Titanic 666

Let´s go back to the year of 1998. I especially remember that spring, because a high school friend of mine called Patrick, he was doing his military service in a Swedish city called Skövde. When he had the weekend off from the military facility, we would meet up in our hometown, at least at the weekends he was able to come home. And he would tell me stories from the military facility, and they did some crazy stuff. And there was especially one thing that was really funny, where he and his military friends have planned together, that had something to do with the film Titanic. The film have been shown in cinema for many months, and they knew that Leonardo Di Caprio would drown in the end of the film. So....here is what they did. One evening they booked the whole front row of the cinema, where most of the audience was women. And when the film was getting closer to the scene where Leonardo was about to drown, they whole guy gang prepared to surprise the audience. As Leonardo drowns, the whole male military gang stood up in the front row of the cinema, applauded very high, and all chaos started. Women across the cinema audience went nuts, throwing snacks at them, soda´s, shouting bad words, they did not like what they did. They were forced to leave the cinema, but i have to say, this is one of the best things i have heard when i think about the film Titanic. I am pretty sure you have never heard anyone else doing something like this before, so i say that this is one of the great moments of 1998. I did see Titanic in cinema, and i believe it was around February of 1998 ( since the film had it´s cinema premiere in January of 1998 in Sweden ). It´s not the worst film i have seen, but i definetely didn´t see it as a masterpiece that everyone was talking about. And i also remember that my girlfriend at that time called Marie, used to play the Titanic soundtrack on CD, and i got so tired of hearing that Celine Dion song i wanted to throw the CD off her balchony. I did see the film again a couple of years ago, and my opinion about the film have not changed. It is well made, and have a very tragic story to tell, but it is still not a masterpiece that some people still say to this day. Most of us know of the real story of what happened with the Titanic, back in the year of 1912, when the RMS tank Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15th. I do think it is a very important historical moment that should be told, because the RMS tank Titanic was very unique, being the largest ship afloat at that time. If you want to know more about the Titanic, there is actually a big exhibition here in Sweden in the city of Sundsvall, that is running until September this year. What i understand this exhibition has everything you want to know about Titanic. Speaking about Titanic, i have been looking forward to see a B horror movie called Titanic 666 since i saw the trailer of the film. The title of the film is absolutely brilliant, so i finally got a chance to check this film out. Is this the best Titanic film ever made, or is it just as bad as Sex Pistol´s singer John Lydon´s 1997 solo album Psycho´s Path, one of the worst electronic pop album´s of the 90´s ?

A new ship known as Titanic III is about to take off, travelling towards the same location where the original Titanic ship sank on April 15th, 1912. What the passangers don´t know on board Titanic III, is that one of the passengers is about to bring back some the passengers who died on the original Titanic. 

Finally!

A Titanic movie that was made in my taste ( and other´s who have good taste, just like me ). I always wanted a different kind of Titanic movie, that does not follow the same path as the previous films have ( that includes Titanic 2, the 2010 film that no one apparently remember, i wonder why? ). Titanic 666 does find a way to tell the story of Titanic in a refreshing way, by connecting the past to the original Titanic ship, that includes the dead souls of the people who drowned that night of April 15th, 1912. And it is pretty cool to see the ghosts coming back to revenge the people who are travelling on Titanic III. The CGI effects may be a bit cheesy, and you can tell this is a film made by The Asylum, but this is actually one of their better made films. They actually made an effort to try and make this film look good, and that is something you don´t see everyday from a film released by The Asylum. So what about the characters? There is a mixed bag in here, and by that i mean there are actually characters that i enjoy, and especially one i am very annoyed over ( but she does do a good job portraying her character ). The specific person i am referring to being annoying is the character known as Mia Stone, played by actress AnnaLynne McCord. This could be the most annoying character i have seen this year, but is done so well that i have to applaud actress AnnaLynne McCord for giving this performance. Not only does she give us the best annoying woman character in a long time, but she actually does it very convincing. I promise, if anyone went on a boat with Mia Stone, you would want to throw her overboard ( nothing personal AnnaLynne ). Jamie Bamber ( who i especially remember from Battlestar Gallactica ), deliver a charming performance as Professor Hal Cochran, who may see harmless at first, but i like to see his personality change. Keesha Sharp ( who i really enjoyed in the Lethal Weapon TV series, worth checking out ) as Captain Celeste Rhoades, is definetely the right choice for this character. Keesha knows how to portrait Captain Celeste that matches well with the background story of this film, as well as bring a cool atmosphere around her. Lydia Hearst ( worth checking out in the thriller Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman ) as the character Idina Bess, is actually one of the most interesting characters in Titanic 666. She has a very mysterious personality over her, and become especially interesting when we find out she have family connections to one of the people who died on the original Titanic. The plot may not deliver anything unique, but i actually think it works thanks to a simple but effective story about the revenge of dead passangers from the original Titanic. I could probably complain about some of the CGI effects and other details, but since i actually enjoyed Titanic 666 i have decided to leave that part behind, and look at the positive instead. Director Nick Lyon ( who directed Rise Of The Zombies, another The Asylum film i still enjoy ) deliver one of the better The Asylum films i have seen in many years. He actually seems to have made an effort to make this film more professional than most films released by The Asylum, and i am thankful for that. Titanic 666 is definetely worth checking out on Tubi or VOD, if you want to experience a different film experience on this classic historical story. Let´s hope we get a European DVD release, and i will definetely be picking up a copy.

Rating: DDD