A luxury cruise ship descends into darkly-comic chaos, forcing the ultra-rich to redefine their social hierarchy.
Satirical and bleak, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix and Kanopy (free).
Moderate sex and nudity, and some violence, about what an R should carry.
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A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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