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Watch: Dead Calm 1989 123movies, Full Movie Online – An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems..
Plot: An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm weather conditions, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
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	6.8/10 Votes: 41,098
	83% | RottenTomatoes
	70/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 593 Popularity: 12.697 | TMDB

Reviews:

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 panicked, he tells them the ship is sinking and that all on board are dead, killed by food poisoning. His name is Hughie Warriner (Billy Zane), and the Ingram’s are about to wish they had never met him….

The Saracen and The Orpheus.

It’s so refreshing to find a thriller that works without tricks or elaborate plotting, where the narrative is stripped down to the bare bones and played out purely by three characters. Dead Calm, whilst not exactly the most credible of thrillers from the 80s, contains genuine suspense, a pot boiling heart and production value of some distinction. Director Noyce deals in psychological studies, primarily that of a lunatic and that of a woman beset with grief having to use her mental fortitude to hopefully save herself and her husband.

Noyce and his team get the maximum amount of edge of the seat thrills from a small isolated yacht in the middle of a vast ocean, with tight camera work and nifty editing, it’s a film of quality that belies its pared back production. Even ace Aussie photographer Semler (previously Mad Max 2/Razorback, latterly Dances With Wolves/Waterworld) creates beauty out of such a sparse set up, where the blues and greens of the ocean warm the soul and the red sunsets please the eyes. They be glimpses of Mother Earth that give the Ingram’s something tangible to fight for.

With the plot requiring Neill to be in his own isolated hell, he turns in a more measured performance, perfect in fact, but it’s Zane and Kidman who steal the show. This would prove to be the launching point of Kidman’s career, and it hints at the top actress she would become. She gives Rae Ingram a real strength through adversity, with energy in abundance, intelligence and a simmering sexuality, she’s a lady character earning respect by film lovers because of Kidman’s performance. Zane is suitably edgy, very much giving Hughie a man-child persona, he too exudes a dangerous sexuality, and when it inevitably kicks off, he is scary into the bargain.

A couple of daft character decisions within the story, and a WTF finale, stop it from being near the top of the thriller movie pantheon. But it’s not far off from sitting with the best and it remains fresh and entertaining as the decades roll by. 8/10

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

Slow-burning and well-acted, sure to give you both thrills and chills.
After reading the plot for Dead Calm I was expecting an edge-of-your-seat boat massacre thriller, and in a sense that’s exactly what Dead Calm is. I was always on the edge of my seat, anxious to know what would happen next and terrified for the characters in their respective situations, but there was much less violence than I was expecting. And I’m not complaining. Most of the violence is implied rather than shown, and the movie not only deals with physical abuse but emotional and mental abuse as well. The story is basically that this couple goes out to sea on a getaway to forget about a recent tragedy, and while they’re out in the middle of the ocean they encounter a strange boat and a strange man who claims that his crew was killed by food poisoning. The way the pieces come together is very satisfying, especially when the truth slowly reveals itself and both the husband and wife are going through equally scary dilemmas as this stranger is roaming freely around their boat.

The acting is really what sells this movie. A boat movie with only three characters can get boring quickly, but thanks to the cast, I was totally in it. Sam Neil is separated from the others for a good amount of the film, but when he needs to shine, he does. The anchors of this movie are Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. Kidman is excellent as the emotionally distraught wife who is doing everything she can to keep it together while desperately trying outsmart the stranger. Billy Zane had me worried for a bit – I could tell he was acting, and at times he was a bit cartoonish, but by the end you come to realize that the character is an absolute nutcase so his erratic acting makes sense. You’re not sure if he’s just a guy who had a rough week, or a sympathetic victim of circumstance, or a straight up maniacal psychopath. This uncertainty helps keep the thriller afloat (yeah) and keeps you anxious to see whatever happens next.

The only real complaint I have about Dead Calm is that it does get a little slow at times. It’s very atmospheric and moody for a majority of the film and there’s no problem with that, but I couldn’t help but be distracted during some of the longer quiet moments. Regardless, it all builds up to the movie’s exciting climax which doesn’t disappoint. The music is great as well – haunting and subtle. Keep in mind Dead Calm is not a jump-scare type of horror thriller. It’s slow-paced, grounded and completely plausible, which for me is the scariest kind.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min), 1 hr 23 min (83 min) (TV) (Turkey)
Budget 10400000
Revenue 7825000
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Horror, Thriller
Director Phillip Noyce
Writer Terry Hayes, Charles Williams
Actors Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane
Country Australia
Awards 5 wins & 6 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Gold II, Panavision Primo, C- and E-Series Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Lightweight, Panavision C- and E-Series Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo, C- and E-Series Lenses
Laboratory Colorfilm Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia
Film Length 2,609 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm