All the things stolen from Deep Rising
1. Small boat crew arrives on a large ship
2. No one is there, save for one/few survivors
3. They tell the rest of the people what is going on, about the monster
4. Mamooli
5. One of the older characters has an agenda of their own
6. Their previous boat is rendered, for the most part, unusable
7. The monster is defeated by having the entire ship blown up, with two characters narrowly escaping on a small vehicle.
Feel free to add your own.
The main difference here is that Virus sucked, while Deep Rising is awesome. Highly recommended.
"Now What?"
-Treat Williams, "Deep Rising"