While out hunting for striped marlins in an area known as "the devil's triangle", a fishing boat crew all perish. All except one, a prostitute played by Kim Novak. Navy lieutenant Douglas McClure is sent there to check on survivors and finds only Novak, and through reenactments of what happened before, he seems to be able to piece together what happened. But is it really the way he said, or something much darker?
This chilling but slow moving TV movie has some interesting ideas in explaining the phenomenon that happens when ships and airplanes and other small craft disappear in certain areas of the Atlantic, and while a lot of it seems fabricated, there's still enough facts to make sense. But there's also enough supernatural intrigue in what goes on, so not all of the answers are clear cut as it should be in mysteries of this fashion.
Among the others in the cast are Alejandro Rey as a priest who happens to be aboard the fishing vessel (and who Novak uncomfortably tries to seduce), Jim Davis, Ed Lauter and Michael Conrad. The way the bodies are placed when McClure boards the vessel is creepy, some of them seemingly levitated while others hang from the masts of the boat, and the boat in complete disarray. Novak is still quite attractive here, but other than being hysterical when not trying to seduce priests really doesn't show much range.
Don't take a drink every time McClure says "I can explain that", basically trying to rationally convince Novak that nothing out of the ordinary occurred to kill all these people. It isn't until the last few minutes where the mystery really takes off with some sort of a twist, one that is haunting and makes up for a lot of the nonsensical stuff that happens before. It's one of those wow moments you don't see coming, but for some, it will be an eye rolling moment.
This chilling but slow moving TV movie has some interesting ideas in explaining the phenomenon that happens when ships and airplanes and other small craft disappear in certain areas of the Atlantic, and while a lot of it seems fabricated, there's still enough facts to make sense. But there's also enough supernatural intrigue in what goes on, so not all of the answers are clear cut as it should be in mysteries of this fashion.
Among the others in the cast are Alejandro Rey as a priest who happens to be aboard the fishing vessel (and who Novak uncomfortably tries to seduce), Jim Davis, Ed Lauter and Michael Conrad. The way the bodies are placed when McClure boards the vessel is creepy, some of them seemingly levitated while others hang from the masts of the boat, and the boat in complete disarray. Novak is still quite attractive here, but other than being hysterical when not trying to seduce priests really doesn't show much range.
Don't take a drink every time McClure says "I can explain that", basically trying to rationally convince Novak that nothing out of the ordinary occurred to kill all these people. It isn't until the last few minutes where the mystery really takes off with some sort of a twist, one that is haunting and makes up for a lot of the nonsensical stuff that happens before. It's one of those wow moments you don't see coming, but for some, it will be an eye rolling moment.