a film that soaks up every ounce of tension and uses it to the fullest.

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2008)

A classic Hitchcock movie, this film soaks up every ounce of tension and uses it to the fullest. It starts with the sinking of a ship in the Atlantic Ocean during a U-Boat attack in WWII. A lifeboat floats amidst the debris of the sunken ship, and a woman sits calmly smoking and recording the scene with a camera. From there, she is joined by 7 others, including a German from the boat that had just attacked them. What follows is a tense story of survival and betrayal that keeps everyone guessing. You wonder if this group is not doomed to curse the seven seas like the Flying Dutchman. You might not expect a movie that takes place in such a claustrophobic setting to work so well, but as Hitchcock showed in Rear Window (and Rope, and any number of others) it can be done, and quite well. You would expect nothing less from the master! Required viewing!