The Ninth Passenger (2018)

★ 4.1 1h 33m IMDb

Horror

A group of salacious students party aboard a luxury yacht only to turn on each other as a 9th PASSENGER picks them off one by one.

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Jesse Metcalfe as Brady Age 47 · Waterford, Connecticut, USA Jesse Eden Metcalfe (born December 9, 1978) is an American actor, most known for his role on Desperate Housewives as John Rowland. He is also notable for his portrayal of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on th...

Alexia Fast as Jess Age 33 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Alexia Fast (born 12 September 1992) is a Canadian actress. She began her acting career at the age of 7 when she wrote, directed and starred in the short film, The Red Bridge which premiered at the 20...

Sabina Gadecki as Tina Age 42 · Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sabina Gadecki is an American actress and model. She was born on September 28, 1983 in Chicopee, Massachusetts to Polish parents. She studied International Busi...

Timothy V. Murphy as Silas Age 66 · Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland Timothy Vincent Murphy is an Irish actor based in Los Angeles. His notable 2015 roles have been on The Bastard Executioner, Grace and Frankie, and True Detective. He played Galen O'Shea for three seas...

Tom Maden as Lance Age 36 · Coppell, Texas, USA

Corey Large as Malcolm Age 50 · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Corey Large is a Canadian film and television actor, writer and producer..

Director Ian Ptaff

Cast Jesse Metcalfe, Alexia Fast, Sabina Gadecki, Timothy V. Murphy, Tom Maden, Corey Large, David Hennessey, Cinta Laura Kiehl

Gimly 4/10 Jan 20, 2019

I won't tell you what does happen in _The Ninth Passenger_ but I'll tell you what doesn't happen: The movie's description, and the movie's title.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

Wuchak 5/10 Sep 11, 2020

_**Eight people on a luxury yacht, but there’s another passenger**_

In the Strait of Georgia in the Vancouver area eight people, half of them strangers, end up on an unexpected ride in a luxury yacht where some of them eventually board a dinghy to the nearest island and horrific things happen. Will anyone make it back alive? Jesse Metcalfe plays the quasi-protagonist with a secret agenda.

“The Ninth Passenger” (2018) is a drama/thriller with a little horror that brings to mind yacht/schooner movies like "Dead Calm" (1989) and "Caught Inside" (2010), but with a surprise twist in the last act, which has more to do with flicks like “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan” (1989).

While this is the least of these, it’s proficiently made for a low-budget film with a decent cast of no-names, fitting atmosphere, a quality score and impressive F/X. But the script needed more tweaking because there’s a lack of cohesion to the story. It’s like several ideas put together that needed a little more smoothness and logic. Yet it could also be argued that ambiguity works in the picture’s favor.

Metcalfe does well as the formidable protagonist, inspiring men to get in better shape. As for the feminine cast, there are four beauties: Alexia Fast (Jess), Veronica Dunne (Christy), Sabina Gadecki (Tina) and Cinta Laura Kiehl (Nicole), but the director only milks the latter’s splendor (no nudity) and she’s debatably the least of ’em.

The film runs 1 hour, 16 minutes (although it’s curiously listed as 93 minutes), and was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia.

GRADE: C+