Ghost Ship (2002)
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13% of critics liked it
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(356,461 ratings)
A salvage team think they've made the find of a lifetime, until they discover there's more on board than meets the eye in this supernatural thriller. Led by Captain Sean Murphy (Gabriel Byrne), the crew of the tugboat Arctic Warrior have discovered a sideline far more lucrative than hauling… More A salvage team think they've made the find of a lifetime, until they discover there's more on board than meets the eye in this supernatural thriller. Led by Captain Sean Murphy (Gabriel Byrne), the crew of the tugboat Arctic Warrior have discovered a sideline far more lucrative than hauling ships in and out of the harbor -- they locate missing or wrecked ships in international waters, repair them until they can be brought back to port, and then sell off the ship and its contents as salvage. Acting on a tip from Jack Ferriman (Desmond Harrington), a pilot in the Canadian Air Force, Murphy and his crew -- salvage expert Maureen Epps (Julianna Margulies), first mate Greer (Isaiah Washington), and crewmen Santos (Alex Dimitriades), Dodge (Ron Eldard), and Munder (Karl Urban) -- set out to find a large craft seen adrift off the Alaskan coastline. To their surprise, the crew of the Arctic Warrior discover what appears to be the Antonia Graza, a famous Italian ocean liner, legendary for its luxury, which vanished without a trace in 1962. While they at first anticipate the payday of a lifetime from this find, the crew soon discover a sinister force has taken control of the ship, and before long they're battling not for salvage rights, but for their lives. Ghost Ship was directed by special effects man turned filmmaker Steven Beck, who previously directed the 2001 remake of 13 Ghosts. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Steve Beck
- Written By
- John Pogue, Mark Hanlon, Mark D. Hanlon
- Genres
- Horror
- In Theaters
- Oct 25, 2002 Wide
- On DVD
- Mar 25, 2003
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Trevor Johnston, Time Out
The final reel plots a course smack between predictable and sheer idiocy.
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Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
A lame script, featuring sorry dialogue and a senseless story, is more likely to provoke laughs than screams from its intended audience.
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Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
In a cut-and-paste job more transparent than ectoplasm, Ghost Ship screenwriters Mark Hanlon and John Pogue plunder every notable horror movie from the last 30 years.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
A dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going.
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David Germain, Houston Chronicle
A ticket to tedium, a horror movie so devoid of horror that mouths will open wide in yawns, without a scream to be heard.
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Cast
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Julianna Margulies
as Maureen Epps
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Ron Eldard
as Dodge
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Desmond Harrington
as Jack Ferriman
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Isaiah Washington
as Greer
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Gabriel Byrne
as Murphy
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Alex Dimitriades
as Santos
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Karl Urban
as Munder
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Emily Browning
as Katie
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Francesca Rettondini
as Francesca
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Boris Brkic
as Chief Steward
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Adam Bieshaar
as First Officer
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Iain Gardiner
as Purser
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Jamie Giddens
as Friendly Officer
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Robert Ruggiero
as Captain
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Cameron J. Watt
as Second Officer








