trojanrabbit97
*** SPOILER WARNING -- READER BEWARE ***I rather enjoyed this movie. I agree with those who've said that the first 30 minutes of the film are expendable. The real fun is in the last hour. Now I would have ended it differently myself, swapping the fates of Marcos and Gloria, with Marcos drowning for real and Gloria getting rescued. A little more Neil LaBute and a little less Rod Serling. I think it would have been interesting to look in Gloria's eyes as she climbed on the chopper and settled in. Would we have seen any remorse flit across her face as she realized that she's actually going to have to face society with these three lives on her mind?There are ways to make a bad-guys-get-what's-coming-to-'em kind of film, but this one struck me as a little pedestrian. I found the acting convincing as the tension on the boat built up. Henry Thomas has managed to keep both his acting skills and his body in shape. Bairstow and Swain are still just shy of making it really big, and I think clips of this film will help them in the long run. Overall, I'm saying 6 outta 10.
ofjeworstlust
Having noticed the comments, I didn't expect a good movie. But it wasn't that bad either!Just skip it to 30 minutes, before that it's a waste of time. Personally I expected an ending like this, and strange enough, there wasn't an alternative ending on the DVD. Acting is average, but the scenery is just the boat, the boat and the boat.Thin story, but as a rental one to choose for starters. Definitely not one to have as 'grand finale'.
caspian1978
You spend millions of dollars, a cast takes weeks to rehearse there lines and get motivated, and crew members work around the clock to get the movie made. The end result, the only thing worth watching is Dominique Swain in a bikini! Shame shame shame to the people who wrote this piece of garbage and the production crew who put the words on the script on film. The only good thing that came from all the hard work was to watch the very beautiful Dominique Swain prance around in a bikini. What's that got to say about women's lib? A sad fact, but if I fan of Dominique Swain, you got to rent it at least once.
info-590
I cannot understand all the negative comments posted here. Its not an excellent film but certainly gripping enough to make you want to see how it ends. Probably whats most challenging is sitting through the first half. I caught the film on satellite and lost its very beginning. The film had the right doses of suspense to make you wonder what's going to happen. Is it a shark in the sea or something else? Once you get through half of it its very gripping. I think the director managed to bring out the paranoia and madness which the youngsters would have instilled within themselves in a real life situation. Whether it is a feature film or MOW is somewhat questionable in my mind. I think its a damn good movie of the week (ie: for TV).
