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23/08/2013 Action, Adventure, Drama 1h 46m
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Never give up.

Overview

During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and barely escapes with his life. With any luck, the ocean currents may carry him into a shipping lane -- but, with supplies dwindling and the sharks circling, the sailor is forced to face his own mortality.

  1. J.C. Chandor

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Redford

    Our Man

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-26
Robert Redford is quietly circumnavigating somewhere in his yacht when he wakes up with a puncture. During the night, the boat has clashed with a ten ton piece of flotsam and is holed above the waterline. He’s not unduly worried as he can still navigate freely and has plenty of supplies, but a series of storms soon reduce him to living in his life raft, creatively desalinating his water and hoping he can manoeuvre his way into the shipping lanes where one of the great freighters who caused his predicament in the first place might be able to help him. What chance rescue? There is virtually no...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$9,000,000.00

Revenue
$6,108,720.00

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