#Michael crichton sphere similar plus
There are some effective scares, like the arrival of the giant squid, plus the genuinely scary attacks by water snakes which lunge at the camera. Rapper Queen Latifah is unnoticeable in a very minor bit part as a technician. Peter Coyote has a minor role as an official who gets trapped in a closing door and cut in two (like in DEEP STAR SIX). Liev Schreiber is a pretty ineffectual although likable scientist who doesn't seem to figure much. Jackson is once again excellent as the first crew member to go inside the sphere, who may or may not be a villain his edgy turn is one of the film's highlights. Sharon Stone is merely adequate as the female crew member, sometimes embarrassing when she supposedly loses it. Dustin Hoffman is good, as expected, as the lead, although his heart doesn't seem to be in it.
Sadly, for the most part the film just sort of meanders on with not much occurring and nobody getting any closer to discovering the truth.
The photography is interesting, the sets varied, and the action, when it occurs, is accompanied by an old-fashioned music score which adds to the excitement. The big budget is impressive, both in the underwater visuals and special effects, which are limited and kept to a minimum rather than over the top as per usual. The confusing storyline involves the alien sphere channelling people's unconscious thoughts and fears and bringing them to life, thus turning everybody on each other and killing themselves. Sadly after this set-up, it seems that nobody really knew where to go, so instead it becomes standard run-of-the-mill fare with the members of the undersea station getting bumped off one by one (although the varied deaths, including jellyfish attack, fire, etc. The film starts off well with the initial underwater exploration of the alien craft, and the sphere itself, a most impressive creation. A largely disappointing thriller adapted from a book by Michael Crichton, which is both overlong and boring at times, although not totally without merit.
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