Ghost Voyage (2008) (TV)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

James Oxford

Writers:

Glenn R. Bloom (writer)
Rob Mecarini (written by)

Release Date:

26 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

A group of passengers plot their escape off a haunted ship to hell. |

Cast

Antonio Sabato Jr.	...	Michael
Deanna Russo	...	Serena
Nicholas Irons	...	Nicholai
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	The Steward
P.J. Marino	...	Raymond
James Patric Moran	...	Ronnie
Julian Berlin	...	Jessica
Adrian Neil	...	Simon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Georgi Chapkunov	...	Serena's Father
Tanya Kozhuharova	...	Junkie Ghost (as Tanya Kojuharova)
Vladimir Mihailov	...	Luis
Hristo Mitzkov	...	Andrew (as Hristo Mitskov)
Zhasmina Toskova	...	Seductress Ghost (as Jasmina Toshkova)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Unified Film Organization (UFO)

Quotes:

Raymond: Go to hell.
Ronnie: I think that's where we're going.

Movie Connections:

References Jaws (1975)

One too many chances.

Another boringly humdrum straight-to-TV horror enterprise that sinks real fast in its uninteresting, rancid story. Three times it took me to eventually get through it. I simply had trouble staying awake. From the get-go everything about it is shallow (superficial characters and abysmal dialogues) with every cliché from the handbook being unashamedly used in a sleep-inducing manner. The material is lame, as there's little in the way of mystery (not much really going on) and the twist is predictably weak. It's like a rejected idea of a 'Twilight Zone' episode. The further along the mechanical story goes and eventually unfolds (remember to follow the rules and there's always a chance to re-correct your past mistakes in some other form… blah, blah) reveals how unintentionally humorous, inconsistent and mind-numbing it is. Talk about an aggravatingly languid boat trip experience. Special effects are dodgy with many clunky moments, but nothing extremely terrible and quite the usual low-budget standard you see in these presentations. So the shocks, well the supposed attempts were completely off and incredibly dull. So were the death scenes. Direction is drab, while the pacing drags and the setting never convinces. Performances are bottom of the barrel. Quite bland, forgettable and disposable. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa appears in a nothing role. Antonio Sabato Jr. makes for a lacking lead performance, so does his opposite the lovely, but empty Deanna Russo. In all, just crumby.