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2103: The Deadly Wake

1997 · 100 min

A grimy, claustrophobic sci-fi voyage that feels tense and bleak, with a washed-up captain navigating a floating prison full of dangers.

Tagline: In the future, tomorrow may never come
Overview: Proxate Corporation recruits a boozy former ship captain and offers him a new identity: Sean Murdoch. His job: to take charge of large ship on one voyage. Once aboard, Murdoch realizes that the ship is a prison ship, and the cargo are criminally insane inmates. Murdoch's other problem: someone has planted bombs aboard the vessel. Murdoch's acrimonious relationship with the prison warden lends extra drama to the story.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, betrayal, survival, identity
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
betrayal
survival
identity
power
Places: sea
prison
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild