In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat. As a hurricane rages outside, the small but experienced crew of an oil drilling rig settles in to ride out the storm. Isolated on the rig, their calm is short lived when a crew member goes missing and an extensive search proves futile. Slowly, they discover that a deadly creature is stalking the skeleton crew, eliminating them one by one. Surrounded by nothing but raging ocean, their communication severed and no way off the rig, the roughnecks try to survive the stormy night with an unrelenting force of death hunting them down. In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.<br/><br/>Although I don't think this film debuted on SyFy, it belongs there. It's of low budget, little original plot, and just all around lesser quality. I can say, thank goodness, this did not have the horrible special effects of SyFy (actually, some of the gore was decent).<br/><br/>William Forsythe is the alleged star, his name even appearing before the film's title. Well, that's a tough call. He's not the main character, and he is outacted by his mustache in a few scenes. So, unless you're a die-hard Forsythe fan, don't expect him to be the key to this film's success.<br/><br/>The DVD has a misleading cover image, making the monster look gigantic. It's much more humanoid. And there is a subplot of a brother story… for why? It's not important to the story at all, and adds a thin sentimentality to this film. Very thin.<br/><br/>The one thing I can praise them for is that this movie was shot on location at Charlie rig (now a museum in Louisiana). As far as authentic scenery goes, you can't get much more real than this. An actual rig! Not all B movies are cheese,y'know?<br/><br/>The Rig is a 80s' style monster film(think The Abyss), low-budget film about a sea creature attacking an oil rig; there's a storm about, so the crew cannot get off it and must fight the creature.<br/><br/>Direction and dialogue are surprisingly good. The production is pretty bad, at least in the lighting department, but aside from that, it's easily tons better than many, many Hollywood blockbusters. They also must have found some really brilliant kid from filmscoring school, because the music is really nice. Camera work isn't perfect, but more than acceptable. Throughout the film there are some… really nice.. scenes, whoever directed this sure has done his homework; this film is no Inception, but there is more script here than in a dozen of the films i had the misfortune of watching lately. <br/><br/>I guess thats enough for a review. I wont spoil it for you, but suffice to say, twenty minutes on i was well convinced i was in for a treat.<br/><br/>final vote 6/10 higher production values (i.e., MORE MONEY) would have made it at least a 7. Recommended for anyone who loves filmmaking. (The Rig IS a bit cheesy, but nowhere near say .. Terminator 3)
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