Excellent, minimal (three isolated characters) thriller: approaching Hitchcock levels of quality. Zane is mad and villainous, Kidman is sexy and helpless, and Neill is tough and heroic. You couldn't ask for - and don't need - anything else in a thriller film.
This review of Dead Calm (1989) was written by Oliver B on 13 Aug 2007.
Dead Calm has generally received positive reviews.
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