Sunday, 14 October 2012

Dead Calm(1988)

2/5
this commits the cardinal sin for a thriller. it is borrowing in parts and allows the viewer's mind to drift in the open seas. A husband and wife have lost their only child. to rekindle the warmth in their relation and to get over the loss, they decide to go on cruise. they are far out in the water with no one for miles when they encounter a young man on a dinghy who tells them a story about his escape from a sinking boat. but nothing is what it seems. Nicole Kidman is breathtakingly beautiful in one of her earlier appearances. Sam Neill as her husband spends most of the movie trying to make the boats work. the biggest letdown is Billy Zane as the troubled young man who is supposed to be disturbing but ends up looking pathetic. another over rated movie on IMDb. Skip it if you are unfortunate enough to come across this.

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