Proteus
Proteus
R | 04 November 1995 (USA)
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Group of heroin smugglers finds shelter on abandoned oil rig after their ship had exploded. Soon they find that the oil rig was just cover for biological experiment. One of the results is Charlie - shape-shifting monster with ability to absorb the memory of its victims. However, even such creatures have their own bad habits.

Reviews
Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
ebiros2 This is a surprisingly decent science fiction horror movie, that rivals some big budget movies of the same genre.First, there's solid story in this movie, and the delivery by the actors were good. Second, the production was very good for a low budget movie. There's no corners that were cut to make it look as authentic as it can. Third the special effects were more than decent. In fact, in this area, it was much better done than more famous films such as the "Relic" and "Dog Soldiers", and many other movies that had bigger budgets. So, the producers of this movie has made careful planning of how to make this movie, and all the details came out right.The movie is almost in the league of Deep Rising, but that movie had much bigger budget, and it shows. Good science fiction horror, that's worth watching.
miyagigoose Fairbrass and other actors including the sexy Jennifer Calvert don't do a bad job and this movie is Definitely worth watching. I bought this movie knowing it was a budget title but i have been surprised in the past by how good some of them are due to the actors trying there very best to go on the better roles.i thought that this movie was very good for its low budget until the end.. i thought the monster was a bit over the top and looked a bit silly,and there was maybe a bit too much time wasted looking for people who had gone missing to fill in some time which was a bit of a let down , but overall the film is very good with some scary suspenseful moments and the gore is also quite well done,the monster at the end is unforgivably terrible though.
d369 The movie is about a group of narko-traders, who, after a bad heroin-trade gets their boat blown up in open ocean. They manage to rescue themselves onto an abandoned oil-rig, which turns out to be a scientific research laboratory, where "evil" scientist made experiments on sharks. It has got some nice make-up effects, but the characters has NO depth, and the horror is based on some large shocks. Imagine a weird mix of "Children of the Corn III," "Deep Blue Sea," "The Blair Witch Project" and "Resident Evil." By "wierd" I mean silly. If you have ever seen the movie "Creatures" you'd know what to expect. See it if... someone force you.
WhiteScreen This movie is taking a bit of a bashing, and I can't deny, it's not the best movie I've ever seen.The dialogue is cliched and banal. The special effects are pretty disastrous, failing to convince or frighten or even shock. But the movie is not without its good points. Namely Craig Fairbrass.A better action man / hero type could not have been found. He's has the looks, the build and is clearly capable of such parts. Ok, I'm biased cos he's British, gorgeous and was in Eastenders, but so what?I will say he is definitely wasted on stuff like this, though. Can no one in the UK give him a good, meaty role to save him from American B movies?