The Perfect Storm (2000) 6/10

Starring : George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C Reilly, Diane Lane, William Fichtner
Director : Wolfgang Petersen
Running Time : 129 mins

A fishing boat, out working in the North Atlantic, finds itself faced with a particularly intense storm. The crew, lead by Captain Billy Tyne (Clooney), are faced with a life or death decision : should they wait out the storm and risk their catch going bad, or head home through the stormy weather. Ignoring severe weather warnings, they find themselves fighting for their lives as the increasingly bad weather conspires to destroy their vessel.

Unlike some disaster movies, such as the recent remake of Poseidon, this movie actually handles the idea of foreshadowing the disaster with expert ease. The characters are fleshed out and given personalities, which helps when faced with the inevitable deaths, and the effects are spectacular, but the movie ran a little too long for my liking, and it did start to get tedious towards the end.

You’ll like this if you liked : Poseidon