Rachel has a theory to explain the mystery of the Mary Celeste, which was found adrift in 1872 with all of her cargo intact but her crew missing. Rachel thinks when tectonic plates shift, this causes things to disappear and the crew were pulled into a rift. She just needs a boat that is willing to bring her to the coordinates where she predicts a rift is set to occur.
Captain Tulls and first mate Aldo get Rachel and her two assistants near the location, but then report the engines have failed and they’ll need to evacuate. Not realizing that mechanical things don’t care what she needs, Rachel freaks out and acts like a diva.
Her assistant Grant ups the tension by helpfully offering to try to repair their engine. Because there’s nothing the crew likes more than a passenger who thinks he’s more well versed in how to fix their ship. Also Grant brought a doll from the Mary Celeste on board with him. It’s highly unlikely that any mariner would want to carry an object from a cursed ship on their voyage. However it never comes up so perhaps this crew isn’t concerned about that sort of thing.
Rachel’s other assistant is super sassy which begs the question, why is she here? She seems to have no scientific knowledge or skills that would benefit this expedition, such as it is. She doesn’t seem to even want to be there. Here’s hoping she’s the first to go.
The most likable person on the boat is the Captain, even though he appears to have faked the engine trouble to bleed more money from Rachel. Yet Rachel manages to be less likable due to her self absorbed nature and general shenanigans. When they lose power, Rachel turns on the generator, even though they need to save power to ensure they have GPS and radio. But her theory of the rift is more important than anything else and I hate her.
For a ghost story, this is lacking in story and scares. Richard Roundtree is the best thing about the film, but he doesn’t have much screen time.
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