A true story set In the year of 1960, a couple took aboard eight teenage boys . As a group of 13 young men who become students at Ocean Academy , a year-long adventures spent aboard the brigantine Albatross , along the way they learn friendship , loyalty , comradeship, trustworthiness or whatever their parents feel they lack. The school is commanded by the captain, Christopher "Skipper" Sheldon (Jeff Bridges) and his wife, Dr. Alice Sheldon (Caroline Goodall) . The young crew (Scott Wolf , Jeremy Sisto , Ryan Phillippe , David Lascher, Eric Cole , Jason Marsden, Balthazar Getty , Ethan Embry, among others) goes through hard times and more laid-back times, but they must come together when a sudden freak storm , the White Squall , overtakes the ship in the Caribbean seas and get them in problem in the middle of the ocean . The strongest force in nature is the will to survive ! . The Adventure Of a Lifetime Turns Into the Ultimate Challenge of Survival !
A sensitive and enjoyable story in which some teenagers learning how to sail aboard an American ship school called the "Albatros¨, to be an expert crew, and respect one another from around the country for eight months. As teenager boys discover discipline , fidelity and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing . "White Squall" is the real story of adolescent boys who crew a school sailing ship to gain experience , honesty , discipline, as the voyage is a true adventure for them all but it has its downs as well as ups. While the boys agonize over their various crises making the first half of the film into a veritable ¨Dead Poets yachting society¨. There's a shift to Caine Mutiny type trial in which the captain must prove the tragedy was not his fault while survivors rally to his defence . Along with main starring Jeff Bridges who plays the ship's captain and surrogate dad , as well as Caroline Goodall who performs his faithfull wife , there appear also a lot of future young promises to develop important careers such as : Scott Wolf , Jeremy Sisto , Ryan Phillippe , David Lascher , Balthazar Getty, Ethan Embry , Jason Marsden and veterans as John Savage , David Selby , Julio Oscar Mechoso and Zeljko Ivanek
The motion picture was well directed by Ridley Scott who excels at showing the fury of nature in the prolonged storm scene , but takes his time getting there . The film was professionally made , following Scott style and at his best and as stylish as ever , similarly his previous film ¨Someone to watch over me¨ and others as ¨Blade runner¨, ¨Black Rain¨ , in which his visual style is impressive as well as his speciality ,the historical genre , as ¨Robin Hood¨ , ¨Kingdom of heaven¨ , ¨Duelists¨ and ¨Black Hawk down¨ . Rating : 6/10. Acceptable and passable . Essential and indispensable watching for Ridley Scott followers. Well worth seeing .
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