The cinematography is very good. The acting is good. The soundtrack works well, yet none of that can compensate for boring,ponderous direction and a shallow story.
Every scene in this is stretched to exasperating length. The 'obvious' thing to do or say is evade for dramatic effect which makes the whole film too contrived to take seriously, yet it is also devoid of any humour.
The opening moments give the viewer a lot of warning of what is to come.
A storm is raging and the crew on a the oil rig/military base is fishing. There are no security railings , nor do any of the crew wear safety harnesses .
They crew have been on the rig for over two years , yet the experienced mechanic gets his hand trapped behind some water pipes while trying to fix them.
A heavy metal hook from a crane is not secured and circling around the deck, just missing one of the crews head.
A massive wave is seen heading towards them, they take no evasive action and just stare at it...
The filmworld convolutions continue as soon as this threat passes- this story is set a few decades in the future yet Radio transmissions are archived on tape which would have oxidised and be useless.
Then we get the first conversational interaction , a unreasonable tantrum and lots of whispered dialogue that is impossible to hear clearly unless you turn the volume up , then back down as soon as the conversation ends.
I'm not sure what the point of the film is. Its premise is a simple minded, fear mongering climate change fantasy, where water levels have risen until most of the planet is submerged and two opposing fractions remain.
Maybe this would have been a decent film if it was a 40minute TV thing, but at 2 hours its a endurance test to get get through, and then doesn't really provide any entertainment , or later food for thought.
Every scene in this is stretched to exasperating length. The 'obvious' thing to do or say is evade for dramatic effect which makes the whole film too contrived to take seriously, yet it is also devoid of any humour.
The opening moments give the viewer a lot of warning of what is to come.
A storm is raging and the crew on a the oil rig/military base is fishing. There are no security railings , nor do any of the crew wear safety harnesses .
They crew have been on the rig for over two years , yet the experienced mechanic gets his hand trapped behind some water pipes while trying to fix them.
A heavy metal hook from a crane is not secured and circling around the deck, just missing one of the crews head.
A massive wave is seen heading towards them, they take no evasive action and just stare at it...
The filmworld convolutions continue as soon as this threat passes- this story is set a few decades in the future yet Radio transmissions are archived on tape which would have oxidised and be useless.
Then we get the first conversational interaction , a unreasonable tantrum and lots of whispered dialogue that is impossible to hear clearly unless you turn the volume up , then back down as soon as the conversation ends.
I'm not sure what the point of the film is. Its premise is a simple minded, fear mongering climate change fantasy, where water levels have risen until most of the planet is submerged and two opposing fractions remain.
Maybe this would have been a decent film if it was a 40minute TV thing, but at 2 hours its a endurance test to get get through, and then doesn't really provide any entertainment , or later food for thought.