Proteus Review

Proteus came out in 1995 and was directed by the ever-multi-limbed Bob Keen. We have used science (and possibly the box cover) to determine that this movie fits perfectly into the "Aquatic Monster Horror" genre.

During the time we had our polls open, 207 shitty viewers just like you weighed in on Proteus. 138 of 'em thought it was great! 69 thought it was shit. Takes all kinds.

This is a Dave and Jim's B-Movie Review. This review was written some time between 1996 and 2001. Once you've sucked the marrow from this one, you can head back to the full list to pick another review for savoring. Do it again and again.

Dave's Review

From the outset, it was quite apparent that this was yet another movie created by someone who is clearly not a fan of b-movies. If they were, they might not have used the exact same plot elements and sad-ass dialog found in so many b-movies before it. I guess it's low quality is what makes a b-movie 'b', but for goodness sake can't we have just a little goddamned origionality?

Dave broke it down like so: Technology: 1 Action: 3 Nudity: 1 Coolness: 1 Badguys: 1 Gore: 3 Shock: 2 Dialog: 4 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 4 Plot: 1 Length: Long Overall: 2

Jim's Review

This is another one of those generic Alien/Leviathan Crossbreeds. It was really quite boring, and predicable. The end was really funny when the monster turned into what appeared to be a glorified sock puppet. Otherwise there is little to say about it, admittedly it could be far worse, but it still was not very entertaining.

Jim broke it down like so: Technology: 3 Action: 5 Nudity: 1 Coolness: 4 Badguys: 2 Gore: 3 Shock: 3 Dialog: 3 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 4 Plot: 3 Length: Short Overall: 3