Movie Review: Ghost Ship
March 22, 2008 – 2:06 pm
Ghost Ship is the most recent movie I have watched. It is a fiction story about a Italian luxuary liner ship “Antonia Graza”. Such situations can be creepy and can induce fear rather than loud attemps by Indian horror movies to scare the viewers. A long lost ship suddenly appearing out of nothing in a dark night in the middle of an ocean.
All the passengers of the ship had been murdered except a small girl, who perhaps died out of starvation. When the crew of the “Artic Warrior” boarded the ghost ship to explore it, they found it is not that desolate but inhabited by dead souls. One thing is little confusing how come one of the crew member of the “Artic Warrior” is also ghost and started the journey with them.
It is a good movie to which one should be able to relate. Some of the surprising effects have been brought out very nicely. Like, when MR. Murphy was trying to have a peg etc. Good hallucination effects to made Geer believe the ballroom is all alive. Meanwhile, they struck biscuits of gold and all members except Murphy wanted to get away with the gold. But that was not to be, their salvage boat was ripped apart by an explosion. One can notice the little girl trying to warn them - she seems to be a good soul. At the end only the women member remains alive. She was floating clinching to a wooden box untill a ship found her. This is because she blasted the ship which released all the souls. When she was taken out from the ship in a trolley, she again saw the crew member who was actually a ghost. Howcome he was there?
Built in 1954, the majestic ocean liner Antonia Graza was the pride of the Italian Line. A vision of modern, sleek sophistication, the ship was nothing less than a work of art. Amenities provided for her passengers ensured that they would enjoy unrivaled luxury during their stay at sea; when guests were not unwinding in their spacious staterooms, they could socialize in one of the stylish lounges, enjoy sports and relaxation atop the liner’s broad decks, or take a refreshing dip in the stately swimming pool. The centerpiece of the Antonia Graza was its opulent grand ballroom, where couples would dance the night away to the romantic strains of a live orchestra. Chefs labored night and day in the galley preparing superb Italian cuisine to be served in the ship’s elegant dining room, and attentive crewmembers were always available, eager to provide their guests with anything they should desire. It was truly the journey of a lifetime.
But when the Antonia Graza set sail for America in the spring of 1962, her passengers were blissfully unaware of the unspeakable evil that would soon befall them, sealing their fates and ensuring that this journey would be their last…
The salvage crew aboard the tugboat Arctic Warrior is the best in the business. Under the leadership of Captain Sean Murphy (GABRIEL BYRNE), and with the expertise of salvage team leader Maureen Epps (JULIANNA MARGULIES), First Mate Greer (ISAIAH WASHINGTON) and technicians Dodge (RON ELDARD), Munder (KARL URBAN) and Santos (ALEX DIMITRIADES), they can locate any abandoned vessel, patch her up ‘till she’s seaworthy and drag her back to shore…for a price.
When Canadian Air Force pilot Jack Ferriman (DESMOND HARRINGTON) recruits the team to investigate a mysterious vessel he has spotted floating adrift off the coast of Alaska in a remote region of the Bering Sea, they discover the remains of the fabled Antonia Graza, thought lost at sea for more than 40 years. It’s a hell of a find – the salvage rights alone could be worth a fortune. And by the law of the sea, any vessel discovered on international waters can be claimed by whomever is fortunate enough to find her and skilled enough to haul her back to port.
But once onboard the eerie, cavernous ship, the crew of the Arctic Warrior discovers that the decaying vessel is anything but deserted. It’s home to something more deadly and horrific than anything they’ve encountered in all their years at sea.
Now the crew must uncover the truth about the ship’s past and unlock the mystery that threatens their very survival.
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