A pretty well done action film, but gets awkwardly drawn out toward the end.

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2000)

The sets and costumes for this movie were good, other than that it was OK but really drawn out and at least 45 minutes too long to keep from being tedious. The characters have the beginnings of something. The girl is a trapped feminist character, but I got the idea that her character was more to be politically correct. As for the conflict between classes as the passengers struggle to get positions on life rafts leaving the sinking ship, this is set up as a little too black and white. This is all acceptable for a simple action film, which tend to have cardboard characters to a certain extent.
The film is a pretty good little perils of pauline serialized style action film. The acting is pretty good. The dialogue is OK. The main flaw is that it went on to long and played itself out. I got extremely bored at the point when RoseÕs future husband decides to chase Jack and Rose into the boat with a gun. WhatÕs the point? The audience already knows that heÕs a bad guy. After this many of the scenes get repeated. Third class passengers beat at the doors to the deck as the water rises - again. Jack has to swim underwater and get the keys - again. The repeat action sequences only stop once the ship actually sinks. I think that had it not been for this extra 45 minutes I would have liked the film. If you are watching this on video and it bothers you then my advice is to fast forward.
I donÕt recommend this film. Other than the pretty sets and packaging its a typical explosions film. Except, here when the man puts his arm around the woman to protect her as they run down the hallway with a fireball of a violent explosion, they arenÕt running from a fire ball, instead they are running from a big burst of water.