Contamination vs Deep Rising
Contamination has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for Deep Rising). Deep Rising is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 47m. Deep Rising is the older of the two (1998 against 2025). Both are action, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Contamination
Deep Rising| Contamination | Deep Rising | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Action, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | David Heacock, Neil Chase | Stephen Sommers |
| Main cast | Elizabeth Chamberlain, Neil Chase, Brandon Horth, S-Raj Kumar, Tyler Sabourin | Wes Studi, Jason Flemyng, Djimon Hounsou, Famke Janssen, Clifton Powell |
Synopsis
Contamination
A top secret Alaskan lab goes dark due to an unexplained incident, prompting the military to send a black ops team to recover sensitive data and destroy the lab, only to find their ranks infected with a deadly alien virus.
Deep Rising
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.
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