It could be a great movie pf a fantastic story. Director mess it up. Were they shaved after 20 days adrift? A shark biting a hand and causing minimum damage? Just poor. One of the views movies I could not finish watching

IMDb is an awesome site. It is the go to place for information about movies and TV show. Of course, there's a downside to this; filmmakers, their friends and family, all know that a review on this site will be seen by thousands. Hence, the fake reviews and by fake I mean people who are pumping up the movie so that people go and see it. These fakes are easy to spot.So here's how to spot the fake reviews for this movie:This film was shown in New Orleans on Nov 22, 2014.On Nov 23d of 2014, the very next day, six (count them **six**) people all came and reviewed this film. All *very* positive. ("Excellent film…" "Absolutely loved it!" "excellent story and production" "Strong story, and great acting by Tom Felton") And guess what, if you look at the profiles of all these six people, they have only reviewed *one single* movie ever, and guess which one that movie was? Yup! "Against the Sun." And none of these six awesome reviewers have *ever* returned to IMDb to review any other movie. Suspicious? I think so!By the way, everyone comes to IMDb and just looks at the stars and the reviews, which as I just proved are worthless. If you want to know the truth, click on the links for the message boards for this movie and this is what you will see:"The Sharknado movies had better CGI sharks." "Did people in the military routinely wear jeans during missions?" "Hats off to the writers who managed to stretch a few chapters from a book to create a 100 min movie without any acknowledgment of original work or author except for identical plot points and character conflicts. "Don't waste your time with "Against the Sun." Really awful and fake Computer Generated effects start it out and within minutes you are in a raft, where you will spend the rest of the movie. How's that for super low budget?Mediocre acting. Mediocre story. Mediocre direction. Mediocre movie. Thousands of other good movies around that will fill your time better.

The Pacific Ocean is 63 million square miles in size. Larger than every single square inch of dry land on the entire planet.In January 1942, just over a month after the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and the United States entry into WWII, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise was on patrol west of Hawaii.Enterprise was one of only four remaining US carriers in the Pacific. Constant reconnaissance was crucial to detect Japanese ships and aircraft. Lingering in one place was a recipe for potential disaster - but pinpointing a moving ship roughly 800ft long and 100 ft wide, a minuscule speck in such a vast ocean, was a much greater challenge for pilots. Unfortunately that made life difficult for friendly as well as hostile fliers.On the 16 January 1942 a Douglas Devastator torpedo bomber ran out of fuel without sighting the Enterprise. Pilot Harold Dixon, radioman Gene Aldrich and bombardier Tony Pastula managed to survive ditching in the sea.This film tells the story of what happened next. Dixon, Aldrich and Pastula had few resources and faced great dangers - trying to survive on a raft measuring only 8ft x 4ft.Such a small intimate setting is a challenge to put on screen, and this film succeeds in being engaging and enjoyable because of the well written script brought to life by a talented cast.Tom Felton as Tony Pastula may be familiar as Draco Malfoy from the 'Harry Potter' films, Jake Abel from 'Percy Jackson: The Lightening Thief' and TV's 'Supernatural' and Garret Dillahunt from 'Justified', 'CSI' and 'Deadwood' on the small screen as well films such as '12 Years A Slave' and 'No Country For Old Men'.All three are excellent in their respective roles, and their collective experience and ability hold and entertain the viewer.The film remains as faithful as possible to the actual story and the real history - and amid all the seemingly endless sea and limitless sky, an imposing vastness visually conveyed powerfully from the first opening scenes, is never in any danger of coming adrift.Very enjoyable and well worth watching.

Before I start the review I would like to thank Kurt Graver for the early digital copy.I just finished watching this movie and I must say I'm surprised. The performances were great, the second I saw Tom Felton I remembered Draco Malfoy (Harry Potter) but I have to admit he did an amazing job playing Tony and I immediately forgot about Malfoy. So congratulations to him, Jake Abel and Garret Dillahunt for their amazing performances. I loved the make up, it seemed very real. And of course, the story was amazing. Sometimes this kind of movies with historical events might be a little boring but not Against the Sun. I enjoyed every minute of it and I hope I can see it again soon on the big screen. Congratulations to everyone who made this movie and keep working in great projects like Against the Sun and Parkland.