Starcast: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Art Malik, Kaya Scodelario, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daniel Ings, David Ajala, Lisa Loven Kongsli Directo...
Starcast: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Art Malik, Kaya Scodelario, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daniel Ings, David Ajala, Lisa Loven Kongsli
Director: Simon Stone
OTT: Netflix
It is no easy task to trancreate a novel into a
film and The Woman In Cabin 10 aptly demonstrates that. Based on Ruth Ware 2016
novel of the same name the film directed by Simon Stone has a screenplay
that was co-written by him with Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel. The
psychological thriller taut and effective on paper is reduced to a predictable
ouvre on OTT, somewhat redeemed by Keira Knightley's intense neurotic
performance and Guy Pearce's villainous turn.
Knightley is ace investigative journalist Laura
'Lo' Blacklock recovering from witnessing the death of a source. Her boss Rowan
Lonsdale (Gugu Mbatha-Raw in a wasted role) packs her off on an all expenses
paid three-day luxury super yacht trip to write a relaxing piece on
shipping magnate Richard Bullmer (Guy Pearce) and his cancer-stricken wife Anne
(Lisa Loven Kongsli) who are launching a charitable cancer foundation.
However, when Lo lands aboard the Aurora Borealis
she realizes that her stay is going to be anything but relaxing. She bumps
into her ex Ben Morgan (David Ajala). She turns up over dressed for that
evening's dinner and ends the night witnessing a woman falling overboard from
Cabin 10. Despite her pleas no one believes Lo as Cabin 10 is apparently empty
with its guest having given the event a miss!
As Lo begins snooping around to get to the heart of
the matter, she comes to the conclusion that the Anne she is now
interacting with is not the one she met on the first night. Attempts on her
life convince her that something is seriously wrong as Lo races against time to
uncover the conspiracy, losing a loved one in the process.
Knightly as the highly strung scribe on the edge of
a nervous breakdown is effective as are Pearce and Malik as the villians of the
piece. A film that starts off fairly promisingly, settles into predictable
twists and turns, taking the edge off the thriller with the final reveal done a
bit too fast.
Yet it's an OK one time watch and entertaining in
bits and parts, though frantic in the other.
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