Michael Ledo
A group of environmental whiners occupy an abandoned rig in hopes of preventing it from being toppled over to make an artificial reef which would be bad for...the fish? Okay I'm still working on that one. Due to weather concerns, their helicopter leaves them stranded there on a rig with no lights and a missing crew (it would just be a skeleton crew anyway).When Eric (Rory McCann) dies from a steroid heart attack, or maybe murder, some in the group want to abandon project "Occupy Abandoned Rig." Vincent (Jaason Simmons) the unlikeable leader of the group doesn't want to let a death or two get in the way of this world saving occupation.Then the ghosts show up...well no. There are no ghosts on ghost rig. But if there were, I am sure they would be blue and scary like the DVD cover. The most shocking aspect of this film was the fact they made a sequel.Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.
robertconnor
A group of eco-warriors occupy a disused oil rig scheduled for demolition. It's not long before murder and madness erupts...A great idea rendered unwatchable by a cast of dummies and a script seemingly written by a ten year old. Once again, the producers and director have opted for pretty or handsome faces instead of talented actors. Good actors can usually make something of bad scripts, but bad actors always fail... Worst of a bad bunch is Jaason Simmons who gives a performance of such shocking ineptitude I got the uncontrollable giggles every time he spoke, whilst other cast members are forced to repeat cheesy lines like 'I've got a really bad feeling about this' again and again. Unwatchable tosh of the worst kind.
bookworm1317
After reading the other comments on this movie, I think people were a little hard on it. I actually enjoyed it. Sure it was not fantastic and it was low-budget but I thought the idea was good. I disagree with whoever said that it was identical to Ghost Ship. That is one of my favorite horror movies of all time, and I see few correlations (except the title of course).I don't profess to be any horror movie expert, but I hadn't seen anything like this before. Sure the acting was less than good, and I agree that the cinematography was atrocious, but the movie was at least worth a few good chills, if nothing else.So in all, give these guys a break, the movie wasn't that bad.
myzyri
The camera-work on this movie was scarier than the "horror" movie itself. I have no doubt that the Mini DV camcorder they show in the movie is one of the cameras the movie was filmed with. The computer graphics (two very short scenes with the helicopter) resembled the graphics from old Atari video games. Beyond this, the acting was pathetic. I've seen better acting in kindergarten plays at the local grammar school. The movie opened with a very boring sequence and the progression of the plot didn't begin until the middle of the movie. The subsequent un-entertaining deaths were expected, the "monster's" actions were predictable, and the rest of the movie was dull. The last 45 seconds of the movie was interesting in that it ties everything together; however, it was also predictable (if you were coherent enough to pay attention). All in all, the best part of the movie is arguable, so I'll tell you my two favorite parts. My first favorite part was the DVD menu because it didn't include the lousy acting and remedial camera-work. My second favorite part was the credits because it let me know that it was the conclusion of this abomination to the film industry.
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