over the weekend after filming was finished. There’s a scene of the creature trying to squeeze through a doorway that’s easily one of the worst effects I’ve seen in years.” Voices from the Balcony
Trailer:
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Original title:
极寒之地 “Extremely Cold Place”
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