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Dead Calm
Directed by
Phillip Noyce
R
1989
1h 36m
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An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
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Cast of Dead Calm
Nicole Kidman
Rae Ingram
Sam Neill
John Ingram
Billy Zane
Hughie Warriner
George Shevtsov
Doctor
Rod Mullinar
Russell Bellows
Joshua Tilden
Danny
Michael Long
Specialist Doctor
Lisa Collins
'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Paula Hudson-Brinkley
'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Sharon Cook
'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Malinda Rutter
'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Dead Calm Ratings & Reviews
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February 2, 2025
Great horror thriller set mostly in the Pacific Ocean fine performances from Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill and Billy Zane. Rae & John Ingram rescue a distraught young man Hughie Warriner from a crippled schooner, he claims he's the only survivor the rest of the schooner's crew having died from some mysterious disease. Leaving Rae alone with Hughie John Ingram rows across to examine the stricken boat to discover the mutilated remains of the other crew members, a rather cryptic video recording of the previous events on the schooner (shot by Hughie himself - several attractive "broad minded" girls & a guy called Russell Bellows who sounds a bit of a bully) and also the ship is slowly sinking! Meanwhile Hughie takes possession of the Ingram's yacht forcing Rae to come with him, Billy Zane gives an extraordinary performance making Hughie a mixed up and sometimes sympathetic Psycho (what made him the way he is, is never explained in the course of the film). Rae after loosing her little son at the beginning of the film now has to fight to stay in touch with her husband ,determined to succeed she manages to keep things calm and even seduces Hughie at one point to keep him deluded (although there is a suggestion she finds Hughie attractive - Hughie couldn't be more different to her Navy Captain husband). The only slight fault with the movie is the finale - but you need this kind of ending after such a tense terrifying drama
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This is not a gimmick film ... and Kidman and Zane do generate real, palpable hatred in their scenes together.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
Fun, scary, and suspenseful from start to finish.
Mediasharx
Caffeinated Clint
One of the best thrillers of our time....it'll leave your gasping for air
Fantastica Daily
Chuck O'Leary
One of the better yuppies-in-jeopardy thrillers of the late '80s and early '90s.
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Great thriller with two excellent actors!
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Edgy cinematography keeps the tension coming like waves.
Variety
Variety Staff
Though not always entirely credible, Dead Calm is a nail-biting suspense pic [from the novel by Charles Williams] handsomely produced and inventively directed.
New York Times
Caryn James
"Dead Calm" ... becomes disturbing for all the wrong reasons.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
For much of the movie, you're enthralled. By the end, you're laughing. This is not good.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
[Noyce is] a masterful manipulator, but eventually there is no more wind in these sails, not even enough to riffle a jib, as the story and Rae's character wear thin.
eFilmCritic.com
Brian Mckay
A gripping three-character film that plays out like Hitchcock on the High Seas.
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