Triangle (2009)
Genre: Psychological | Thriller
Directed by: Christopher Smith
Rated: US: R, UK: 15
Running Time: 99 minutes
Have you ever wished to see a film that boggles your mind and mess it up even after getting over with it? Triangle is one of those psychological thriller that plays with your mind, twists and turns your brain from the when-climax-starts to till-the-end. And even after it gets finished, it does not finishes terrifying your brain. The plot so intriguing and so unpredictable that you would not want to miss a single shot and may not be able to guess a single time what it has in the next scene. Only when it ends, you would know that the film has ended, but maybe your brain won't agree to it.
Written and directed by Christopher Smith, Triangle is a story of Jess (Melissa George) who lives with his autistic son and is invited for a sail on a yacht by friends. Soon they struggle for life as the yacht hits a storm which destroys the yacht. The only hope of survival is a ship sailing in the lonely sea. When they board the ship, to their surprise, the ship is deserted. But Jess is terrified, only to know that she has the feeling that she knows the ship, that she had been there, that its a deja vu' for her. Soon Jess realize that they are not alone, someone is there who is trying to kill them, Jess would do anything to get back to her son and only she can stop this terror but sooner or later she is going to realize the facts that are going to twist her life. This film does not only twist her mind, it plays with your mind simultaneously. It keeps you intrigued until it ends and when it ends, you realize that this film is still going on in your mind. Maybe even for days. Consider it as a warning! lol
My Verdict: Triangle is one of the best made psychological thrillers lately. It is one intelligent film that has a potential to keep your mind alive over what you saw and can keep your brain out of sync even after it ends. This film twisted my mind for three days when I first saw it. It is not easy to get over it once you find yourself involved in the film. Christopher Smith has written a plot so twisting that even if you try to find some goofs in it, you will think to do that the next time, because this time, you just want to see the twist and turns it has to keep you engaged. Triangle is not for people who are looking for a plain entertainment, if you have a heart for psychological thrillers then only go for this film. And if you don't know that you like psychological thrillers or not, then go for it as an experiment, maybe you will like it, but only if thrillers are your cup of tea. And if you interested to drink from this cup - Rent it right away!.
P.S.: Do not watch the trailer if you do not like the spoiler, watch the movie instead right away!
Oh! wait something is coming... What is it? A spoiler?? O Yea! 'This film is not for people who likes to find logic in everything - Even Transformers has no logic... Keep that in mind ;)'
Why See?: Twisting plot, intriguing story line
Why Not?: Only if bloodshed and psychological thrillers are not your type of films.
Rating: 7.5/10
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The movie is about time travel!The moment when Jess hears yelling, and sees herself and the others alive and standing on Greg's upturned boat, in the position they had been in earlier. Jess secretly trails the group when they board the ship again, realizing that she is in a CASUALITY lOOP, (in context with time travel )which means a sequence of events (actions, information, objects, people)in which an event is among the causes of another event, which in turn is among the causes of the first-mentioned event, hens travelling time.
ReplyDeleteReference : wiki and my brain.
Ahan! Well that is of course a point of view. Good observation. And I agree to it to an extent.
DeleteMy understanding here is - Jess never realised about the loop unless her son dies in accident. At that point she realised that the only way to get him back is through the ship from where she came.
When she saw the crew members coming again to the ship - after killing the person in the mask - she was trying to understand what is happening. However only thing she could make of it was, first time to warn them not to board the ship and afterwards kill her friends again so that they could come back which in turn will be her ticket to home. Because she had to go to her son anyhow she could. But this was never going to happen like this because her friends coming back had nothing to do with her killing them.
However, yes they were (or maybe are) stuck in time loop and they are continuing
travelling back and forth in that loop. So, yes I agree it is kind of a time travel. Nice observation! :)
You are welcome, ShoBzz :p
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