The Ferryman (2007)
Out on a dead calm ocean, in a thick fog, a group of tourists on a pleasure craft are about to cross paths with an ancient and terrible evil. Sharing the same ocean, a sick, dying old Greek man drifts alone on a stricken yacht. The Greek (John Rhys-Davies) has been cheating death for countless years. Trading broken bodies for new ones over centuries. With him he carries a deadly weapon that allows him to do this. This weapon, the Shifting Blade, gives its possessor an awesome power. But now is the time of reckoning. The Ferryman, the ancient conveyor of death and the path to the afterlife is close and he wants the Greek. There is a payment to be made.
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
good back-story, and good acting
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Blistering performances.
I've read some pretty scathing reviews of 'The Ferryman' online; most actually have quite clever titles like 'Don't pay The Ferryman,' 'Ferry Awful' and 'Throw it overboard.' Despite finding those titles amusing, I have to disagree.The Ferryman doesn't exactly rewrite the horror genre; its place lies firmly in that massive middle ground of a billion other low budget horror movies that the average horror fan watches when there's nothing else on TV in the hope that this one might actually be quite good. Most aren't, but, in my opinion, The Ferryman is at least watchable enough to keep the average horror film entertained for an hour and a half.It's about a small boat, containing six twenty-somethings, sailing to Fiji. Sadly, the pleasant holiday ambiance is cut short when they rescue a mysterious strange from a stricken boat - and, as we all know, picking up mysterious strangers is never a good idea.I won't go into too much details about the plot as you may not know which direction the film will take, but, like I say, although The Ferryman is nothing spectacular, it's not as bad as some people seem to be making out.
An American couple, another couple from New Zealand board a small ship for a trip from New Zealand to Fiji. The boat is owned by yet another couple. In an intro we hear a voice over by a little girl talking about the Ferryman who takes the dead to the afterlife if he gets paid. Why this entity needs or wants money, who knows. Also previously we witness a ship going through very rough seas and two guys beating each other up until one of the goes nuts, stabs the other guy and hacks him to pieces.Meanwhile the small boat encounters dense fog at night and hears a distress signal. They stop and go searching for the troubled boat and find the crazy survivor from the beating earlier. He goes crazy and stabs the Kiwi guy. He inherits the old man's giant back tattoo of a snake in the shape of an 8. Now he goes nuts and attacks the American guy, and so on. The knife somehow transfers the madness and every crazy person ends up with the tattoo.The New Zealand girl, a former nurse, keeps having visions of a little girl who died in her care. She took some sleeping pills and sleeps through the entire ordeal while everyone else is attacking each other. She has another vision and this time the girls gives her a coin, which will be key to calling the Ferryman and putting an end to all the craziness.This movie is about 30 minutes too long, and far too boring. Once you confine a bunch of uninteresting people on a small boat, there's not much to expect. Add to that fog and the night- can't gruesome things ever happen during the day? and you have a recipe for one lame movie. The Ferryman is a bit gory, there's the killing and gutting of a baby shark, the hacking to pieces of some guy, lots of blood, but not even that keeps our attention. The ending back on land is quite interesting but by then it's too late to save the movie.
I decided to knock just two points off this movie simply down to the pointless character depth probing that caused the story to linger needlessly near the beginning.But that's all... as this is one of the best horror movies I have seen in recent years. I have to agree with the previous reviewer, it's refreshing that the characters were people you can care about; some empathy is possible rather than just seeing a load of high school brats being sliced up one by one, as is the usual formula.Here, a few couples on a luxury voyage to Fiji investigate an abandoned boat in response to its distress call following the horrific opening scene. There, they find John Rhys-Davies the sole survivor, sick and weak, and rescue him. Unbeknownst to the crew, their voyage of fun and love is soon coming to an end as they picked up a being that has been escaping death (The Ferryman) for centuries using a mystical dagger that allows him to swap bodies...If you love horror movies, do not miss this roller-coaster ride from the New Zealand movie industry. Horror fans will adore watching the demonic being hopping from one body to another to survive aboard a luxury yacht. The film starts with a violent and gory scene fit for the demanding horror fans out there.John Rhys-Davies, what a catch for the movie! He is outstanding as the Greek rescued by the yacht's crew in response to his distress signal. The basic formula soon unwinds as the not-so-hapless crew is his prey for some great horror scenes offering plenty of ghoulish moments.Echoes of other films will come to mind where demonic possession is concerned. The atmosphere generates the necessary foreboding feeling that draws you into the unfolding chaos and terror of the macabre.Horror fans may have missed this one due to its surprising online reviews that support the contrary on it not being any kind of a masterpiece. But, as a horror movie fanatic, this movie supersedes most of the crappy teen horror movies and awful remakes hitting your screens lately. You will find the movie refreshing after some real dull not-so-scary movies this last couple of years.A must-see...
I'm confused. Several other reviewers have written fawningly of how great the plot concept of this movie is. Say what? Yes, several cultures have a "ferryman mythos", wherein souls are ferried across a river in return for a coin or piece of gold. But this movie has nothing whatsoever to do with that mythic element. Instead, this "Ferryman" apparently just takes over the bodies of others in order to avoid having to be ferried at all.The idea of a basically immortal entity taking over other bodies in order to survive for centuries is simply too old of a plot element to be worth noting. This movie fails on several levels...one of which is an absolute lack of originality.Other than that...the acting is bad, the dialogue is absurd, and there is no tension or suspense.Not worth renting.