Review #209: Harpoon (2019)
This review was originally written in 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #64: Harpoon (2019) Harpoon is a movie about three friends who go out on a day cruise on a yacht in the ocean, when things go wrong. Tensions flare and secrets come to light when they get stranded with no food or water and no hope of rescue, and it sounds like history- and fiction- may end up repeating itself. This is a strange film and it took me a while before I could say whether I liked it or not. The whole film (but mainly the first half hour) suffers from some SEVERE tonal whiplash, as the subject matter eventually becomes incredibly bleak and terrifying but for the first portion of the film feels like a quirky dark comedy (complete with frequent narrations from well-known comic actor Brett Gelman). So not being able to tell whether I'm supposed to be laughing at the antics on screen, coupled with the fact that the first few scenes seem hellbent on making sure you hate all three of the p...