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Triangle (2009)

Director: Christopher Smith

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From Time Out London

It’s déjà vu all over again for the heroine of Chris Smith’s mind-bending psychological thriller, which marks a quantum leap forward from ‘Creep’ and ‘Severance’. During a weekend sailing trip, a freak wave capsizes Greg’s yacht, forcing him, single mother Jess (Melissa George) and a group of his friends to board a passing ocean liner. Onboard the mysteriously empty ship, all the clocks have stopped, the ‘Shining’-like corridors are spookily silent, and Jess has an uncanny feeling that she’s been here before. Then a hooded figure starts hunting them down and killing them one by one. Shotguns are fired, fire axes are wielded and bodies pile up on the decks. Fiendishly constructed, this plays like a dark, disturbing ‘Twilight Zone’ episode. Events repeat themselves but are subtly different each time, so we share, as well as observe, Jess’s spiralling sense of dislocation. Melissa George’s fearless, credible performance grounds the madness in a moving emotional reality, even as her sanity is lost at sea.

Author: Nigel Floyd

Time Out London Issue 2043: 15 - 21 October, 2009

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Jerry said...

Posted on Nov 26 2011 00:32 why did married couple leave the ballroom and end up walking down the hallway? They were told to stay and wait for Victor. The husband says, we have to go to the theater. Who told them to go there?

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chandu said...

Posted on Oct 14 2011 19:30 a prodigously brilliant film that makes you reel under escapism and reality

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Syed Mohammad said...

Posted on Sep 18 2011 18:01 Wonderful film this. The ship is fantastic and the entire set up is quite scintillating. Whether it is inspired by the Hindu Karmic Lifecycle Theory or not I am not sure. But would love it if Pakistani movies were made as good as this.

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devrazen said...

Posted on Sep 18 2011 17:58 This film closely resembles the karmic life cycle theory in Hinduism. The lady has to play out the actions all over again repeatedly as the stock of karmic cycle is yet to get exhausted. She has scars of the previous cycle which she tries to set right in the succeeding loop. And the loops go on endlessly. Much like the karmic cycle in Hinduism. It is also somewhat aligned with the parallel universe theory that suggests that any action is repeated infinite times within the universe. A brilliant film, but I doubt the makers were inspired by the Vedic philosophy although we cannot discount that outright. Wonder how a bollywood movie like this would fare!

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headache101 said...

Posted on Sep 17 2011 08:06 My daughters and I watched this movie for the first time tonight, We loved it and got it right away.. We enjoy movies that make you think.. Wish we had heard of it sooner ...

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Kimberly said...

Posted on Sep 11 2011 21:47 Spoiler**** To clarify a few points, nothing we see in this movie is real, except a "copy" of what had happened at her house and how poorly she treated her son. It is implied that she cracks and kills her son, that's why she is being forced to relive this loop of events as referenced to the Greek mythology. The car crash at the end is not real, it is her in the afterlife trying to save her son. Nothing on the boat or the ship is real. The goal is to make it back to her house and prevent herself from killing her son, though she doesn't know yet. I believe she may make it past the car crash in the future but it will always end in their deaths because that is her punishment. When she goes back to dock at the end of the movie, she still remembers everything because she says sorry to her friend, sorry for killing him and planning to kill him again, but when she falls asleep on the boat, her memory erases. Too bad silly people who can't understand this give the movie a bad rating and tell others not to watch. Don't say that, others may be smarter than you and figure it out!

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Kimberly said...

Posted on Sep 11 2011 21:21 It's sad that people who clearly lack the intelligent thinking to figure out a film that doesn't tie up neatly in a bow and does the thinking for you. This film requires critical thinking and paying close attention to the answers given. The main actress is either paying the price for abusing her son or possibly (as suggested by another review) murdering her son. When she finally makes it outside her house and is listening to herself abuse her son, she weeps, possibly at the knowledge that she is about to kill her son. Which is why she goes in and hacks that version of herself up, to save her son. She may always die at the point she crashes in the car, or maybe she makes it further at some points, but she always will die and start the loop over. She goes back on the boat to try again remembering everything until she falls asleep on her friends boat at which time her memory resets itself and she has to figure it out all over again. Brilliant film! I wish there were more films out there that requires this level of intellectual thinking!

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Sandman said...

Posted on Sep 08 2011 23:25 I viewed this film for the first time last night. It's been out since 09 so it's been around for a while. To be brief I thought it was an interesting movie. A bit tedious on the replays but an important aspect to show the length of the cycle she was trapped in. i agree with the symbolic reference to the mythological storyline but it probably goes much deeper than that. I will delve into that question in another post but for now I have not seen reference to the number 237. Coincidental that the room # on the ship where much transpired and the address number of the house was 237. May possibly been in the number on the boat and other places. I will have to watch again to be sure. I would guess there is some symbolism to it's recurrence in the movie and may open another tangent for the storyline.

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पवन प्रणव said...

Posted on Sep 08 2011 12:29 इसमें कोई शक नहीं है कि यह फिल्म बेहद सोचनीय है। यह आपके दिमाग की चूलें हिला देती है। इस फिल्म को देखकर जो मैं समझ पाया हूं वह यह कि -- फिल्म की शुरुआत एक घर से होती है, जिसमें एक मां और उसके बेटे को दिखाया जाता है। बेटा दिमागी रूप से बीमार होता है। चूंकि मां अकेले अपने लड़के और घर की जिम्मेदारी संभालती है इसलिए वह भी बेहद परेशान रहती है। उसे उस दिन अपने दोस्त की नाव पर सैर करने भी जाना होता है। वह अपने बच्चे को तैयार कर स्कूल ले जाती है। रास्ते में अपने बच्चे वह कहती भी है कि वह अब उसके साथ गुस्से से पेश नहीं आएगी। लेकिन इसी बीच बच्चे से बातचीत के दौरान उसकी कार का एक्सिडेंट हो जाता है। उसके बाद उनदोनों की मौत हो जाती है। फिल्म की मूल कहानी यहीं तक है। इसके बाद फिल्म की सारी कहानी हीरोइन की कल्पनाओं की उड़ान होती है। चूंकि वह अपने बच्चे को किसी भी कीमत पर बचाना चाहती है।

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sandhya said...

Posted on Sep 08 2011 10:08 Its definitely good movie to watch over the weekend. only u need to have patience to watch the same scenes again and again .

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Sasha said...

Posted on Sep 03 2011 05:37 This was a eally great film!! The way that I would explain it is that when shes alseep on the yatch she looses her memory and thinks that all the past events were just a bad dream. Then when shes on the boat and realises the whole cycle, she tries to change the course of events thinking that the previous hers havnt tried to as well, when in fact they have (evident in the end when we see all the seaguls she previously disposed). See when shes in the car she doesnt remember being in that position before (because she lost her memmory on that yatch). If she knew the truck was comming of course she would have done things differently.Then she ends up dying in the crash and i dont think anyone else can see her besides the taxi driver who is an angel of death or seomthing like that. So he asks her if she needs a ride, perhaps to the afterlife? But he leaves the decision up to her..and she says yes take me to the larbour...because she wants to do things again to save her son. But the driver knows that she will be back so he says he'll keep the meter running (he'll keep the cycle running) and when asking if she'll be back, Jess replies 'yes'. Saying that she will return back to life, or maybe even she knows that she will return back to that exact spot...doing whatever it takes to spend time with her son and try to be a better mother, even if its only a short time.

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Mas said...

Posted on Apr 03 2011 23:04 Saw it last night on Syfy. Excellent film!!! Loved all the twists in the storyline; the entire story was as original as i have ever seen it! Was gripped throughout.... recommend to all; is a must-see!

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John said...

Posted on Jan 06 2011 18:23 Okay so,
I think most of you guys are wrong.
Personaly, i believe that at the end, the taxi driver is the angel of death (the grim reaper).
Remember there mention of the myth? The god who cheated death and was doomed to repeat a task?
Well. At the end, i believe she dies in the car crash, when the driver offers to "keep the meter running" and she responds with "yes, i promise to come back" she i cheating death- she doesnt return, and has lied to the reaper. Therefor, like in the myth, she repeats what she has done.

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Neil said...

Posted on Jan 04 2011 03:04 Basically sheis in pergutory, she dies in the car crash and tries to change things to save her son but each time she fails, she cant move on into the afterlife until she saves her son so its a never ending loop.

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kirsteen said...

Posted on Nov 02 2010 21:29 watched this film twice and still as confused as ever good film tho

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