Sea of Fear (2006)

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The college athlete Lance (Burgess Jenkins) and his friend Tom (Kieren Hutchison) meet Tom's girlfriend Kate (Katherine Bailess) and her friend Ashley (Caroline Walker) in a marina to travel in a rented boat in a leisure trip. The Captain (Edward Albert) brings his navigator and first mate Joel (Adam Mayfield) and another unexpected passenger, Derek (Christopher Showerman), in the trip. Sooner the boat is stranded and one by one is murdered on board. Who is the killer?The awful "Sea of Fear" is a boring film and I regret that I had spent my time watching this despite the warnings in IMDb. Why didn't I believe in IMDb rating and reviews? My vote is two.Title (Brazil): "Mar do Medo" ("Sea of the Fear")

I love film, even bad film, but this one was just too filled with technical mistakes, bad dialogue and, for a movie about a sailboat, contained more sailboat related inaccuracies than Wiley Coyote has relative to physics. There was one scene, in particular, where someone wrapped a line around a self tailing winch, in a way that would have jammed and taken a long time to fix.Other major problems, a 50 foot boat is just too small for 7 people, let alone, an official captain and navigator. Captains of boat under 100 feet do not normally bark orders like "everyone on deck", and never have their own navigator. I am not sure where this is all supposed to have taken place, but the tropical fish that they showed could be found in an aquarium, or in India or Australia. They showed giant kelp beds, like you would find in California, and then stock footage of fish that could not be found anywhere near California.Had the plot been interesting, maybe I would not have focused in on these details, but I can tell you that this master director/producer/writer must have very little experience with sailboats. Cute girls, nice boat, and lots of pretty backdrops, but crazy inane dialogue and a plot as thin as consume'.I normally like to recommend bad movies, this one I cannot.

The film has some really beautifully shot scenes and the young actors show a great deal of potential. The script does have some weak spots, but the actors give it their best shot and it's fun to see it now and be able to "remember when" later when they really hit their strides. Edward Albert is a true pro - a cross between Captain Ahab and Captain Kirk and he brings a sense of campy fun to the movie.The story is a real "...and then there were none" mystery. Who's going to die next - and how? Who's the killer? It has a twist at the end that leaves you wondering whether or not you should smile.Don't be put off by the surface - this movie has more than it appears to! Remember, like the tag says: "Terror Runs Deep"

Sea of Fear has some things going for it. The camera work wasn't too bad and the lighting was better than expected. The acting was pretty raw, perhaps in a few more years the young cast will ripen. A pay check for Edward Albert as he had a relatively small role. The story is about a group of young people that pay an old captain that take a boat trip to party and have some fun. They tell some spooky stories, drink a few beers, down some rum, and then start dying off. Sort of a twisted ending, but not unlike some other films of the recent past. It's worth a watch, but keep the remote handy so you can FF past some of the languishing melodramatic dialog.