Harpoon

okay movie

Competently executed small-budget thriller, set almost entirely on a yacht with three actors. There's plenty of black humor and the script provides enough twists to keep you guessing about the characters. The performances are decent, and the open sea setting is always a plus in my books. Some aspects, like how much time the characters spend inside the yacht and their clean appearance after days without food and shower, stretch believability - likely due to budget constraints more than anything.

It’s easy to appreciate what Grant is going for here, a sort of sicko, oddball black-comic-horror chamber piece, but a lack of conviction in the performances, leaning in to exaggerated pantomime, hurts the impact and breaks the tension; all the actors seem to know they are in a self-aware and knowing genre effort, and play it with too exaggerated a wink to the audience. Some creatively staged gore scenes, and an interesting dynamic between the starring trio, is almost all for naught.

This one's been on my list for 4 yrs and I finally popped it on. Some elements work, but most don't and it's a slog to get through despite being one of my favourite genres. A disappointing 3.8 considering the 97% rt critic score this has.

In terms of a gross out, bloody violent horror thriller film, this isn't bad. It keeps you guessing and there are some shocks and suddent action to take you by surprise. Its not constant or excessively over the top but what bloody violence there is, its pretty gory...think blood, self harm. Not the most original of this sort of film, its not the best but not the worst, if you know what I mean. It is darkly comic, very dark comedy but its there. You may feel the endings a bit disappointing.

This is a really good, quick horror-comedy with a pitch black sensibility & I had a whole lot of fun with it. The ending is needlessly mean spirited, which bothered me personally, but everything else is pretty on point. Great trio of performances, solid direction, a very good script. It gets a little bit ridiculous in the third act, but by that point I was just along for the ride so it didn't make a huge difference. Check this out if you can.

Despite accidentally seeing the ending and giving away a major plot twist, Harpoon remained an unpredictably engaging experience. This film worked well as a dark comedy, and I found myself laughing sporadically throughout the film. Viewers will walk away saying, "This is why I don't have friends."  

it's bad, but entertaining at the same time.