Billy Zane, Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill
A mass-murderer kidnaps and seduces a young woman after leaving her husband to die on the vessel whose crew he's just slaughtered.
DVD Release Date: December 7, 1999
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October 28, 2009Rae: Is that boat sinking.
Hughie: Well, past tense would be more appropriate.
A well made thriller, isolating the characters on the ocean to create genuine tension, complete with quality performances from all three leads, outweighing the standard thriller elements that make ...( read more) -
September 25, 2009Dead Calm is one of the last great thrillers. Hitchcock could have directed this!
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September 21, 2008yeah, it was alright. good for a quiet night in. keeps you awake which is always a plus! billy zane plays an insane murderer very intensely. sam neill always seems to be in weird films. nicole kidman looked like a kid here with her fluffy ginger hair. best bit was when she lobs t...( read more)
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June 17, 2008Has one of the coolest deaths I've seen in any movie. Fairly conventional thriller that suffers from some ridiculous plotting and doesn't feel as suspenseful as it probably should. But I love looking at Nicole Kidman.
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September 19, 2009I'm not a Nicole Kidman fan and this was the movie that got her noticed in Hollywood. She doesn't do too bad a job of playing a grieving mother who goes to sea on a luxury yacht and ends up with her life in danger. Sam Neill (the husband), an excellent actor, actually makes her...( read more)
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July 28, 2009Sam Neill is great. Billy Zane is creepy (and great). Nicole Kidman's best performance ever.
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July 16, 2009a hidden gem of sorts, its trhilling at times and the pace is relentless but by the end you may grow a little tired of the cliches. well worth watching mind.
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