Excellent but underrated film

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Director Chris Graham has created a gem in The Ferryman.Starring John Rhys-Davies who has also been in other classic flicks, Anaconda 3 2008, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 2003, Lord of the Rings: Two Towers 2002, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring 2001, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 and Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981.Also starring is Tamer Hasan who has also been in other classic flicks, Kick-Ass 2010, The Business 2005, The Football Factory 2004, Bonded by Blood 2010 and Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead 2009.It also stars Nig Heke who has been in other classic flicks, Once Were Warriors 1994 and The Matrix 1999.Also starring Kerry Fox who was also in the classic flick, Shallow Grave 1994.I enjoyed the violence.If you enjoyed this as much as I did then check out other classic boat flicks, Donkey Punch 2008, Poseidon 2006, Under Siege 1992, Open Water 2: Adrift 2006, Crimson Tide 1995, U-571 2000, Battleship 2012, Black Sea 2014, Extortion 2017 and The Last Voyage 1960.

In New Zealand, the couples Tate (Sally Stockwell) and Chris (Craig Hall) and Kathy (Amber Sainsbury) and Zane (Julian Arahanga) come to the yacht Dionysus to sail to Fiji Islands in a romantic trip. The skipper Big Dave (Tamer Hassan) and his girlfriend Suze (Kerry Fox) welcome the quartet with their beloved dog Rolex. On the second day, the Dionysus receives a distress signal in Morse code and Dave head to a mysterious fog to help the ship. They find a fishing boat adrift and Chris and Zane row a small boat to the vessel to avoid reefs. They find a crew member (John Rhys-Davies) near death and they bring him to Dionysus. Sooner they discover that the man is possessed of a demon and he uses a dagger to cheat death and switch bodies with his victims. "The Ferryman" is an underrated horror movie based on the legend of the Greek mythology of Charon or Kharon, the ferryman of Hades that carried the souls across the River Acheron to reach the world of the dead. His payment was a coin in or on the mouth of the dead person. In the introduction of "The Ferryman", there is a narration in off telling that "in ancient times there was the legend of the Ferryman. He took the dead to be judged into the afterlife and his prize was a coin in their mouth. If anyone tried to cheat death, they would also be cheating the Ferryman and they could never escape for the Ferryman would hunt them forever." The screenplay combines the foregoing legend with "Dead Calm" and "Fallen" and the result is a good gore film. In the end, I was surprised since I had the lowest expectations based on the IMDb Rating. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "A Vingança do Demônio" ("The Revenge of the Demon")

I've just got in from watching The Ferryman and felt I had to vent my frustration. This film had the potential to be excellent, I think, but it's badly let down by quite a few key points. Based on the mythic character of the Ferryman from Greek legend, who's only task was to carry people across from the land of the living to the land of the dead (was it the river Styx?), the premise was that someone who had 'died', and so was bound to 'cross over', had found a way to cheat death and stay on this side of 'the river'. He hadn't, in essence, paid the ferryman. So far so good, and a great set-up for a film - the character was essentially on the run from death and had been for hundreds (or was it thousands?) of years. He could've made a killing on property, either way. Anyway, the plot device to drive this story, though, was a dagger that allowed the bearer to 'switch' bodies, and thus stay one step ahead of the punting ghoul with the invoice of the title. This dagger had NO connection whatsoever, as far as I could see, to the Greek myth. Fair enough if you're expecting the audience to buy into one 'fantastical' concept, but TWO,totally unrelated ones? Is there a dagger that transfers souls in Greek mythology? I don't know of one... I'm prepared to be corrected though. And don't get me started on where that coin came from, either. Or the kid... That's not even my main gripe though. Here's where I think the film really let itself down: as the characters stab each other with the knife, and so transfer the evil soul from body to body (Wes Craven's Shocker?), some of these incidents occur off camera. Brilliant idea. So you don't really know which character is the baddie, right? Wrong. But it's still a brilliantly tense situation where the audience is thinking 'is she just cracking under the strain of seeing someone get stabbed/being trapped on a boat in the fog/not knowing what's going on?' or is she in fact the evil entity, right? WRONG again. The baddie is flagged up every single time cos there's a ruddy great tattoo that appears on their back when they're possessed. Nice one, Mr Director. Why not just put them in a Hi-Vis vest with a rotating bow-tie? Apart from this, the acting from the high-maintenance blonde is titanically bad, as is the work from the Maori chap who's as wooden as the decking. The Ferryman himself gets about 5 minutes screen time, and seeing as how he's quite a terrifying looking chap, that's a Darth Maul-esqe waste. The direction in general is not dynamic enough, and some scenes linger a couple of painful seconds too long.. reminding me of the classically bad soap opera, Sunset Beach... but the music, and the performance of the bolshie Cock-er-ney captain were quite enjoyable. All in all, if you're after body-swapping horror, go for Denzel Washington in Fallen. That's got better music, too... Ti-i-i-ime, is on my siiide, yes it is....

Finally, a horror movie that isn't total tripe. This is a nifty, somewhat original little New Zealand movie that won't fail to please fans of low budget 80s slashers, and it's actually really entertaining for what it is. The plot is not overused or dull, and aside from perhaps a few minor plot holes and dumb "typical horror" moments (like when the older lady talks trash instead of just pulling the trigger on the body-snatcher, for instance), it's pretty much devoid of the dreaded modern cliché that plagues so many other films today. The women here are attractive (well, the dark haired girl is at least) and the kills/thrills are pretty good overall. The ending did not fail to satisfy either. I think the best thing about The Ferryman, though, is that it doesn't just follow the typical slasher plot of "group of kids in the woods getting sliced up by a maniac with an ax/butcher's knife/machete. It may not be the best horror film, but it's a breath of fresh air, and that's just what I needed.I don't think this movie reached its full potential, though, as there are several things that could be expanded upon - such as the actual "Ferryman" and the girl's past - but when something is this entertaining, its flaws don't matter much. Not everyone will dig this, but it's definitely a refreshing change of pace. Recommended.