"The Triangle" (2005) TV mini-series

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Craig R. Baxley

Writers:

Dean Devlin (story)
Rockne S. O'Bannon (teleplay)

Release Date:

5 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

In the Bermuda Triangle, nothing stays lost forever.

Plot:

A group of people haunted by their experiences within the Bermuda Triangle band together to confront its truths.

Plot Keywords:

Bermuda Triangle | Scientist | Greenpeace | Billionaire | Philadelphia Experiment

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Eric Stoltz	...	Howard Thomas
Catherine Bell	...	Emily Patterson
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Meeno Paloma
Bruce Davison	...	Stan Lathem
Michael E. Rodgers	...	Bruce Geller (as Michael Rodgers)
Sam Neill	...	Eric Benerall
Lisa Brenner	...	Helen Paloma
John Sloan	...	Aron Ackerman
Charles Martin Smith	...	Captain Jay
Barrie Ingham	...	Doug Weist
Marius Weyers	...	Karl Sheedy
Shannon Esra	...	Sally
Adrienne Pierce	...	Emily's Mother (as Adrienne Pearce)
Robyn Olivia	...	Marie
Anette Kemp	...	Traci

Runtime:

USA:240 min (3 parts)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

In part 2 (at about an hour into it), the character Meeno (Lou Diamond Phillips) picks up a newspaper and reads one of Howard Thomas's articles. The text of the article is taken directly from a fact sheet prepared by the US Navy and Coast Guard.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Car dive sequence into the sea after the bridge disappears, you can see cable on both sides of the car holding it somewhat at an angle as the characters are trying to get out of danger. It shows both times the accident happens at two different time warp occurrences.

Quotes:

Emily Patterson: [about a strange light coming from the sky] Anybody got a theory on this one?

Movie Connections:

References The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

"A great mini-series from the creators of Independence Day, X-Men and Farscape!"

I've been interested in this mini-series ever since I first learned about it back in October of last year. It wasn't just the plot that caught my attention, but also the fact that this mini-series was written and produced by two great film makers and one great TV producer combined! They include Dean Devlin the producer and co-writer of Independence Day, Bryan Singer the director of the X-Men films and Rockne S. O'Bannon the creator of the science fiction/fantasy series Frascape.

So ever since I learned about this mini-series I really wanted to now when it would premiere here in Australia. For months I've been seeing commercials on television about the The Triangle which only say "Comming Soon" with no clue of an exact start date, which really annoyed me. But at last this great mini-series has finally premiered here on Australian television!

If you like science fiction/mystery stories than this is just the mini-series for you. It has a very suspenseful and complicated plot about a psyche, a journalist, a meteorologist and an underwater scientist who are hired by a shipping billionaire (played by Sam Neill) to solve one of the world's greatest mysteries the Bermuda Triangle, mainly because a number of his ships have recently disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle and he is desperate for answers. So these four characters all of whom have only just met head out on a very dangerous investigation to solve what may be a phenomena unlike anything the world has ever known!

As for the cast of this mini-series there are only three main cast members that I am familiar with. They include Sam Neill an actor who is very well known here in Australia. Bruce Davidson, an actor best known to X-Men fans for his role as Senator Robert Kelly in the first X-Men film. And Catherine Bell who is best known for her role in the TV series JAG.

So all together this is a brilliant miniseries and I loved it! So if you like stories about the Bermuda Triangle and you love science fiction mysteries than this is just the mini-series for you!