In 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex encounters a very angry white sperm whale determined to annihilate the crew. But the worse tragedy of the tale is the horrors that take place when the crew is shipwrecked and resort to unspeakable means of survival. But the worst tragedy of it all is the weak and dull way the story is told.
Ron Howard delivers a sad and uninspired adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick's novel of the same name about the Essex tragedy—and the true-to-life inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
In the movie, Essex survivor Thomas Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson) reluctantly recounts the nightmarish experience to Melville (Ben Whishaw), and we are taken back to 30 years ago, when Nickerson was still a young cabin boy, and Chris Hemsworth is First Mate Chase Owen and Benjamin Walker as the insecure Captain Pollard of the Essex.
In the movie, Essex survivor Thomas Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson) reluctantly recounts the nightmarish experience to Melville (Ben Whishaw), and we are taken back to 30 years ago, when Nickerson was still a young cabin boy, and Chris Hemsworth is First Mate Chase Owen and Benjamin Walker as the insecure Captain Pollard of the Essex.
The flat and tepid screenplay is further ruined by the annoyingly speedy editing and confused POV, fully disengaging you from the story, that you barely get to know the humans or the whale. Apart from the thrill when Nickerson fell into the whale's blowhole and down to the mammal's belly, you won't experience anything else other than the cinema's cold air-conditioner.
Opening across the Philippines on Thursday, December 3, in theaters and IMAX®, “In the Heart of the Sea” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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