After the Storm (2001) (TV)

Director:

Guy Ferland

Writers (WGA):

Ernest Hemingway (story)
A.E. Hotchner (teleplay)

Release Date:

8 July 2003 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Action

Tagline:

A tale of human nature rising to the surface.

Plot:

When a luxury yacht goes down in a violent storm the race is on to salvage the bounty at any cost, causing two couples to commit the ultimate betrayal. |

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Fisherman | Treasure | Underwater | Gigolo

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Benjamin Bratt	...	Arno
Armand Assante	...	Jean-Pierre
Mili Avital	...	Conquina
Simone-Elise Girard	...	Janine
Stephen Lang	...	Sergeant Major Jim
Nestor Serrano	...	Ortega
Arthur J. Nascarella	...	Louie Gavotte
Jennifer Beals	...	Mrs. Gavotte
Gustave Johnson	...	Orthwell
Barbara Andres	...	Grandma Driscoll
Bob Walton	...	Willie
Steven Petrarca	...	Thomas
Bernard Graham	...	Delivery Man
Javier Canul	...	Jaunito
Herbert Franzier	...	Merimac

MPAA:

Rated R for brief nudity.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | Germany:12 | UK:12 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Ambergris Caye, Belize

what can i say, a b-movie

...and an incredibly bad one, as well. i've never read hemingway, so i don't know weather this is faithful or whatever, but i couldn't get on the mood.

benjamin bratt bouncing around as the macho 'hero' is ridiculously poor.

this man shouldn't be allowed to pretend being an actor. you live in denial, benji! armand assante and simone-elise girard do a better job, but there was nothing they could've done to save this miserable excuse for a movie. and, realistically, they are also quite mediocre actors, they just seem fine in this one considering the level of competition.

the director tries to be all clever twisting and turning the events and trying to create a paranoid feel, but hey, when you can't do it, you just can't! the plot in it's childisness and predictability is so stupid it's not even funny. i suggest considering going back to your day job. (i had a hard time not to curse here)

the studio must be happy to see the crew spend all the money having a nice little holiday somewhere in caribia, as the only thing i saw money spent on was the camera filter that made the movie look more expensive than it actually was. the jazzy music is annoying and unfitting, aand naturally the dialogue is on a 'me tarzan, you jane'-level.

if you, after wathing 'after the storm' and 'wild things' still say mamet's movies suck i can't help you. you need serious treatment.

1/10