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Dead CalmReview created: 11/08/06
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4 of 7 people found this review helpful.
I was thinking of a movie I saw a few months back. Dead Calm, starring Billy Zane, Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill. Seeing a young and pretty Nicole in a very dynamic role with a brutally handsome Billy Zane brings this to one of my favorite movies. Billy was so psychopathic and domineering, Nicole trying to keep her composure during certain suspenseful moments. The tension between them makes you feel as if you are in the same room, breathing in the salty sea air and feeling his sweat dripping on you at every swipe he takes at Nicole. There was a certain fire in both of their eyes and their chemistry worked. She gives herself to him in an effort to mislead him and she looks directly at us during that time. You can almost feel her burning gaze, feeling her revulsion, or is she feeling some sort of excitement as well? Sam Neill, the diligent husband, he has his own troubles out in the water, basically being stranded on a sinking ship, trying desperately to talk to his lady love via a cb radio that is just barely working. You can almost feel the desperation running through you as she desperately tries to talk to him. I feel this is a very fine movie, with excellent characters, the actors were on point and I recommend this movie to anyone who is a Billy Zane, Nicole Kidamn or Sam Neill fan.
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Dead Calm-Sam Neil, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane 1988Review created: 03/04/08
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I saw this movie when I was 9 years old up at my Dad's house. Pretty good movie. I wanted it. Looked it up. Bought it. Laughed at the end when Billy Zane Opens Wide!!! Won't spoil it for Ya!!!
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Dead CalmReview created: 02/07/08
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This is a very suspensful movie, Nicole Kidman was very good as the first-mate who had to deal with this maniac Billy Zane. Sam Neil gives a solid praformance in this film. I found this movie very disturbing when I first saw it; therefore, I must give it a better than average rating.
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IntenseFrom the beginning shows commitment couple have for each other.Carries this through tough drama,seperation & eventual bringing couple together again.Great Cast who portray roles very well.
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Dead CalmGreat spell binding movie keeps you on the edge of your seat. Always something happening. Very exciting ending.
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Dead CalmI love the movie, my family and I have seen it at least eight times, we decided to add it to our collection. It keeps you in your seat, you are glued to the tv with this movie.
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why I like this movieReview created: 10/07/06
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3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
I decided to buy this movie because I wanted to further my collection and I remember it from years ago when they used to show it all the time on cable. It's a cool suspenseful movie with good acting and even better cinematography the accents kind of got on my nerves but Nicole Kidman is very cool and Sam Neil is adorable. I didn''t buy the sex scene though because I always thought Billy Zane was gay and he doesn't do a very good job of hiding it especially in "Titanic" he seemed like he was more attracted to Leonardo Dicaprio. And it bothered me when the dog got killed because I'm an animal lover but I guess someone has to die right all in all good film
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bad communicationReview created: 09/09/06
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1 of 4 people found this review helpful.
I never received a full address to send money order for the item I purchased. Therefore I never received my item. I had emailed the seller numerous times, and I Never had any kind of reply. The seller did take money orders I had checked before I decided to bid on that item. Bad communication.
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Dead Calm (1999, DVD)Review created: 07/03/06
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1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
I was looking through some titles of movies that I haven't seen in years.
This prompted me to purchase this and I'm very happy that I did. It was
received in good condition and shipped quickly.
This prompted me to purchase this and I'm very happy that I did. It was
received in good condition and shipped quickly.
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Dead Calm - Nicole Kidman Gets NudeReview created: 01/12/03
by: dragonfire88-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Movies
Pros:
Interesting movie. Nicole Kidman, Sam Neil, and Billy Zane
Interesting movie. Nicole Kidman, Sam Neil, and Billy Zane
Cons:
Predictable at times
Predictable at times
I m working more now, so I haven t had as much time to watch movies, though I do still manage to catch some on television. Sometimes I end up staying up way too late to watch something. I had finished up for the week and had two days off, so I was able to stay up to watch all of Dead Calm when I found it just coming on. I first saw the movie several years ago when I rented it, and I have seen it another time or two when it was on television. Dead Calm wasn t the best thriller I ve ever seen, but it was good and I think it was worth watching. PLOT Rae and John Ingram had been married for...
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DEAD CALM: A Tale of Two Ships -- A Thriller? By Rights, a Love Story.Review created: 03/20/07
by: macresarf1 -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Phillip Noyce's direction. Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane, Sam Neil. South Pacific. Script. Cinematography. Sound. Editing.
Phillip Noyce's direction. Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane, Sam Neil. South Pacific. Script. Cinematography. Sound. Editing.
Cons:
To conventional Horror fans, apparent lapses in logic. The ending (though a cheaply effective one).
To conventional Horror fans, apparent lapses in logic. The ending (though a cheaply effective one).
"The side of the ship made an opaque belt of shadow on the darkling glassy shimmer of the sea. But I saw at once something elongated and pale floating very close to the ladder. Before I could form a guess a faint flash of phosphorescent light, which seemed to issue suddenly from the naked body of a man, flickered in the sleeping water with the elusive, silent play of summer lightning in a night sky." -- Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Sharer," (1911). ----- In 1967, three years after prolific ex-merchant mariner hard boiled fiction writer, Texas-born, Charles Williams (The Hot Spot) published...
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Digging Deep within Oneself for That Dead CalmReview created: 08/08/05
by: metalluk -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Intense psychological challenges; realistic psychological underpinnings; great performances; Kidman's debut; good cinematography and sound
Intense psychological challenges; realistic psychological underpinnings; great performances; Kidman's debut; good cinematography and sound
Cons:
Some predictable plot developments
Some predictable plot developments
Dead Calm (1989) is a classic psychological thriller. It was also the film that introduced Nicole Kidman to the world at large. Kidman is my favorite actress among those currently in their prime. There are some actresses from other eras that I would choose over her, but none currently. That aside, it is clear to me, after reading 15-20 reviews of this film, that I value this film more than do most other reviewers. I've been trying to understand why that is and have reached the conclusion that I'm responding mainly to the psychological aspect of this film, whereas most other viewers appear to..
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While it's certainly predictable, it still manages to pack a considerable punch.Review created: 04/30/02
by: alan-smithee -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Solid performances. Taut editing and direction. Gorgeous cinematography. Nicole Kidman nudity.
Solid performances. Taut editing and direction. Gorgeous cinematography. Nicole Kidman nudity.
Cons:
Plot is too obvious from the outset. Finale was a bit too over-the-top.
Plot is too obvious from the outset. Finale was a bit too over-the-top.
The 1989 film Dead Calm exists now as sort of a forgotten footnote in the careers of Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. Sam Neil had already established himself to a certain extent by this movie but the other 2 stars were still relative unknowns at the time. Dead Calm is a psychological thriller that boasts a simplistic plot that is extremely obvious from the outset. Rae (Nicole Kidman) and John (Sam Neill) Ingram are a married couple who are recovering from a devastating car wreck that killed their only son and shook both of them up considerably, especially Rae. They decide to take a vacation on..
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I can't wait to see Nicole's bareReview created: 07/26/00
by: glake -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Kidman & Neill use their native Aussie accents! Plus Nicole's....
Kidman & Neill use their native Aussie accents! Plus Nicole's....
Cons:
more far fetched than a muppet movie.
more far fetched than a muppet movie.
well, everything ! I mean, I WON'T wait to see it. I couldn't bare (pun intended) to sit through the film again just for a glimpse of Nicole Kidman in the buff. And if I'm not going to sit through it to see her, there is no other reason to see this film, so I guess it goes in the trash pile. This story, originally a novel Charles Williams, was good enough to get the attention of Orson Wells who filmed it but never completed it. His version has never been shown. It involves a couple who are on a long sailing trip, presumably they have chosen this trip as a method of getting over the tragic...
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