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A group of friends
suffer a yachting accident and take refuge on a cruise drifting on the open
sea, but quickly realize they were better off on the upturned yacht.
Director: Christopher Smith
Writer: Christopher Smith
Stars: Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor
Summaries
A group of friends
suffer a yachting accident and take refuge on a cruise drifting on the open
sea, but quickly realize they were better off on the upturned yacht.
—sergiuhuian
When Jess sets sail
on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is
something wrong. Her suspicions are realized when the yacht hits a storm and
the group is forced to board a passing ocean liner to get to safety, a ship
Jess is convinced she's been on before. The ship appears deserted, the clock on
board has stopped, but they are not alone... Someone is intent on hunting them
down, one by one. And Jess unknowingly holds the key to end the terror.
—Icon
In high hopes of
blowing off steam, the waitress and single mother, Jess, decides to go on a
sailboat trip with friends. However, before long, a nightmarish storm is
brewing--and just like that--their luxurious yacht is soon capsized by a
massive wave. Now, helpless in the middle of the unforgiving ocean, Jess and
the rest of the survivors board an eerily abandoned cruise ship, only to
realise that they are trapped in the vessel's maze-like corridors. More and
more, as Jess experiences increasingly chilling incidents of déjà -vu, the
feeling that they are being chased down by an invisible killer becomes a
horrific reality. Is there an escape from madness?
—Nick Riganas
Synopsis
The film opens with Jess (Melissa George) at home with
her autistic son, Tommy (Joshua McIvor). We watch (sound unheard) as Jess goes
about cleaning up after her son. Suddenly, there is a buzz at the front door.
Jess goes to see who it was, but finds no-one there. Asking a neighbor who was
working in his yard, he claims he didn't see anyone.
Sometime afterward,
Jess goes down to the nearby harbor where she accepts the invitation of a
friend named Greg (Michael Dorman) to go sailing on his boat. Accompanying him
are Victor (Liam Hemsworth), Heather (Emma Lung), and the couple Downey (Henry
Nixon) and Sally (Rachael Carpani). Greg had also invited Jess to bring her son
Tommy with her, but when he asks Jess where he is, Jess hesitates for a moment,
before saying he's at school.
The crew seems to be
sailing along okay, when the wind suddenly dies down. Also of question is a
strange electrical storm that is steadily approaching. Greg tries to radio the
coast guard, but finds their communications wavering. Another communication
comes across, but Greg's request for coordinates of this unknown communication
soon gives way to more static.
The storm soon reaches
the boat, which capsizes, but not before Heather is swept out of the boat into
the stormy waters. When the weather clears, the survivors climb onto the
upturned boat, unsure what to do next. Suddenly, a large cruise ship floats
into view, and the survivors quickly board it, only to find no-one on deck or
in the halls. As they criss-cross through the corridors of the ship, Jess
begins to have an eerie sense of deja vu. As they keep moving around the ship,
a sudden noise catches their attention. What they find is a set of car keys,
that are exactly like the set that Jess carries! No-one is sure what this can
mean, and the search continues.
Jess splits up, only
to then encounter Victor who is bleeding, and attempts to strangle her. Jess
manages to escape, only to hear a gunshot. Finding herself in the theater of
the ship, she finds Greg shot, with Sally and Downey accusing her of killing him.
Suddenly, more gunshots ring out, with Sally and Downey being killed. Jess
gives chase and soon encounters a masked figure with the shot gun. Finally
confronting the figure, it speaks in a muffled speech through the mask, but not
before pitching over the side into the ocean below.
With everyone around
her seemingly dead (and no idea who the masked person was), Jess goes to a
cabin on the ship, only to hear yelling from off the boat a few moments later.
Looking over the edge, she is shocked to see the overturned boat, and everyone
(even herself!) calling to be rescued.
Jess soon realizes
that she is trapped in a time-loop, that repeats itself when everyone on the
ship is killed. The ship also seems to have certain areas that have experienced
the same incident multiple times. In one area, Jess finds a locket she wore
with her son's pictures inside hanging from a small grate. When she looks
further inside, she sees there are multiples, as if this same incident has
happened before! Another time, chasing a wounded Sally, she finds this version
of Sally now askew in a part of the ship with multiple dead Sally's all around!
Mentally fearful that
she may never see her son again, Jess attempts to follow the events of what
happened and kill everyone. She soon dons the mask and other clothing that she
had seen previously, until in a confrontation with herself, she ends up falling
off the ship.
Jess awakes on a
beach soon after , and makes it back home... only to find herself there that
morning (where the film started). However, this time, we hear the audio that
was missing... and find out that past-Jess is blatantly angry with Tommy,
cursing at him and yelling at him. Present-Jess sneaks into the house, and
using a hammer, bludgeons her past-self to death. Unfortunately, Tommy
witnesses this, and Present-Jess assures her son he just had a 'bad dream.'
Jess then takes the
locket from her former self's neck, and puts the dead body in a black duffle
bag, before putting it in her car's trunk. Jess then proceeds to drive her son
to school, promising that things are going to be different from now on. As they
drive along the ocean, a seagull suddenly slams into the windshield, leaving
bloody streaks. Jess pulls over to retrieve the dead bird and throw it into the
ocean. However, when she goes to throw it over the edge of the embankment, she
sees something that causes her to pause: much like the multiple necklaces and
Sally's from before... there are multiple dead seagulls pooled in the area
where she was planning to dispose of the one she (just) hit.
Jess disposes of the
bird quickly, and then rushes to get into her car. As they take off, Tommy
begins to panic over the blood on the windshield. As Jess turns to calm her
son, she turns into the incoming traffic lane, and ends up hitting a semi.
In the aftermath, we
see Jess watching the aftermath, as we see her body and that of her son's lying
on the highway. A man in a nearby taxi is observing this as well, saying that
there's nothing that anyone can do now. Jess then requests the driver take her
to the harbor.
Jess then begins the
cycle anew, intent to somehow prevent her son from dying all over again.
Taglines: The Forecast is Evil
Genres: Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Certification
MPAA Rated
R for violence and language
Australia:MA15+
Finland:K-18 (self-applied) Germany:16 Ireland:16 Ireland:18
(DVD rating) Japan:PG12 Netherlands:16 New Zealand:R16
Norway:15 (VOD) Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) Portugal:M/16 Singapore:NC-16
South Korea:15 (2018) United Kingdom:15 United States:R
(certificate #45697)
User Reviews
Jess (Melissa George)
is a single mother struggling to raise her autistic son. While working her job
at a diner, she become friends with one of the customers, a playboy type named
Greg who invites her on a yachting trip with he and his friends. Desperate for
a break from her son, she takes him up on his offer. The day of the trip, she's
late getting to the boat and arrives flustered. She says that her son is at
school, but it's a Saturday. Despite her questionable frame of mind, Greg
introduces her to the group (including uptight sister, Sally, and his first
mate, Victor, both of whom are vocal in their reservations about her) and off
they go. It's smooth sailing at first, but an out of nowhere storm leaves the
boat capsized and the remaining passengers stranded. They think they're in luck
when an ocean liner passes by, though boarding the ship is just the beginning
of things going from bad to worse.
This is the third
film I've seen from director Christopher Smith. Creep left me unimpressed, but
I liked Severance well enough, shoddy ending aside. This, however, is easily
the most rewarding of the three. What looked like it would be your typical
slasher set on a ship turns out to be something far more intriguing. What we
get instead is a mind-bending little trip with an obtuse mood and a curving
story. I can see some people thinking of the film as being too repetitive, but
I was caught up in the mystery right off the bat. This is a well put together
film with some interesting questions at it's core. While it's not completely
fresh (there are some definite similarities to Timecrimes), it still kept it's
hooks in me for the duration. Smith put a lot of time into the script,
reportedly a few years, and I feel that it paid off.
Triangle also wraps
up with it's own unique explanation, one that's Sisyphean in theme. Another of
the film's top qualities would be the strength of some of it's visuals, the
most notable example being Sally crawling amidst something that I will leave
unspoiled. A wicked sight and a sure shock when it pops up.
This film deserved to
play in theaters. Aside from the fact that it's far superior to a lot of the
horror that gets theater play these days, it's just a damn fine film that would
benefit from being seen on the big screen. The Blu-ray is beautiful!
Regardless, Christopher Smith has given us a haunting treat that will continue
to fester in your mind long after that initial viewing. A must-see!
Details
Country: UK | Australia
Language: English
Release Date: 16 October 2009 (UK)
Also Known As: Triangle
Filming Locations: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Box Office
Budget: $12,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $1,333,377
Company Credits
Production Co: Icon Entertainment International, Framestore, UK Film
Council
Technical Specs
Runtime: 99 min
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
