Jeffrey P
First, let's manage expectations. If you remember all those SciFi-SyFy originals from the early 2000s, this is better than most of them, for sure. It's like, if you remember all those 1950s-60s low-budget science-fiction and horror films, or some of those 1960s-70s made-for-TV movies-of-the-week, or even more recent straight-to-DVD releases, some are much better than others. This one is a 20-year-old, 90-minute, cable-TV original movie about a ghost ship. If they made it today for one of the streaming services, they probably would have fleshed it out—or padded it—to fill a "season" for binge-watching.
It seems like there is a thunderstorm throughout the whole running time, whether they are at home in Florida or out in the Bermuda Triangle, but it's a nice mood-setter. The computer-generated special effects are pretty good for the technology of the time. It has a couple of semi-big-name stars, Judd Nelson and Lance Henriksen, and Janet Gunn is also good as the third "lead." Lesser known (to me, anyway) character actors ably fill out the rest of the cast. It's a ghost-ship movie, and there are only so plots for that scenario, but this one moves nicely and includes both personal demons and paranormal activities.
I first watched it when it premiered on SyFy two decades ago, and didn't see it again until last night on Amazon Prime, but I always fondly—if vaguely—remembered it, even if I couldn't always recall its name. Surely, that says something for it. I enjoyed seeing it again. If you like the genre, it's worth an hour-and-a-half of your time.
Rated 3.5/5 Stars •
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/13/23
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Consider yourself warned ! This is 96 minutes you'll never get back. The budget for this dreg only afforded for cheap sets, juvenile special effects, and acting so embarrassingly bad I'd leave it off my resume too. R.T. twisted my arm me to submit 1/2 star rating to submit. I protest.
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
01/12/23
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I liked it. The special effects were good enough for me. As well as the plot
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/09/23
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dave j
The movie opens when a very young Aaron Roberts left with his grandmother while both the father along with his new girlfriend departs on a cruise line called the Corona. Young Aaron does not like her and does not like the father for choosing her over him. Long story short, upon cruising through the Bermuda Triangle, a huge tidal storm then swallows the cruiseline questioning whatever happened to them. Many years later, we see the young Aaron Roberts(Judd Nelson) all grown up and is a professional Bermuda triangle theorist. At the same time, Dana Elway (Janet Gunn) is trying to save her job as a journalist for the phenomenon. After she had learned that the Corona had resurfaced after many years, she would then along with the person in charge David Shaw (Lance Henrickson) heading the expedition invite Aaron, with phenomenon results.
Rated 2/5 Stars •
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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Decent ghost ship / horror film. While I feel "Ghost Ship" was better this one should also be appreciated by those into the genre. The acting was for the most part good and the plot was great. Some portions of it were a bit ridiculous and made little sense (unfortunately I can't elaborate too much without making it a spoiler -- see below). I feel the film missed some its potential by focusing too much on the horror / slasher aspect versus the mystery behind the ship and what was happening and the "Entities" involved.
It is a struggle for me to decide on wither three or three and a half stars but I'm going to go ahead and add the half due to the portion below.
(Spoiler below)
One part which I did appreciate was the end where we saw the spirits/demons circling the ship. It may not have been the best special effects in history but I appreciated the visual image and the scene and it is certainly note
worthy for me.
The unrealistic portion. One of them dies and then telephones the other. They casually react to this like it is no big deal and later affirm that they are still a skeptic. How can you still be a skeptic still after your dead employee phones you on board a ghost ship? How could you be a skeptic and not be alarmed when a recently deceased person calls you?
Rated 3.5/5 Stars •
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/25/23
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Judd Nelson, Lance Henriksen, and a few other recognizable faces star in a film where nearly every scene feels like they taped the performance in scene study class. This is literally, the quintessential clichéd Bermuda triangle mystery thriller. The dialogue is so over-written, it's painfully funny... "oh my god, I-- I, killed my mom", "Dana, snap out of it, it's all in your head, the ship is making you see things that aren't real" You know, dana, in case you hadn't figured that out yet. The visual effects feel like a Playstation intro, who's 4th tier studio won that bid? All in all, I highly recommend Lost Voyage if you're writing your own Bermuda triangle film and want to know what not to do, and how not to be obvious. You could call it, "Lost Voyage: A Captain Obvious Mystery"
Rated 1.5/5 Stars •
Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
01/27/23
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