Cast
- Ed Harris as Virgil "Bud" Brigman, foreman of the Benthic Petroleum oil rig
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Dr. Lindsey Brigman, designer of the rig and Bud's estranged wife
- Michael Biehn as US Navy SEAL Lieutenant Hiram Coffey, the commander of the Navy SEAL team
- J.C. Quinn as Arliss "Sonny" Dawson
- Leo Burmester as Catfish De Vries, a worker on the rig and a Vietnam veteran Marine who is skeptical of the SEALs
- Kimberly Scott as Lisa "One Night" Standing
- Todd Graff as Alan "Hippy" Carnes, a conspiracy theorist who believes that the NTIs have been covered up by the CIA. He carries a pet rat on his shoulder.
- John Bedford Lloyd as Jammer Willis
- Capt. Kidd Brewer Jr. as Lew Finler
- George Robert Klek as Wilhite, US Navy SEAL
- Christopher Murphy as Schoenick, US Navy SEAL
- Adam Nelson as Ensign Monk, US Navy SEAL
- Richard Warlock as Dwight Perry
- Jimmie Ray Weeks as Leland McBride
- J. Kenneth Campbell as DeMarco
- William Wisher, Jr. as Bill Taylor, a reporter
- Ken Jenkins as Gerard Kirkhill
- Chris Elliott as Bendix
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