Review of Dead Calm (1989) by Marty H — 20 Oct 2014

Nicole Kidman and her husband experience serious trauma losing their 2 year old son in a terrible car crash. 3 Weeks later they escape to cruise the ocean together. Kidman has a night terror thinking about the accident, but otherwise, shows little emotion and few signs of post-mortem anything! Sam Niel is stoic and also emotionless. Its important to remember that that detail is not too important because the movie is about a psycho path who lies his way onto their boat, somehow manages to remove the husband, and eventually screws his wife. Again while all these terrible events transpire, both Niel and Kidman shed no tears, and remain dead calm.

Billy Zane was insane, wild, reckless, and very creepy-almost Jack Nicholson from The Shining creepy at times. I like when thrillers keep the suspense churning up until the credits finally roll. There is no shortage of suspense in this film.

It was also obvious that either the director or screenwriter hated dogs.

Overall, i'd say this was a fun movie to watch with someone and worth screening a few more times. 4/5.