George portrays a single mother who goes on a boating trip with several friends. This is another lovely mindfck movie that dares the audience to make sense of it all. Triangle 2009 englishlanguage film, a britishaustralian psychological thriller. Oct 16, 2009 what follows is a complex and superbly written mystery that unfolds at a perfect pace. The lincoln theater is still an operational movie theater owned and operated by the.
Gallery of 17 movie poster and cover images for triangle 2009. I explain the entire plot, whats happening in the movie, how everything ties together, and even point out some interesting tidbits. That kind of reaction always intrigues me, because a movie that is either hit or miss tends to be. So i was emailing with someone one of you fantastic readers just the other day, and in my trying to find a movie for them i ran across my old old post of the 5 best mind job movies. Sep 03, 2016 the triangle is made as a documentary, and parts of the beginning are actually just real. Triangle 2009, directed by tsui hark, ringo lam and. Released on august, 2001, it was filmed in barbados and canada. The triangle movie opens with jess comforting her autistic son tommy whos suffering from a nightmare.
No summary can really do triangle justice, as it has a very unique plot and is in no way a cheap slasher like the poster might suggest. On november 23, 1915, the triangle film corporation opened a stateoftheart motion picture theater in massillon, ohio. The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the atlantic ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas. When you watch the movie, youll quickly noticed that jess and the group is in some kind of loop. The movie has really big twist at the end, and be prepare to get your mind blown. In these types of movies, one of the simplest and easiest.
It may not hold up to great scrutiny but may be of interest to some. Heavily touted as the directors most mature work which it is. Triangle is a trip through the five rivers of hades, in fact the whole film is dripping in greek mythology references. We watch sound unheard as jess goes about cleaning up after her son. The prologue have you ever got the feeling youve done what you are doing before.
A shipping magnate hires four experts from various fields to investigate what happened to his ships that went missing in the bermuda triangle. What follows is a superb, wellpaced thriller complete with deeper psychological concerns as the central character jess melissa george attempts to deal with a mysterious time loop. In high hopes of blowing off steam, the waitress and single mother, jess, decides to go on a sailboat trip with friends. Smith doesnt waste much time on character development, as thats hardly the movies point. Triangle 2009 koreanlanguage film, a south koreanjapanese comedy. Is the time loop on the cruise ship a second timeline in tria ngle. Triangle 2009 analysis of themes spoilers i am rarely excited about a movie, but this one is freaking awesome. Each time they are repeated, new copies of the main actors appear. The triangle is a 2001 thriller television movie directed by lewis teague and starring luke perry and dan cortese. Its deja vu all over again for the heroine of chris smiths mindbending psychological thriller, which marks a quantum leap forward from creep and severance. Triangle 2009 is one of the hidden gem that most people have missed. Facts explanation spoiler this writing is not exactly the plot explanation of one of the most mind fking movies ive ever seen but the clarification of some terms that might help understanding the movie in one or two views. The triangle is both horror and mystery, but mostly its a docustyle psychological thriller, which is exactly why you should watch this creepy little gem i had no idea what to expect from the triangle i just saw that it was getting really great and really bad ratings on amazon.
Another of the film s top qualities would be the strength of some of its visuals, the most notable example being sally crawling amidst something that i will leave unspoiled. This movie came out in 2009 starring melissa george and liam hemsworth. Triangle is a mindbending, timewarping psychological thriller starring one of the landdownunders main attractions. Mar 30, 2010 okay ill try to make this as short as possible. Movie plot ending explained triangle is one of those movies that went without notice. Did not get the movie triangle has anyone else seen this. It is bit hard to categorize the movie, but the closest i could categorize is scifi horror. The movie just shows us the neverending loop in which jess is stuck seemingly forever. Three high school buddies, stu luke perry, tommy dan cortese and gus david hewlett, decide to go on a pleasure cruise through the. Watch triangle 2009 full movie free online streaming tubi. A detailed walkthrough and explanation of the 2009 movie triangle. However, a hugely positive reflection on triangle is that the audience are left puzzling out a myriad of questions long after the credits have rolled. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.
The movie is actually incredibly intelligent, and is in many ways more like science fiction than it is horror, although there is a great deal of blood and gore. I have yet to look into the writer and director i dont even know if theyre the same person at this point and so ill limit my discussion only to the movie itself and its internal logic. You can sign in to give your opinion on the answer. Christopher smith has clearly spent a long time putting this film together with an intricately crafted deal of detail. In the time bending head trip of triangle, a group stranded in the infamous bermuda triangle. I watched this movie today, unaware of this thread. The story revolves around the main character named jess.
Triangle this is the mindfuck film you missed out on. The team discovers a threat that might unravel time itself and cause the world to end. Triangle is a 2009 psychological thriller film written and directed by christopher smith and starring melissa george and michael dorman. The triangle is a threepart usbritishgerman science fiction miniseries concerning the bermuda triangle, which first aired on scifi channel in the us december 57, 2005. Hi everyone, today im sharing with you my illustrated explanation of the mind bending britishaustralian film triangle. This movie was shot back in 2012 in a relatively short amount of time, but the editing and finishing touches dragged on for over three years. Later on, its more of an equal parts documentary and fictiondeal, but in a great way. Why did jess allow the crew of the triangle to set foot on. Baxley, and produced by special effects experts volker engel and marc weigert, together with kelly van horn, for devlins and singer. Triangle is one of the most underrated movies of all time one of my favourites. Triangle is a film that deals with that whole feeling to the total max.
After the movie was over i had to go back and watch the beginning to see how they had overlapped the beginning and the end. Synopsis the film opens with jess melissa george at home with her autistic son, tommy joshua mcivor. The film was released in the united kingdom on 16 october 2009. What follows is an explanation of what i believe took place in triangle. Is the time loop on the cruise ship a second timeline in triangle. The actors from the future sometimes encounter the ones coming from the past just like what happened with jess when she saw her past versions. Deja vu isnt just the name of a cool video game from back in the day, its a creepy feeling to have. Her suspicions are realized when the yacht hits a storm and the group is forced. T hat title could allude to the bermuda triangle, but viewers of a certain age might be pining for a featurelength version of the bbcs. So the one thats now been shot in the head by loop 2 jess in the theatre will end up being the one who is the one with the blood on her face, which we call the mean jess, and ive seen on the message boards on the imdb, people saying who. I love it when a film exceeds your expectations like triangle did.
The film premiered in the uk at the london frightfest film festival on 27 august 2009. Triangle 2009 yacht passengers encounter mysterious weather conditions that force them to jump onto another ship, only to have the odd havoc increase. Triangle 2009 ending explained spoiler alert youtube. The movie is actually incredibly intelligent, and is in many.
I spent most of the movie trying to work out what was going on, trying to piece together all the elements of the storyline. Join our community of taste explorers to save your discoveries, create inspiring lists, get personalized recommendations, and follow interesting people. All i found were some cleverly written interpretationstheories about the meaning of the movie. This is the character christopher smith refers to on the dvd commentary as the mean jess. Teuraiaenggeul is a 2009 south koreanjapanese comedy film starring ahn jaewook, kang hyejung and lee sookyung. So, to summarize my answer, in my opinion,the movie starts out with an impression of being a strange scifitimeloop movie which it kind of is, but the part where she returns to shore and thereafter indicates something more which is going on, apart from the time loop on the ship. This years film4 frightfest played host to the world premiere of christopher smiths highly anticipated new film, triangle. Jun 26, 2017 triangle 2009 is one of the hidden gem that most people have missed. This is not really a science fiction movie, since the mcguffin of the movie is the bermuda triangle, but it plays on the kinds of paradoxes and loops of perception that make for a great science fiction story. Triangle was theatrically released on 16 october 2009, in the uk. Then i searched reddit for triangle and enter this thread without noticing the date and thinking it was an old archived thread, as it usually happens when using the search function. There is a well known subgenre in movies lovingly called the mindfck movies. Triangle movie beginning explained ending explained. Lets first go through the plot linearly and then explain that ending.
The events of the movie triangle loop over and over. Triangle was envisioned as a prestige studio based on the producing abilities of filmmakers d. She cleans paint off the floor, messes her dress up. Triangle is one of those movies that went without notice. I dont remember any noise about the film in 2009 when it released. Those movies that like to play around with the intelligence of the audience by handing out philosophical mindgames or puzzles. In other words, jess1 refers to the main character we follow in the movie. It was written by dean devlin, bryan singer and rockne s. I went to see triangle on a whim hoping it might be thrilling, entertaining or fun at least. Then cycle 2 me reads this awesome analysis while cycle 1 me is still watching the movie. Triangle 2009, directed by tsui hark, ringo lam and johnnie. Triangle also wraps up with its own unique explanation, one thats sisyphean in theme. The film that centers on a single mum, trapped in two intersecting time.
See more lists like the recommendations for triangle. Melissa george mulholland drive, home and away, the amityville horror. Nov 07, 2011 explanation of the film triangle 2009 pleeaase. I think triangle is inspired by this spanish movie timecrimes 2007 which is critically acclaimed, may be thats why triangle is underrated. A tense standoff between a wealthy young widow with a collection of worldfamous art, a swindler with an eye on her collection, and a strange woman who blackmails him into including her in the con. Triangle 2009 tt1187064 the story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the atlantic ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas. This film has many themes intertwined with one another and that makes it much more deeper than what people give it credit for.
While the whole thing looks like she is stuck in some kind of a time vortex, there is an alternate theory suggested in the link below at the end. It is not a time loop movie like edge of tomorrow or source code. With eric stoltz, catherine bell, lou diamond phillips, bruce davison. How can triangle be summed up in just a sentence or two.
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