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Dead Calm

Movie
1989
1h 36m
R
English
Thriller, Horror
User Score: 
6.6
Critic Score: 
77
Dead Calm' Poster
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Dead Calm Poster

Dead Calm

R
Movie
1989
1h 36m
English
Thriller, Horror
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Rating
WATCHMODE
6.6
IMDB
Dead Calm (1989) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
77

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Nicole Kidman
Rae Ingram
Sam Neill
John Ingram
Billy Zane
Hughie Warriner
Rod Mullinar
Russell Bellows
Michael Long
Specialist Doctor
Lisa Collins
'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Directed By: Phillip Noyce
Written By: Terry Hayes, Charles Williams (Novel)

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TKPNPodcast says...
3 years ago
This is how to make a thriller. Zane's masterful performance balances well with a very young Kidman. My only criticism is the age difference between Neill and Kidman which is distracting...but I can't imagine this film with anyone else in those roles. Truly a great loud film comes from this Dead Calm.
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ambrosehavey says...
2 years ago
AFI/MPSE wins best sound/editing m7s8
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KurtMoney says...
6 years ago
Hot DAMN now that was a thriller! I had never heard of this until yesterday and I can't believe it because it is so awesome. Only thing keeping this from a 10 is the score. When a movie involves things or people banging on doors and people breathing heavy, maybe don't feature a score with what is very clearly a guy breathing heavy rhythmically and pounding on wood? About 3 times I was like, wait is that a character or the score? Terrible score, great movie.
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moonkodi says...
8 years ago
Well made. Some good moments of tension. The story is nothing special but the setting makes it interesting. Not much replay value once you've watched it. Very illogical at times but I managed to ignore it before it ruined the movie. The very end is completely ridiculous though. Worth a watch. Thriller with more action than twists.
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John Chard
6 years ago
Stay calm and you may yet not end up dead.

Dead Calm is directed by Phillip Noyce and adapted to screenplay by Terry Hayes from the novel of the same name written by Charles Williams. It stars Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. Music is by Graeme Revell and cinematography by Dean Semler.

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37poop
6 years ago
Perfect example of why you should check out all the movies that doggy paddled away with an average 3/5 or 6/10 or whatever. For a large minority, it's not that they're simply average; it's that they were barely given a chance
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