


Unfortunately, he gets killed making the attempt. Ultimately, he gives Lucas a "The Reason You Suck" Speech and tries to defect to join the heroes. When Lucas makes it clear he intends to just kill the civilians to cover up the sharks' existence, he's horrified. Even Evil Has Standards: Whilst he has his own greed-based hopes to exploit Bella's offspring, Richard does want to get them contained with minimal loss of life.It also ties all three films together by stating that Carl had gotten his hands on the work of research lab from the original film. Continuity Nod: Carl Durant and Akhelios from the last film are brought up as well as the three bull sharks being Bella's offspring.

Big Damn Heroes: Sally the great white actually saves Emma from one of Lucas' thugs.Charles Durant, the Mad Scientist from the second film, found this information and attempted to put his own spin on it, leading to the events of the second film. Arc Welding: This film retcons that Deep Blue Sea 2 was a sequel to the original, rather than a remake, by explaining that whilst the precise procedural data and only samples of the miracle chemical were lost with the original complex's destruction, the basic information behind the experiment remained in the US patent office and other governmental files.All There in the Manual: In the bonus features for the Blu and digital, concept art for one of the main sharks lists its name as Cyclops.
