Dead Calm (1988) 23:00-01:05 Mon 17th Aug 2020 110m 5*
Filmed around the Great Barrier Reef, the plot focuses on a married couple, who, after the tragic loss of their son, are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
Starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Produced by Terry Hayes-George Miller-Doug Mitchell
Masterfully directed by Phillip Noyce, this violent, psychological thriller helped launch Kidman's film career.
IIRC, this was one of the first movies I watched on Sky satellite TV, probably about 1991. I was drawn by the "star" casting of Sam Neill, one of my favourite actors, in a three-handed yacht drama but was suitably impressed, in the watching, by "Ginger" Kidman and "Mad" Billy Zane.
I loved the yacht and the ocean photography, too, which was a good thing because the plot was thin and the action contrived. "Dead Calm" remains a favourite of mine despite its' faults .....