"The Triangle" (2005) TV mini-series

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Craig R. Baxley

Writers:

Dean Devlin (story)
Rockne S. O'Bannon (teleplay)

Release Date:

5 joulukuu 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

In the Bermuda Triangle, nothing stays lost forever.

Plot:

A group of people haunted by their experiences within the Bermuda Triangle band together to confront its truths.

Plot Keywords:

Bermuda Triangle | Scientist | Greenpeace | Billionaire | Philadelphia Experiment

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Eric Stoltz	...	Howard Thomas
Catherine Bell	...	Emily Patterson
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Meeno Paloma
Bruce Davison	...	Stan Lathem
Michael E. Rodgers	...	Bruce Geller (as Michael Rodgers)
Sam Neill	...	Eric Benerall
Lisa Brenner	...	Helen Paloma
John Sloan	...	Aron Ackerman
Charles Martin Smith	...	Captain Jay
Barrie Ingham	...	Doug Weist
Marius Weyers	...	Karl Sheedy
Shannon Esra	...	Sally
Adrienne Pierce	...	Emily's Mother (as Adrienne Pearce)
Robyn Olivia	...	Marie
Anette Kemp	...	Traci

Runtime:

USA:240 min (3 parts)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

Executive producer Dean Devlin wrote the scene in which Meeno Paloma is in the boat with the Greenpeace people when he was in high school.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When entering the sub for the first time in part one, Emily Patterson says that she thought that Lithuania was land-locked. It is located on the Baltic Sea.

Quotes:

Emily Patterson: [about a strange light coming from the sky] Anybody got a theory on this one?

Movie Connections:

References "The Apprentice" (2004)

From time to time Sci-Fi gets it good

Sci-fi channel is known for incredibly bad movies with occasional successes. This one is a keeper. A miniseries about the Bermuda Triangle that is done as a true story should be done: character development, cause and effect, a proper conclusion. I understand from other people here that seeing the series as a ... well... series, can taint the viewing pleasure. I took the liberty of watching it as a film, from start to end, and I was pleasantly surprised. The entire thing is about 3 parts of almost 90 minutes.

Actors. Lou Diamond Philips outdid himself, I think. Even in a secondary role, he had a difficult role, with a vast range of emotions. He played it well. Catherine Bell is cute as a whistle :) while Eric Stoltz does well as the lead.

All in all it is a film worth seeing, keeps you on your toes and, while some of the ideas are absurd and not everything is within the realm of logic, it is only a movie and should be taken as such. The effects are decent, without being too flashy, the music and atmosphere are also appropriate.