There's just not enough going on throughout the film and the special effects are horrendous. Large parts of it are filmed in a movie set pool and this is quite obvious and makes it look very cheap (is there no waves in the Pacific?). These type of 'lost at sea' films largely rely on the drama of the storms, shark attacks, boat sinking etc but the CGI is terrible and nothing looks believable. Although the acting is ok the interaction between the characters is not enough to keep it interesting and the whole film gets stuck in the doldrums.
Review of Against the Sun
