Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

GazerRise Fantastic!

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Woodyanders A fierce cyclone storm forces a commercial plane to crash as well as a fishing vessel to sink. The survivors of both catastrophes find themselves stuck on a small boat with a bunch of other folks in the middle of the shark-infested sea. Things soon turn dire after food and water supplies begin to dwindle. Director/co-writer Rene Cardona Jr. does an expert job of crafting a strong mood of pervasive dread and groom, maintains a grim tone throughout, and wrings a good deal of tension from the unsparingly bleak premise. Moreover, Cardona Jr. presents a dark and despairing portrait of both the savage fury of unmerciful nature and the base desperation and shocking monstrousness of mankind in an increasingly hopeless life or death situation: The people stuck on the boat not only kill and eat a small dog, but also eventually resort to cannibalism to prevent death from starvation. The refreshing lack of any sappy sentiment and the overall blunt'n'basic quality of the filmmaking give this picture a certain raw impact and potency. The solid cast of familiar European exploitation faces rates as another substantial asset: Andres Garcia as a heroic ship captain, Hugo Stiglitz as the stalwart airplane pilot, Carroll Baker as a pampered rich lady, Lionel Stander as a crusty businessman, Arthur Kennedy as a selfless and disapproving priest, Olga Karlatos as a pregnant woman, and Mario Almada as a resourceful fisherman. Leon Sanchez's proficient cinematography makes the most out of the cramped and claustrophobic boat setting. Riz Ortolani's funky pulsating score hits the right-on groovy throbbing spot. Nasty stuff for sure, but still gripping and crudely satisfying just the same.

Vomitron_G Now this one had some damn good ideas. A cyclone reeks havoc, and we follow the struggle for survival of not one, but three groups of people (initially on a plane, a tourist boat and a fishing boat), all afloat in the vast ocean waters. But somehow director René Cardona Jr manages to mess up everything he possibly can and turns it into a pretty damn bad movie. The acting is downright hilarious. And some people speaking with their mouths closed due to bad dubbing, does not help things either. But it does make it funnier. The dialogues are close to being the most stupid, idiotic and plain ridiculous things I've ever heard in a movie. Yes, there's a bit of cannibalism. Yes there's a couple of shark attacks. But nothing too explicit. And that's okay, really. Doesn't have to be. When the rest of the movie's good, at least. But it's not. It's bland and uninspired with just plain retarded characters. Too many of them, even. And learning that there's even a version of this film running no less than 118 minutes, I wonder now how redundant a movie can actually get.

TheExpatriate700 Cyclone is basically a mash up of two previous Rene Cardona Jr. movies, Survive and Tintorera. It takes Survive's cannibalistic struggle for survival and throws in the occasional shark attack in a vain attempt to liven things up. The plot traces a group of people who become stranded on a tourist boat after a hurricane.This film has so many problems it is difficult to know where to begin. First of all, the hurricane in the film literally appears out of nowhere, catching the authorities and boats at sea off guard. Don't storms like that usually take days to form? Furthermore, shots of a plane crashing during the storm are unconvincing, as they were clearly taken during clear weather.The film suffers from a serious lack of dramatic tension, as much of the film consists of people sitting around the boat and complaining. Their actions are largely reactive, giving us little investment in the characters. Even the scenes where they resort to cannibalism fall flat.The sharks only turn up in the last ten minutes of the movie, with shark attacks just as laughable as their counterparts in Tintorera. The sharks are clearly mauling ragged clothing with some meat wrapped in it to get them to bite it.Simply put, don't waste your time.

samhill5215 Having seen this film twice now - which some might find unbelievable or even masochistic - I felt I had to comment on it. It's easy to pan. The music is cheesy. In fact, as my wife suggested, it sounds like a porn flick. The dialog is downright juvenile if not stupid. Its runtime is way too long. I could go on but you get the idea. So why did I watch it twice? Well, one of my guilty pleasures is bad movies and I am a devoted fan of Carroll Baker and this movie fit both bills. Strangely enough the second time around I found much to like. The underwater scenes were really well done, especially those of the corals which were absolutely spectacular. The sharks were awesome, shown in all their predatory splendor and captivating ferocity. The cyclone scenes were also really cool, especially the ones of the seawall breaking and subsequent flooding. My guess is they were filming a real cyclone as these were not studio or miniature shots. And of course it starred Carroll Baker, still a knockout at 47, even without a hint of makeup. And Arthur Kennedy, at 64, in another trademark performance. Seeing him in this megalomaniac turkey was akin to a pilgrimage. To be honest, had it not been for these two actors I would not have bothered to see the film let alone review it.