Hack Aussie director Philip Noyce - recently responsible for The Bone Collector - created a competent thriller in this tale of a couple, Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman, terrorised by a castaway they pick up on their yacht. Any attempts to give them a back story and to inject real pathos, fail. That aside, the beautiful sea-borne photography and eerie score make it effective on the first viewing.
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