Overall Styx isn't a bad movie. It might be a bit slow but that's exactly what I would imagine if I was on a solitary trip sailing the oceans. The calmness, the solitude, the awareness of everything that surrounds you, it seems all normal to me that this story is told in a slow pace. As for the moral of the story it's something typical for our times, we look at refugees as they are a plague and not worth of our time, and this while they are human beings like you and me. It's a depressing story and it should be. We're living in a me me me-world and Styx reflects that totally. Not many actors in this movie but Susanne Wolff did a good job playing her character. Don't expect action scenes or whatever, Styx is more about questioning ourselves.
Plot summary
"Styx" depicts the transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip. When she becomes the only person to come to the aid of a group of refugees shipwrecked on the high seas, she is shown the limits of her importance and of the empathy of her cultural milieu. She is left slipping impotently from one nightmare to the next, and by the end she is forced to recognize that there is no way to counter the cruelties of real life. Only chance can save her.
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Not a lot of action but a clear message.
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EUFF Review: Styx (6 Stars)
Styx (River) has some beautiful camera work at the start that will take your breath away as you get into the mind of the one and only major character who goes on a sail in her private yacht to the Ascension Island. The trouble is that this adventurous journey soon transforms into a startling look into the refugee crisis and the insensitive outlook offered by those that are supposed to help. Susanne Wolff drives the adventure drama solely through her magnetic performance that puts all those male-driven adventure rides look feeble; she makes you want to jump into the open sea and take a swim - that's the type of performance she delivers in Styx which slowly aches forward to end with a mirror of how things are being handled with the exodus. I also loved the symbolism involved which comes about when you think about Wolff's character alone in her 12-metre yacht and at least a few tens of people stranded in the middle of an ocean. That point gets delivered loud and clear and for that one reason Styx will be a good watch. TN.
(Watched and reviewed at its India premiere at the 24th European Union Film Festival (EUFF India) in Mumbai.)
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Almost good.
This was an interesting movie that just didn't fully come together. I enjoyed watching a character that had skills and common sense. However, the point of the movie was underdeveloped. It came off pretentious. A very weak "evils of capitalism" piece.