Limbo (1999)
The only thing more dangerous than death...is survival.
Director: John Sayles · Writer: John Sayles
Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly changes when nomadic club singer Donna de Angelo and her troubled teen-age daughter enter Joe’s life. Both mother and daughter fall for Joe, increasing the friction between them. The tension continues to build when Joe invites them on a pleasure cruise up the Alaskan coast, discovering too late that the trip may cost them their lives.
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Trailer
Director
John Sayles
Cast
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Donna De Angelo 
David Strathairn
Joe Gastineau 
Vanessa Martinez
Noelle De Angelo 
Kris Kristofferson
Smilin' Jack 
Casey Siemaszko
Bobby Gastineau 
Kathryn Grody
Frankie 
Rita Taggart
Lou 
Leo Burmester
Harmon King 
Michael Laskin
Albright 
Hermínio Ramos
Ricky
Dawn McInturff
Audrey
Tom Biss
Baines User Reviews (1)
**_The challenges of life on the remote coast of the Great Northwest_** A handyman in an isolated coastal town of Southeast Alaska (David Strathairn) meets a singer (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) while considering getting back to the ocean as a fisherman. He takes the woman and her daughter (Vanessa Martinez) on a boat trip up the coast where things don’t go as planned. Written/directed by John Sayles, "Limbo" (1999) is a drama that becomes a gritty adventure and character study. After the dramatic set-up, the milieu is similar to “Out of Control” (1984) and “The Edge” (1997), just way more mundane and realistic. “Nightmare at Bittercreek” (1988) and "Anything to Survive" (1990) are good comparisons, although this is far superior to the latter. "Courage" (2009) ripped it off a decade later for a far lesser movie hampered by eye-rolling dramatics and hammy acting. T…
