A young backpacker gets into some trouble in Africa and stows away on a cargo ship heading to Europe.
Acting
Peter Mullan devours scenery as the terrifying ship's captain.
Direction
Gordon squeezes every ounce of dread from cramped ship corridors.
Cinematography
The endless ocean becomes its own suffocating character.
Director
Clive Gordon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on a decommissioned cargo vessel in the Mediterranean; cast and crew lived onboard for weeks. The claustrophobia is absolutely real.
This bombed so hard it's practically a ghost film, yet it quietly predicted the 2010s wave of European migration thrillers like 'Mediterranea.' Sometimes obscurity is just bad timing.
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