Proteus (1995)
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.
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Tied for the best movie I have ever seen
One of the best films i have seen
Absolutely brilliant
Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
Credit were credit is due, CRAIG FAIRBRASS is certainly the 'BRITISH BULLDOG' as far as UK movies are concerned. You can't say, he doesn't try. And he's certainly here to stay, i just wish someone would have the ideal script to match his (if anything) enthusiasm. Fairbrass is certainly the UK's STEVEN SEAGAL/STALLONE (hell, even SCHWARZENEGGER!) but unless the UK stops putting out cack period costume dramas or rom-coms every five seconds, we could be losing the heir to a revival in UK action movies. Can you imagine if DARREN WARD (director of the hyper-violent/energetic 'SUDDEN FURY', had a biggish budget, and a cast that at least started with Fairbrass. We'd definitely have something better than this. But as it is, PROTEUS is an OK-ish ALIEN clone (with hints of 'THE THING') set on an (seemingly) abandoned oil-rig. Six drug runners find their boat on fire, and have to rough it in a life raft. All looks bad, until that is, they come across a oil-rig, that's apparently being used as a research lab, looking into experimenting with shark DNA (shades of the later DEEP BLUE SEA, anyone?) Of course you can guess the rest, as one by one, our protagonists get bumped off, by some unknown creature. Leaving Fairbrass to square up to a pretty original (if anything) looking monster.PROTEUS, is a flawed film, on a shoe-string budget, but it does have one or two effective scares, and passable gore (given the directors background!)On a similar vein to Norman J Warren's INSEMINOID or the more recent (lottery funded) LIGHTHOUSE, in terms of budget, plot development and general overall appearance. I only hope that Fairbrass get's the UK movies he deserves however, because our loss, could be America's gain.5 out of 10
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?
I saw this in my mid teens when I was devouring a spate of straight to vid horror flicks.I remember it for its hackneyed 'The Thing' plot and an absolutely ludicrous monster.Why does everything always have to end up as part Great White... I could almost see that before the film even started...Stupid... and not even fun like Man's Best Friend....J
Been a while since I saw this but can remember spending the entire film thinking craig should have been wearing a fireman's uniform. what is he doing now?One of those lower-grade horror movies, you know exactly what's going to happen but you keep watching anyway.