Phoenix Blue

This film is not necessarily a complex story, but is most certainly i-candy throughout (with thanks no doubt to Director Tony Maylam, and Producer Simon Hardy, who is also credited with 'Sexy Beast')... beautiful locations, and cast as well. James Murray is surely a contender for a modern day James Dean. Amanda Donohoe is the baby sitter you wished you always had, and Emily Hamilton is one to either truly love or truly hate - but isn't that most journalists!?

Worth a look. Some wonderful underwater sequences, and great juxtaposing between the beauty of the Caymans and the misery of British winter! The film is swimming with production value, with some decent performances - including from Jason Hughes ('Ralph') who is very comical as the somewhat pervy computer dork next-door!

I rarely choose to submit a review on IMDb these days, but I want to warn people about this film!

A friend of mine hired this saying "it got a 7.9 on IMDb!"... well hopefully that score will be down by the time you read this, because this was the most painfully badly written and acted pieces of drivel I've had to sit through in recent memory (and my friend has chosen some real tripe at the video store).

Basically, a very corny tale of a journalist discovering a reclusive pop-maker who was set up during a heist a while back. The whole thing is unbelievable in every respect. The woman playing the journalist (not even credited in IMDb) has *ONE* expression and *ONE* flat tone of voice throughout the whole film (and got to be incredibly annoying even during the opening scene). The sound is poorly dubbed throughout. I felt sorry and ashamed for the actors I recognised, since I know some of them can do so much better.

Only two things make this more than a 1/10: pretty pictures of the caribbean and people free-diving (ludicrously tacked on to the story) and the music is passable, but don't watch the actor pretending to sing or it will spoil it for you.

That just scrapes it up to a 2/10...

This is worth viewing and I give this 7 out of 10 points for characterisation, cinematography and acting. Nowhere near as lame as some reviewers would have you believe. I've rented/bought worse than this film by far.

Beautiful locations and a storyline that will hold your attention for it's run, give this one a go. Emily Hamilton is quite good in this. She's pretty, acts well and offers a decent interpretation of Rachel. The young actor who plays Rick (James Murray) is handsome but a little hammy and cardboard. Music is nice and the underwater scene's are gorgeous.

It's not going to win any awards for realism, but I don't think they intended to.

I enjoyed it.

A movie without much to expect, the photography though is good enough with all that underwater scenes in the Caribbean. Quite a poor plot and certainly not interesting. However the music was not bad and the directing satisfactory for such kind of movie. Can' t say much about the actors since they did not do much, but they were acceptable. I can say I have seen movies I begged them to end, but this was definitely not one of them. On general terms I would say indifferent apart from "Rik" (James Murray)!!! I definitely give him a 10!!! This guy does not need to speak, one can stare at him for hours....Of course I regret to say that I cannot say the same for his acting...he can do better!

Despite the previous reviewer negative comments, I saw this movie, largely because it starred James Murray.

That said, I ended up really enjoying it and have watched it repeatedly. Admitedly I wasn't struck with the lead actress, Emily Hamilton, but she did okay, and the support actors are wonderful. The scenery is very watchable and the story is exciting, without being too complicated.

It's not the best movie, or the most suspenseful or dramatic, but the music is great, acting top notch, and worth it just for the supporting cast.

As for James Murray......I could watch him in this again and again.