Up-and-coming British writer director Christopher Smith made a cheapo horror debut with Creep, followed by a cheeky black comedy in Severance. Now he moves in the direction of psychological thriller, with mixed results.

He certainly succeeds in creating an atmosphere of mounting horror and psychological breakdown, as a stressed- out single mum (Melissa George) goes on the sailing trip to hell, encountering a storm that capsizes her boat and a sinister cruise ship where the crew has disappeared, all the clocks have stopped and a mysterious sniper is on the

The final scenes of the movie are nonsensical and pretentious.

George gives a strong performance, but the script never gives her character sufficient depth – all we really know about her is that she loves her very autistic son.

I think Smith is trying to liken the bringing up of a disabled child to the unending labours of Sisyphus, but he doesn’t bring off his central metaphor.

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