Stoutor
It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Tayyab Torres
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Wizard-8
When was the last time a decent movie came out of Sci-Fi Pictures? I honestly can't recall even a mediocre one. This one continues their unbroken chain. I will admit that it gets to an intriguing start, placing the characters in a mysterious situation they can't figure out. The sets are also passable for what must have been a low budget.Unfortunately, it doesn't take long before the movie starts to collapse. The movie beings with a brisk pace, but it doesn't take long to slow down, enough that the movie is progressing at an agonizingly slow crawl. Also, the characters are poorly developed. They are dull, and don't seem scared or confused that much by the situation that they are finding themselves in. And they are pretty interchangeable in their actions - not one character stands out.Oh, and the CGI is horrible as well, though you probably guessed that when I announced this was a Sci-Fi Pictures movie.
MartianOctocretr5
The opening with a group of strangers awakening to find themselves aboard an old broken down cargo vessel is sufficiently eerie enough, and the oddball spectre-like "steward" who gives the confused passengers a list of ship rules is menacing. None of them knows how they got there, or why.It's not a bad premise, sort of a Twilight Zone approach. The movie at first looks like it's going to rip off "Death Ship" and some others, but actually finds its own direction. It manages to present the mystery of what is going on, who is behind it, etc. It avoids giving up too much information too soon and guides the audience along with well-timed expository dialog and some weird discoveries aboard the spooky vessel. It throws in some ghost-like apparitions, ancient ritualistic behavior, and a "test" which is graded coldly and positively. Not bad stuff, really.But the longer the movie goes on, the weaker it gets. Many characters are so cliché and obviously marked for unpleasant fates, that it's laughable. Some of the special effects look like they were done with an Etch-a-Sketch toy. Most of the cast (fortunately those who make early exits) act at about the kindergarten play level. However, the longer-lasting people act better; and their characters have some dimension. The resolution actually shows some thought was put into it.A decent flick for a rainy weekend afternoon.
tom_jeffords
Ghost Voyage starts with a group of strangers awakening to find them selves stuck on a ship in the middle of the ocean with no idea where they are and how they got there. A mysterious figure known only as the Steward gives them a set of guidelines on how to behave and then disappears. Naturally in best horror film fashion they start wandering around the ship and the fun begins. The SciFi Channel is well known for making unbelievably bad movies. Ghost Voyage is one step above as it is believable that someone could make a movie this bad. Why is the question. The premise has potential. The forgotten classic Outward Bound was probably an inspiration for this dreck. I assume the people at the SciFi Channel who are in charge of lousy movies came across Outward Bound and decided to remake it as a slasher movie with. Really at this point it's clear that the SciFi Channel isn't even trying. I don't know how their economics work but garbage like this is not going to bring in viewers or advertisers. They could have done a faithful remake or even rerun Outward Bound and done better. Would have cost less (even lousy CGI cost money) and gotten better ratings.
Thomas Clement (Mr. OpEd)
Ghost Voyage falls into the long, VERY long line of movies that take a ship/boat and add some sort of ghost/alien/hungry entity.The formula is: ship, usually lost and crew (aka "victims") meet with unspeakable horror (and lousy CGI) and barely get out with the few lives they have left, usually taking far too long to do it (can this movie really have another hour to go?!?!?!).Some of the most recent flotsam in this category includes: Below, Ghost Ship, Deep Rising, Virus, Lost Voyage. My first memory of this genre goes all the way back to Hammer's 1968 abomination, The Lost Continent (aka Uncharted Seas), which, if you enjoy bad movies and/or losing your lunch, is highly recommended.Ghost Voyage (GV) is also an entry in the even LONGER line of Sci-Fi Channel movies that are rock-solid lousy. There is a twist in GV, however, in that there is actually a moral story -- even a Biblical undercurrent here: we're all sinners and deserve hell. Of course, this theme only appears in about the last 10 minutes and is as poorly developed as the characters-cum-cadavers that populate GV.The CGI is not good. Most CGI ships are even less believable than most miniatures used in the past since there's not even the semblance of reality to them which a miniature innately has.The "scary" demons aren't. Not only are they un-scary, but they are presented with the dropped-frame, strobe, effect that stopped being interesting about 412 movies ago. And if they weren't scary the first time we see them, they're not going to become any more chilling after the umpteenth visit.The acting (and accents) and dialog? I hate to be mean, but they aren't professional. The direction of same isn't any better (a good director can stage around clunky words and stars).Look, Sci-Fi channel. You have some good people working on your TV shows. Use them on these movies, too. Or PLEASE stop showing them. I'd rather have the guilty displeasure of watching The Lost Continent again then watching another GV.
