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A couple of friends go on a diving trip in a small boat but
when they find a man floating around in the middle of the
ocean, their vacation just turned into a nightmare. They
accidentally blow up their boat and spend several hours floating
around in the water until they are finally rescued by a big
ship. What they don't know is that the ship is owned by five
brutal serial killers...
I remember seeing the trailer for this on the internet a while
back, and as the trailer made this look like a slasher flick on
a ship, I instantly wanted to check it out. When I finally
received it on DVD, I can't even begin to describe how thrilled
I was. I mean, I thought that I was finally going to see a new
brilliant slasher flick. Well I was wrong. Deadly Cargo isn't
really a slasher flick as much as it is an action drama, and
not a very good one at that either. I don't really know what
they were trying to do with this flick as the story is weak
and the suspense and horror is absent, yet they still marketed
it as a horror flick.
The story basically involves a couple of friends who find
themselves running for their lives on a big ship when five
men decide that it's time for them to die. However scary this
may sound, I assure you that it's not really a horror flick.
The five men aren't exactly what I would call psychotic serial
killers. I mean, they're really just a bunch of old men who
want their ship for themselves. The characters are as weak as
the actors playing them and in the end, you really don't care
whether these friends get off the boat or not.
As usual with Filmax productions, the directing is very nice
with creepy angles and slick camerawork. However, the
photography could have been a whole lot better as there is a
constant lack of light sources and strong contrasts. The movie
would definitely have looked a whole lot better with more
vibrant colours as it feels too raw for its own good. They
could have done so much with this story but at the end of the
day, this turned out to be a predictable and dull action drama
with a very uninteresting story.
If you think that it'll be worth the while at the end of the
movie, you're dead wrong. The movie itself is great compared
to the lousy ending. So if you think that this is going to be
a killer slasher flick, you're mistaking. No masked killer,
no suspense, and perhaps worst of all, no gore! The few murders
that actually occur in the movie are very bloodless, this is
probably going to be rated PG-13 so don't bother with this one.
Nothing!
Highly unimpressive score which tries in vain to create some
kind of atmosphere with its slick violin music. Well, if you
can't make a good movie, why even bother trying to make a good
soundtrack for it?
Very disappointing movie which is more of a drama thriller
than a slasher flick. There is no gore, no cool killer and
no suspense at all. This movie is definitely not worth the
while so don't get tricked by the awesome trailer like I did,
the movie is nothing like the trailer.
Review By: AnthroFred
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