"Movie review" Ghost Ship

Ghost Ship "Ghost Ship" director Steve Beck established himself in the industry as a visual effects designer on "The Hunt for Red October," "The Abyss" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." As a feature helmsman, he's brought us "Thirteen Ghosts," a remake of the 1960 William Castle classic, and "Ghost Ship," both of which are absolutely atrocious films for any number of reasons: writing, acting, dialogue, story--and, bafflingly, utterly unengaging visual effects. A mortal sin …

…Byrne brooding his way through story after story of old sailors' tales is just laughable. Isaiah Washington ("Welcome to Collinwood") plays a role so trite it's idiotic. And Ron Eldard, whose work on television's ER was exceptional, and whose performance in the HBO drama "Bastard out of Carolina" was extraordinary, here is just sad. Julianna Margulies ("The Man From Elysian Fields") is always a fair actress with nice hair, so her presence is no tragedy