The story of a group of twenty-somethings who charter a boat to Fiji for the trip of a lifetime, before stumbling upon an evil that demands vengeance at any cost.The story of a group of twenty-somethings who charter a boat to Fiji for the trip of a lifetime, before stumbling upon an evil that demands vengeance at any cost.The story of a group of twenty-somethings who charter a boat to Fiji for the trip of a lifetime, before stumbling upon an evil that demands vengeance at any cost.
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- TriviaDavis' back tattoo shows a snake, that bites itself, in the figure of an eight. It's the symbol for eternity and immortality.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Seamstress (2009)
- SoundtracksHome Again
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Had potential, but ultimately failed
Going out on a trip together, a group of friends takes a multi-day cruise from New Zealand where they learn they are the target of the Ferryman, a vicious supernatural killer collecting souls for the afterlife, and must resort to a never-ending series of tactics to outwit the body-hopping killer.
This here was a potentially interesting affair, as there was some good stuff here. One of the film's best features is the setup of the killer and his rules, which are quite new and original and really have something going for it. With the rules following along closely to the real-life persona it's based on, namely the reaping of souls for the underworld, gives it a nice touch that really makes it seem that much more like a legitimately imposing force. That there are also rules that go along with how to get possessed to what happens during that time and how to get rid of the force within works here by adding a really interesting twist on the slasher-among-a-group-of-friends that really scores well. The other likable feature here is that the setup also ends up giving the film some nice momentum at the end when it's revealed what's going on. After initially starting off as being obvious behavior differences no one else catches onto, the gradual reveal of the possession and body-hopping allows those scenes, which start off as backstory revelations but turn into big brawls, to be even more entertaining and exciting putting in a touch of energy missing from the rest of the film as well. The last plus here is the fact that the kills aren't that bad and quite bloody, which is a big plus. There are several beaten up and viciously bruised, an eyeball bludgeoned out, a beer bottle bashed against the head, a slit throat, and another is set on fire. These here are all that work right for this one. There were a couple of rather big flaws in this one. One of the main ones is that the film is just so utterly boring that it's quite impossible to make it through most of the beginning of the film. As it sets up the characters and their relationships with each other, it doesn't really start getting to business until an hour in, which is a criminal mistake that really takes its toll on the film. It sets up almost nothing as it's just random scenes of people acting mysteriously around each other and then everyone else trying to figure out what's going on, but none of this is done with any care towards making it interesting. They just go around talking about anything and everything, which is quite boring and makes for a dull time. This isn't helped by the fact that there's just a high level of confusion around the film, as hardly any of it makes any sense at all. There's very little reason given as to why the killer is going after any of the people here as it was given that there was a target which makes this all-around confusing. The scenes among the group earlier when trying to figure everything out are just as bad as they manage to just spout off anything that sounds logical and not really piecing anything together coherently, adding to the dullness and boredom that permeate the film. It's almost over before we get any kind of idea of what the official killer is, an explanation about it, or why it's important to the film, all of which come a little too late to be of much help and never really comes of anything. These here are the film's problems.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, and animal violence.
This here was a potentially interesting affair, as there was some good stuff here. One of the film's best features is the setup of the killer and his rules, which are quite new and original and really have something going for it. With the rules following along closely to the real-life persona it's based on, namely the reaping of souls for the underworld, gives it a nice touch that really makes it seem that much more like a legitimately imposing force. That there are also rules that go along with how to get possessed to what happens during that time and how to get rid of the force within works here by adding a really interesting twist on the slasher-among-a-group-of-friends that really scores well. The other likable feature here is that the setup also ends up giving the film some nice momentum at the end when it's revealed what's going on. After initially starting off as being obvious behavior differences no one else catches onto, the gradual reveal of the possession and body-hopping allows those scenes, which start off as backstory revelations but turn into big brawls, to be even more entertaining and exciting putting in a touch of energy missing from the rest of the film as well. The last plus here is the fact that the kills aren't that bad and quite bloody, which is a big plus. There are several beaten up and viciously bruised, an eyeball bludgeoned out, a beer bottle bashed against the head, a slit throat, and another is set on fire. These here are all that work right for this one. There were a couple of rather big flaws in this one. One of the main ones is that the film is just so utterly boring that it's quite impossible to make it through most of the beginning of the film. As it sets up the characters and their relationships with each other, it doesn't really start getting to business until an hour in, which is a criminal mistake that really takes its toll on the film. It sets up almost nothing as it's just random scenes of people acting mysteriously around each other and then everyone else trying to figure out what's going on, but none of this is done with any care towards making it interesting. They just go around talking about anything and everything, which is quite boring and makes for a dull time. This isn't helped by the fact that there's just a high level of confusion around the film, as hardly any of it makes any sense at all. There's very little reason given as to why the killer is going after any of the people here as it was given that there was a target which makes this all-around confusing. The scenes among the group earlier when trying to figure everything out are just as bad as they manage to just spout off anything that sounds logical and not really piecing anything together coherently, adding to the dullness and boredom that permeate the film. It's almost over before we get any kind of idea of what the official killer is, an explanation about it, or why it's important to the film, all of which come a little too late to be of much help and never really comes of anything. These here are the film's problems.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, and animal violence.
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- Budget
- NZ$7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $228,695
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
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