"Der Skipper" or "Kill Cruise" is a West German 95-minute film that was released in 1990. The language here is listed as German on IMDb, but there are also versions with English language out there. The writer and director is Peter Keglevic and this is possibly his most known work. The film is basically a 3-man show consisting of Jürgen Prochnow and British actresses Patsy Kensit and Liz Hurley. Prochnow was of course very known through "Das Boot". Kensit was also a bit of a star when this was made over 25 years ago, but for Hurley it was a bit of a breakthrough film as she wasn't famous yet.
This is the story of a captain who agrees to sail from Gibraltar to the West Indies because two young women want him to. Off they go and basically the entire action takes place on the boat. You can imagine that with two women and one men, you will see scenes of jealousy misogyny, sex and of course survival. I would not say it was a great film in terms of any of these factors, but it was very much worth watching and a pretty decent thriller. You see both women (your choice who to prefer depending on if you like blondes or brunettes) in bikinis most of the time, which is an additional treat too. But then the last 12 minutes or so start and that's where the film goes really down in quality. The sudden plot twist involving Hurley's character came absolutely out of nowhere and I felt it made so little sense that it almost destroyed the entire film and everything before it. This ending is also why I would only recommend this movie to really the biggest fans of survivals movies. Everybody else should skip it or they will be as confused and disappointed as I was. Then again, maybe I overrated the film a bit in general before the last scenes already because I like Prochnow and Hurley. Thumbs-down, overall.
This is the story of a captain who agrees to sail from Gibraltar to the West Indies because two young women want him to. Off they go and basically the entire action takes place on the boat. You can imagine that with two women and one men, you will see scenes of jealousy misogyny, sex and of course survival. I would not say it was a great film in terms of any of these factors, but it was very much worth watching and a pretty decent thriller. You see both women (your choice who to prefer depending on if you like blondes or brunettes) in bikinis most of the time, which is an additional treat too. But then the last 12 minutes or so start and that's where the film goes really down in quality. The sudden plot twist involving Hurley's character came absolutely out of nowhere and I felt it made so little sense that it almost destroyed the entire film and everything before it. This ending is also why I would only recommend this movie to really the biggest fans of survivals movies. Everybody else should skip it or they will be as confused and disappointed as I was. Then again, maybe I overrated the film a bit in general before the last scenes already because I like Prochnow and Hurley. Thumbs-down, overall.