Dead Calm (1989)

Dead Calm (1989). Take an ocean voyage of full-masted fright with Dead Calm, “a spare, smart, seductive piece of moviemaking with enough tension to keep us all hyperventilating for hours” (Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times). Thriller specialist Philip Noyce (Patriot Games, The Saint) diredcts three splendid actors – Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane – in riveting performances. Joe and Rae Ingham (Neill and Kidman) do the right thing and rescue the half-delirious sole survivor (Zane) of a crippled schooner. But soon the stranger will plunge the unwary pair into an intense battle of cat and mouse. And life or death.

Directed by Phillip Noyce
Produced by Terry Hayes, George Miller, Doug Mitchell
Screenplay by Terry Hayes
Based on Dead Calm by Charles Williams
Starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane