The Boat (2022) Review

The Boat (2022) Review

What begins as a luxurious getaway soon unravels into a harrowing fight for survival when three young couples find themselves stranded aboard a drifting yacht in the Mediterranean. With no fuel, food, or water, and all safety systems mysteriously disabled, they are pushed to their psychological limits by a sinister voice over the radio that manipulates their every move. As desperation mounts, dark truths from their pasts begin to surface — and no one on board will escape unscathed.

The Italian-language thriller stars Marco Bocci (Enrico), Diane Fleri (Elena), Filippo Nigro (Flavio), Marina Rocco (Claudia), Caterina Shulha (Martina), Alessandro Tiberi (Federico), and Eduardo Valdarnini (Emilio). Produced by Marco Belardi for Lotus Production, The Boat adds to Breaking Glass Pictures’ growing slate of standout international genre films.

Directed by Alessio Liguori (IN THE TRAP) and written by Gianluca Ansanelli, Nicola Salerno, and Ciro Zecca, THE BOAT aims to be an unsettling voyage into fear, paranoia, and buried secrets and for the most part it succeeds. There is nothing new here plot wise however it is briskly paced, and the storyline has enough twists and turns to ensure that you are never less than entertained.

My only quibble is that instead of increasing the tension right up to the finale, THE BOAT drops the ball around the midway point by revealing what the motivation behind the unexpected turn of events is. It does not heighten the tension but instead dissipate it and it did not help that the perpetrator is hard to like and therefore sympathise with.

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