Dizzying science-fiction extravaganza. The head-spinning sensation is caused in part by some hectic ER-type camerawork, and in part by some hard-to-read underwater sights, but for the most part by the gobbledegook in explanation of the origins of that submerged spacecraft, coated with three-hundred-years' worth of coral, and its strange cargo. The initial set-up is traditional and intriguing, and it's no great strain to play along in the guessing game. But nor is there any great satisfaction in the hocus-pocussy outcome. From a novel by Michael Crichton; with Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Liev Schreiber; directed by Barry Levinson. (1998) — Duncan Shepherd
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