1989 · thriller · survival · at-sea
Dead Calm
Directed by Phillip Noyce1h 36m1989
An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Our read: Dead Calm (1989) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller · survival · at-sea entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme thriller / survival, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
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