Carter Blake
Background
Carter Blake is a shark wrangler for Aquatica Research. He was in the United States Navy, but was arrested for smuggling and served two years in United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth.
During the events of Deep Blue Sea (1999) played by Thomas Jane
Boy 1 and Girl 1 are about to get eaten by an Aquatica Shark that attacked their boat when Carter hits it with two harpoons and saves them. At Aquatica Research, Boat Captain shows Carter a tiger shark he caught and the tiger shark is dropped into the holding pen area. Carter jumps into the holding pen and manages to wrangle the tiger shark and remove a Louisiana license plate from its mouth. Janice Higgins introduces Russell Franklin to Carter, who is brusque with Russell. Carter tells Tom Scoggins it took two harpoons to stop the Aquatica Shark that got out and blames Tom for leaving the pen door open. Russell talks with Carter and mentions he knows Carter spent time in prison. Carter tells Dr. Susan McAlester the Aquatica Sharks have started to hunt in packs and he thinks quickening the pace of the project is a bad idea. Susan then points out that if their funding is cut, he might have a hard time finding a job with his background of spending time in prison. Susan takes Russell to the lab with Janice, Tom and Jim Whitlock while Carter wrangles the female gen 2 Aquatica Shark and the others watch his progress on a monitor system. The Aquatica Sharks synchronize an attack and swim backwards when Carter points his rifle at them. One by one the Aquatica Sharks destroy the cameras. Carter manages to wrangle the female gen 2 Aquatica Shark by setting a trap and brings her to the wet lab. As Susan is about to place a device on the Aquatica Shark's head, it thrashes briefly. Brain cells are taken from the Aquatica Shark and added to inactive brain cells, which causes the inactive brain cells to start working again. Russell congratulates Susan and as Jim is standing near the Aquatica Shark, it attacks him and bites off his arm. The Aquatica Shark starts to break free and before Carter can shoot it, Susan releases it. Carter calls Brenda Kerns and tells her they need paramedics. Helicopter Pilot and Helicopter Co-Pilot arrive at Aquatica and Helicopter Winch Operator drops a line down to Jim's gurney. As Jim and the gurney are being lifted towards the helicopter, the winch line gets stuck and then drops Jim into the water. He is grabbed by a Aquatica Shark and dragged, which causes the helicopter to crash into the radio tower killing everyone in the helicopter and Brenda as Carter and the others watch on camera. Explosions start to erupt from Aquatica and it starts to fall apart. Russell sees Jim being pushed towards the wet lab windows by an Aquatica Shark which then tosses Jim into the glass, causing it to break from the impact. After finding their path blocked, Carter suggests they go back and down a level to use the submarine to get to the surface. They hear one of the doors banging and Carter realizes it is an Aquatica Shark trying to break the door down. Russell asks Susan what she did to the Aquatica Sharks and she admits they broke the Harvard Genetics Compact in order to increase their brain size so they could harvest more brain cells. The sea lab group make it to the submarine, but find it destroyed. Tom shows everyone the door to the maintenance shaft, but tells them if it is compromised the entire complex could collapse. Susan and Tom start to argue and as Russell is giving a speech on sticking together, he is eaten by an Aquatica Shark. Carter, Susan, Janice and Tom go into the maintenance shaft and start climbing the ladder. An Aquatica Shark breaks through the door to the maintenance shaft and Carter opens the door to level two to let some of the incoming water drain into that level. The ladder breaks and Janice falls into the water and is eaten by an Aquatica Shark. Preacher opens the door above them and Carter, Susan and Tom go to the next level. Carter and Tom go to start the bilge pumps while Susan goes into her room to get her research data. Carter finds the body of Jim in the water. Carter and Tom get the bilge pumps working, but Tom is eaten by an Aquatica Shark. Susan meets up with Carter and Preacher and they swim to the surface while using a spraying fire extinguisher held by a life vest as a distraction. Preacher is grabbed by the Aquatica Shark by the leg and he stabs it in the eye with his crucifix necklace. Carter realizes the Aquatica Sharks have been herding them and using them to flood the facility so they can escape. The female gen 2 Aquatica Shark starts to attack the fence and Carter rigs up a harpoon rifle with a line and tells Susan when he hits the Aquatica Shark with the harpoon tipped with gunpowder, to touch the line to a battery. Susan cuts her hand and gets into the water to act as bait. As Susan is trying to get out of the water, she eaten by the Aquatica Shark. Carter manages to grab onto the fin of the Aquatica Shark as it charges at him and Preacher shoots the harpoon gun at the Aquatica Shark, and the harpoon goes through the fin and impales Carter in the leg. Carter is caught against the fence when the Aquatica Shark breaks through and the harpoon is ripped out of his leg. Preacher then touches the line to the battery and the Aquatica Shark explodes. Preacher and Carter watch as the water taxi returns the crew that left for the weekend and they both agree to quit their jobs.
