Dead Calm

At the end of the film, the suds from the shampoo in Rae's hair disappear.

During the first part of the sex scene Hughie rips off Rae's shorts and underwear.

When she slips on a robe to go run up on deck and get the shotgun, she is wearing a white thong underneath her robe.

In the scene where Rae is loading the shotgun, you can see the primers of the shotgun shells that have already been fired.

When Rae tells Hughie to get the canopy down, he shuts the door and we see Rae through a mirror while she gets the shotgun; the camera is briefly visible in the mirror before quickly moving out of sight.

When John is trapped in the sinking boat and has to resort to using the pipe to breathe, it's clearly visible that there is no air at all in the room he's in.

When he notices a fish got into the room, you can see air pockets in the ceiling.

On several occasions, namely when John is pounding on the hatch after he runs out of air when trapped inside the ship, and when he swims out, we can see water running out of the ship above the water line.

This couldn't happen if unless water was being pumped into the ship, or it was being hoisted out of the water, which we know it wasn't.

When Rae is at the helm of the boat after she had tied Hughie up she is wearing make up in the shot before she was not.

As the scenes changes between John drowning and her steering she gradually has more make up.

Before Rae and Hughie move on the floor to have sex Rae and Hughie are fully clothed.

When they drop onto the floor Hughie is naked while Rae is only partially dressed.

In the final scene, Jon fires a flare through the sail, creating a hole.

In the next shot, no hole is visible in the sail.

When Rae pulls John aboard, it is dark, yet the side of the yacht is brightly lit.

In many ways this has a foundation to a perfect thriller. The two main characters are sensible and intelligent people who just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

I always include this cinematic landfill on the list of my top 10 horrible movies I've had to endure. Finding this turd thrilling is equal to believing Adam Sandler movies are actually funny.

Every now and then a film faces you with one of those unanswerable questions. Like "What would you do if you found yourself in a head-to-head with someone who had never subscribed to society's normal rules of interacting with other people?

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.

This movie simply said is an astounding thriller, not only is it wonderfully directed but wonderfully acted as well. Nicole Kidman is brilliant in her role as a woman with everything to lose and nothing to spare or to give.

This movie makes me wonder on how movies should be rated.. In terms of achieving its goal of being an intense, enjoyable thriller I have to admit that his movie gets 10/10.

The dog died in a terrible manner.I cannot stand animals getting killed.

I don't regret seeing this. The 3 main characters will star in blockbuster movies after this so thumbs up for bringing together this cast.

Philip Noyce directed this sea thriller that stars Sam Neil & Nicole Kidman as John & Rae Ingram, an Australian couple who are vacationing on their yacht after a personal tragedy, only to come upon another as they find a lone survivor(played by Billy Zane) who tells them how their boat had an accident and sank, but when John goes over to that ship, he discovers a different reason, but by then, the survivor(named Hughie) has taken Rae hostage, and proves to be a delusional psychotic, leaving John behind, and forcing poor John & Rae to come up with a way out of this mess... Fine cast and innovative direction are undermined by unconvincing story that falls into the usual genre clichés, especially at the end.