Product: Triangle (2009)
Rating: 4.0
More Circular than Triangular
This is a good thriller, with Melissa George turning in an intelligent, haunted performance.At several points it seems as if it is going to reprise some other well-known movies that involve terror at sea. As the friends set out in their yacht for a pleasant, unsuspecting day - a strange storm cloud overtakes them, suggesting the transformation that created "The Incredible Shrinking Man." Later, as they board the seemingly deserted, antique ocean liner, we think of movies such as "Outward Bound" with its cast doomed to sail in limbo. Then when we realize that the ship might not be deserted enough, that there might be a homicidal maniac aboard - we think of movies such as the Billy Zane/Nicole Kidman thriller "Dead Calm."However the movie doesn't follow closely in the wake of any of these movies. It sets off into uncharted territory of its own. Although some of the assaults seem a little too repetitious, the atmospherics aboard the liner are likely to hold you in suspense.But this isn't a movie for those who demand pat answers. However I suggest you check out the brief bonus materials on the DVD. There's no Director's Commentary, but there is a short series of interviews with some of the stars and other people involved in the making of "Triangle." In the very last comment elicited in this series, the star suggests an interesting way to interpret some of the plot elements here. She might have hit on something. The film certainly leaves you with something to think about.