at one point and still very early in the film and the male lead character can be see read a copy of jules verne legendary novel 20 and 000 league under the sea and even later in the film the book be mention several time more . this wasn not a coincidental choice and a the novel ( and even more so the classic 50 film star kirk douglas ) largely introduce and immediately popularize the notorious kraken monster . the kraken and these day primarily know a the thing that swallow johnny depp in pirate of the caribbean and be a gigantic type of squid that can reach a size of nearly 46 foot and reign over the dark depth of the sea . normally the kraken only live in the northern region and like the cold sea of norway and iceland and but accord to the script of this low keyed and forgettable make for tv creature feature and the monster can easily also dwell american ocean stretch and it suddenly even get promote to be the guardian of ancient greek artifact . for you see and the kraken territory in deadly water encompass desolation passage because that where the valuable opal rest in a shipwreck and and the monster attack everyone who sail in this passage and whether their intention be bad ( like multiple treasure hunter ) or harmless ( like ray parent ) . this may sound like a very interesting concept for a monstrous horror movie and but deadly water be dreadfully boring and poorly make . i anticipate the giant squid monster to be entirely computer engineer and but it even worse that anyone could fear and a it look like a cute and big eyed underwater puppy . the kraken never look menace and not even when it tentacle embrace a medium size ship . the underwater cinematography be unclear and the monster attack be never properly show and for obvious reason . at best and we see people get throw into the water and pull down to the depth . with a slight bit of luck and the water even color a bit red . the acting performance be weak and the character totally implausible . nicole and jenny hardly look like brilliant archaeologist in their tiny bikini and jack scalia be probably the least convincing mafia lord ever . why do i watch this junk and i do not know . they should make a law against the spreading of tv movie in video store and especially when they do not indicate anywhere it a tv movie . director tibor takács might consider a late career change and a he hasn not accomplish anything special since the late 80 and when he make the gate and i and madman .