Dead Calm
Rae Ingram and her husband, John, struggle to overcome the sudden death of their young son. In an attempt to move past their loss, the couple take their yacht out for an extended vacation trip. But the trip turns worse and worse when a mass murderer kidnaps and seduces Rae after leaving John to die on the vessel whose crew he has just slaughtered.
1968, Australia
1942, Hereford, England, UK
1947, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
14 September 1947, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
24 February 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 June 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
October 08, 2005
One of the better yuppies-in-jeopardy thrillers of the late '80s and early '90s.
April 03, 2004
Great thriller with two excellent actors!
December 30, 2003
Edgy cinematography keeps the tension coming like waves.
March 03, 2006
One of the best thrillers of our time....it'll leave your gasping for air
January 01, 2000
For much of the movie, you're enthralled. By the end, you're laughing. This is not good.
March 24, 2014
A remarkable breakout for Nicole Kidman, who gives this feminist thriller everything it deserves, and more.
January 01, 2000
[Noyce is] a masterful manipulator, but eventually there is no more wind in these sails, not even enough to riffle a jib, as the story and Rae's character wear thin.
January 26, 2006
A classic piece of pared-down genre film-making is lent extra depth by an emotional subtext stressing Kidman's transition from dependent wife to resourceful individual.
December 05, 2005
Fun, scary and suspensful from start to finish.
May 20, 2003
"Dead Calm" ... becomes disturbing for all the wrong reasons.
January 01, 2000
This is not a gimmick film ... and Kidman and Zane do generate real, palpable hatred in their scenes together.
October 18, 2008
Though not always entirely credible, Dead Calm is a nail-biting suspense pic [from the novel by Charles Williams] handsomely produced and inventively directed.
