Claustrophobic Epic

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2016)

There aren't many directors who would dare to take on a script like this. How do you manage to keep an audience interested for an hour and a half when all your characters are stuck on a small life boat, floating in the open sea, after a U-boat attack. The strength comes from a group of figures, each with his or her own agendas and secrets. There is also the fact that it is wartime. Danger lurks in the sea. Things get interesting when a German is brought on board. He has been treading water. What are the moral issues here? What point was Hitchcock trying to make? As each story unfolds, we are taken into the minds and motives of the boat members. See what happens. One of the most unique movies ever made.