Stumbling upon the 2024 movie "Ship of the Damned" by random chance, I must say that I was immediately drawn to the movie given its cover. However, I had never heard about the movie, and I wasn't really harboring big expectations to writer and director Steve Lawson. But still, I opted to give him the benefit of the doubt and opted to check out the movie.
The storyline in the movie was a bit bland. There simply wasn't enough momentum or forward drive to the narrative to keep it overly interesting or entertaining. Sure, it was watchable, but it was mundane and somewhat boring. And that made sitting through 85 minutes of it somewhat of a test of wills.
I wasn't familiar with the actors and actresses on the cast list in the movie. And that is actually something that I do enjoy when I sit down to watch a movie. It should be noted that the acting performances in the movie were actually fair.
Needless to say that the movie's cover was far more interesting than the contents of the actual movie. But I was actually expecting that, so it wasn't really a surprise.
It was difficult to buy into the illusion that the movie was supposed to take place aboard an ancient ship, because it felt like a makeshift studio with a few wooden plates put together and some rope tossed casually over the wooden plates.
"Ship of the Damned" is suitable for a single viewing, though it is hardly a movie that I would recommend for you to rush out and get to watch. Nor is it a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.
My rating of "Ship of the Damned" lands on a four out of ten stars.
