I happened to turn on my TV and this movie was just beginning on Showcase. I like Sam Neill so I decided to get a cup of coffee and watch a few minutes. I ended up sitting through it all.Sam Neill, as 'The Man' made a very charming, slightly twisted but totally delusional character who escorts a very pretty but slightly drunk Melanie, played by actress Rachael Blake, to 'his place' which is a skiff docked in the harbor. She has too much wine to drink and passes out on his boat. When she wakes, they're out to sea. They arrive at a remote uninhabited island where 'the man' has a shabby but chic cabin on a bluff. He fixes her a hot bath, prepares a delicious dinner for her.It gets weird after this. He tells her he loves her, imagines she's someone else, she tries to escape, ends up stabbing him in the side. I thought that would be the end of the weirdness, but it was just the start. The movie held my interest, made me laugh at some of the things Melanie does with 'the man'. It ends on an upbeat note.It's a love story really. We're led to believe it will be a story about kidnapping and being a hostage trying to escape but it's not at all. It's a very decent movie with a great performance by Rachael Blake. I'm surprised I haven't seen her in any movies before or since this one.

This film is so rare and unusual - I can't really think of many films that compare. If you want something you haven't seen before then this is for you. It seems some people don't like it but I can only assume they are not into anything off the beaten track and should perhaps stick to watching films such as 'White Chicks' and 'Deuce Bigalow'. I don't want to say anything more about it but if you like your movies with heart and intelligence then you must give it a go. Also, perhaps resist reading any reviews that give you too much of a synopsis. IMDb is letting me know I must include 10 lines of text so this is all filler, no killer folks! I shall try to think of films with a similar vibe...hmmm...closest I can come is Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil' (one of his rare moments of brilliance probably because of the influence of Tom Stoppard) Sort-of simultaneously horrible and wonderful!

I'm not sure what this film is really about but I don't think that it's any of the comments that I've read.There are a number of items to consider. The island appears to be both tropical (palm trees) and cold - the woman is dressed for cold and looks cold.When the woman arrives and awakes, her clothes are there, none of the guy's clothes are around......all of her clothes are around.When she tries to escape, the boat is first at low tide, then afloat at high tide when she succeeds. I'm sure that there's a message there somewhere.She can't operate the boat radio, then she navigates it as a captain.The old flame that reappears....is he killed when she uses the rifle? Are one or both of the men aspects of her personality? He takes and clearly enjoys the candlelit bath.

I liked this movie (or at least I think so... I'm not quite sure). It's very strange, but funny.Maybe it's the best role in which I've seen Sam Neill, even though I believe he doesn't convince completely in that scene in which he gets rough and hit the girl.In the other hand she does a good job (and during all the movie!!): I liked it, despite she's not very famous here in Spain. It's the first of her movies I have heard... The best: The end (frightening!)