Review - Ghost Ship

Ghost Ship really started off with a bang, it continued through its midsection with a whir, but by the ending it just sort of fizzled . . .

We meet the six man crew of the Arctic Warrior as they are coming into port after a rather extensive journey out. They are all ready to go home, spend some time with their loved ones and get some rest and relaxation. That is until they meet up with Jack Ferriman (Desmond Harrington) who seems hell bent on getting them to team up with him to pull into port one of the most saught after missing Italian luxury ocean liners - the Antonia Graza.

After a while the crew - consisting of Captain Sean Murphy (Gabriel Byrne), Maureen Epps (Julianna Margulies), Dodge (Ron Eldard), Greer (Isaiah Washington), Santos (Alex Dimitriades) and Munder (Karl Urban) - all take the bait and agree to go out with the strange Ferriman and tow his find to shore. But the job might be just a little more than they bargained for. After the discovery of a huge sum of gold on the ship, unfortunate incidents begin to befall each of the crew and they find that someone is not at all who they represented themselves to be.

This film begins with one of the best surprise multi-death scenes I have ever seen. But in the beginning, you don't really know what it is you are witnessing. After Epps starts seeing little Katie Hargrove (Emily Browning) appear around the ship, you start to get a clearer picture of what is really going on aboard this Ghost Ship.

Ghost Ship really seemed to want to make some sort of statement about greed and what it does to people. Maybe that greed is evil and when you want too much, then your very soul is open to the elements of all that is bad and wrong with the world. Okay, maybe I am trying to be a little too deep!

Fizzling ending aside, watching this film was a very fun ride. The character development was really rather good. I enjoyed the feeling that the music added into the flashback scenes with Katie. I really felt for her(Katie) and Epps especially. As I stated before, the beginning multi-kill scene was extraordinary but it took on a whole new meaning when you got the final explanation for it. The other kill scenes in the film were also very well done - very different and enjoyable.

In conclusion the beginning and middle of the film when averaged together were pretty good - the ending was sort of bad. So on a whole the movie was good. A definite watcher!

Ghost Ship Movie Cast and Credits

Directed by
Steve Beck

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Hanlon (story)


Mark Hanlon (screenplay) and
John Pogue (screenplay)


Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Gabriel Byrne .... Captain Sean Murphy
Julianna Margulies .... Maureen Epps
Ron Eldard .... Dodge
Desmond Harrington .... Jack Ferriman
Isaiah Washington .... Greer
Alex Dimitriades .... Santos
Karl Urban .... Munder
Emily Browning .... Katie Hargrove
Francesca Rettondini .... Francesca
Boris Brkic .... Chief Steward
Bob Ruggiero .... Captain (as Robert Ruggiero)
Iain Gardiner .... Purser
Adam Bieshaar .... First Officer
Cameron Watt .... Second Officer
Jamie Giddens .... Friendly Officer