Movie

Cyclone

1978 · 118 min

A sunbaked, claustrophobic ordeal that grinds you down with thirst, desperation and sudden shark attacks.

Tagline: The terror storm was only the beginning... but the SHARKS would be the merciless end
Overview: An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, death, isolation, greed
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
death
isolation
greed
trauma
Places: sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild