''Bermuda Tentacles'' is an American
made-for-television
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science fiction
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comedy
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horror film
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directed by
Nick Lyon. It stars
Linda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress. Known for portraying tough, resilient characters, she made her film debut in 1979 before achieving fame with her starring role as Sarah Connor (Terminator), Sarah Connor i ...
and features an ensemble cast of
Trevor Donovan,
Mýa
Mya Marie Harrison (; born October 10, 1979), known professionally as Mýa, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress. She was born in Washington D.C. and studied ballet, jazz, and tap dance as a child. Her ca ...
,
John Savage and
Jamie Kennedy.
The movie premiered April 12, 2014 on the
Syfy channel and garnered largely negative reviews.
Plot
When
Air Force One
Air Force One is the official air traffic control-designated Aviation call signs, call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modifie ...
goes down over the
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a loosely defined region in the North Atlantic Ocean, roughly bounded by Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Since the mid-20th century, it has been the focus of an urban legend sug ...
, the
Navy
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sends its best rescue team. A terrible
storm
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forces the president to leave in his escape pod, which ends up 7000 metres below the sea. But before they can save the President, the team awakens a series of
tentacles
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from a monstrous underwater ogrot, which threatens
America
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's entire Eastern Seaboard and, ultimately, the world.
Cast
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Linda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress. Known for portraying tough, resilient characters, she made her film debut in 1979 before achieving fame with her starring role as Sarah Connor (Terminator), Sarah Connor i ...
as Admiral Hansen
*
Trevor Donovan as Trip Oliver
*
Mýa
Mya Marie Harrison (; born October 10, 1979), known professionally as Mýa, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress. She was born in Washington D.C. and studied ballet, jazz, and tap dance as a child. Her ca ...
as Lieutenant Plummer
*
John Savage as President DeSteno
*
Jamie Kennedy as Dr. Zimmer
* Richard Whiten as Lieutenant Commander Barclay
*
Ricco Ross as Captain Phillips
*
Jeff Rector as Captain Warren
*
Robert Blanche
Robert Clinton Blanche (March 30, 1962 – January 3, 2020) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Blanche was born in Pomona, California, and raised in Oregon.
Career
Beginning his film and television career in 1994, Blanche ...
as Captain Dave Williams
* Angelique Cinelu as Ensign Sanchez
* Luke White as Stephen Hondo
* Stephanie Cantu as Rivas
* Yorick Veenma as Colonel Poppe De Boer
* James Craig as Aunt Penelope
* William McMahon as Fitz
* Darren Anthony Thomas as Greg Elfman
* Craig Blair as C.P.O. Vincent
Home media
''Bermuda Tentacles'' was released to
DVD
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on September 9, 2014.
Reception
Writing for online
website
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''HorrorNews.Net'', Shawn Handling gave the movie a highly negative review and concluded, "I think it’s one of the worst that has been produced and should have been sunk with the rest of those missing ships."
References
External links
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2014 television films
2014 films
Syfy original films
2010s science fiction war films
2014 war drama films
American monster movies
Giant monster films
American adventure television series
Films set in the Bermuda Triangle
The Asylum films
Films about Air Force One
Films directed by Nick Lyon
2010s American films
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