Dead Calm

1989 • 1h 36m •

Thriller Drama Horror

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 6.6/10

860 reviews

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An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.

"High seas. Deep terror. Try to stay calm."

Top Billed Cast

Nicole Kidman

Rae Ingram

Sam Neill

John Ingram

Billy Zane

Hughie Warriner

George Shevtsov

Doctor

Rod Mullinar

Russell Bellows

Joshua Tilden

Danny

Michael Long

Specialist Doctor

Lisa Collins

'Orpheus' Cruise Girl

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic

2014-03-24

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.

After losing their young son in a car accident, John (Neill) and Rae Ingram (Kidman) head out alone on their yacht for an ocean vacation. Whilst taking in some R&R, the couple spy a ship drifting in the distance, then a man in a dinghy hurriedly rows towards them. He boards their yacht, frantic and...

T tmdb47633491 Verified TMDB Critic

2018-05-05

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...