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The Rift

The Rift

'You Can't Hold your Breath & Scream at the Same Time'

19904.71h 22m

Overview

An experimental submarine with a very experienced crew, the "Siren II" is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously disappeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that shouldn't be there...

Directed by Juan Piquer Simón
Written by Mark Klein, Juan Piquer Simón, David Coleman
Produced by Juan Piquer Simón, Francesca DeLaurentiis, José Antonio Escrivá
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Top Cast

Jack Scalia

Jack Scalia

Wick Hayes

R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

Captain Phillips

Ray Wise

Ray Wise

Robbins

Deborah Adair

Deborah Adair

Lt. Nina Crowley

John Toles-Bey

John Toles-Bey

Joe Kane

Ely Pouget

Ely Pouget

Ana Rivera

Emilio Linder

Emilio Linder

Philippe

Tony Isbert

Tony Isbert

Fleming

Frank Braña

Frank Braña

Muller

Edmund Purdom

Edmund Purdom

CEO Steensland

Themes & Keywords

monstersubmarinegiant monsterunderwatergiant fish

About The Rift

The Rift is a action, horror, mystery, science fiction, thriller film released in 1990 exploring themes of monster, submarine, giant monster, underwater, giant fish. Directed by Juan Piquer Simón, it stars Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey, Ray Wise. An experimental submarine with a very experienced crew, the "Siren II" is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously disappeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that shouldn't be there...

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