
Deep Rising(1998)
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.


A Russian missile submarine disappears without trace during a secret mission in the Greenland Sea. A vessel is deployed to search for it, captained by the brother of the missing submarine’s commander. The search crew is tasked with locating the submarine and preventing a top-secret weapon from falling into enemy hands. Meanwhile, a geological research operation at the North Pole awakens the Kraken, a giant deep-water monster with an incredible ability to camouflage and an uncanny intelligence. As the search party narrows in on the missing submarine, they will encounter the legendary creature of the deep.

Alexander Petrov
Victor Voronin

Aleksey Guskov
Rear Admiral Olshanskiy

Victor Dobronravov
Aleksandr Voronin

Sergey Garmash
Admiral Belousov

Diana Pozharskaya
Dzhuliya

Anton Rival
Oscar

Aleksandr Ratnikov
Tatarinov

Sergey Kempo
Koshkin

Anton Bogdanov
Ryabov

Oleg Gaas
Ipatov
Kraken is a science fiction, adventure, drama film released in 2025 exploring themes of sea monster, kraken. Directed by Nikolay Lebedev, it stars Alexander Petrov, Aleksey Guskov, Victor Dobronravov. A Russian missile submarine disappears without trace during a secret mission in the Greenland Sea. A vessel is deployed to search for it, captained by the brother of the missing submarine’s commander. The search crew is tasked with locating the submarine and preventing a top-secret weapon from falling into enemy hands. Meanwhile, a geological research operation at the North Pole awakens the Kraken, a giant deep-water monster with an incredible ability to camouflage and an uncanny intelligence. As the search party narrows in on the missing submarine, they will encounter the legendary creature of the deep.
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