I must say this is one of the best maritime disaster films I've seen.
The film is about an aging cruise ship on an ocean voyage. A fire in her engine room sets in motion a disastrous series of events that puts the ship in ever increasing danger of sinking. The officers and crew do their best to keep the ship afloat while a desperate husband tries to rescue his wife who's been trapped in her cabin before the ship goes down.
The film is a story of people acting under pressure and about how people go out of their way to help others who they've never met before. What I liked about The Last Voyage was that it was quite a realistic film with minimal melodrama, tension that just kept on building until it just glued me to the screen and a good selection of characters.
One of the film's biggest assets was the fact that an actual ship was rented for use in this film and partially sunk. All the sets are actually on a real ship and this greatly added to the realism, something that even the best soundstages, CGI and miniatures can't beat.
A good watch.
The film is about an aging cruise ship on an ocean voyage. A fire in her engine room sets in motion a disastrous series of events that puts the ship in ever increasing danger of sinking. The officers and crew do their best to keep the ship afloat while a desperate husband tries to rescue his wife who's been trapped in her cabin before the ship goes down.
The film is a story of people acting under pressure and about how people go out of their way to help others who they've never met before. What I liked about The Last Voyage was that it was quite a realistic film with minimal melodrama, tension that just kept on building until it just glued me to the screen and a good selection of characters.
One of the film's biggest assets was the fact that an actual ship was rented for use in this film and partially sunk. All the sets are actually on a real ship and this greatly added to the realism, something that even the best soundstages, CGI and miniatures can't beat.
A good watch.
