To look at the cover and description of "Triangle" on Netflix gives the impression that this movie is going to be some stupid, haunted-boat horror flick. Like Ghost Ship without the cool everyone-gets-cut-in-half opening scene. But "Triangle" isn't a horror movie. Really. It's not really a thriller, either. When I think thriller I think of (best case) "North by North West" or (worst case) "Phonebooth". I don't think "Triangle". Despite the best efforts of the film's marketing department to make you think the opposite, "Triangle" is actually cerebral. You'll find yourself actually thinking during the movie. I know! Can you believe it?!
Of course, you can choose not to think at all during the film, if thinking, ya know, isn't your thing. You won't enjoy the plot, because you won't catch on to it, and you'll just see an attractive woman running around in shorts and you will become one of those people who writes a bad one-star review on Netflix using language that is an insult to anyone with even a limited grasp on grammar. And that's fine. However, if you are willing to think (and you most likely wouldn't have read past the first sentence here if you weren't) then "Triangle" provides a rewarding experience.
Being a lifelong comic book fan, I can be somewhat of a stickler for continuity. Contradictory situations, overlapping plot points, and characters appearing and disappearing out of nowhere without explanation (remember Tori on the final season of Saved By the Bell?) have the potential to annoy the fuck out of me. So, finding no real infractions in "Triangle", a film which relies somewhat heavily on the promise that everything happens in a way that never ends up contradicting itself (you'll understand when you watch it) was somewhat of a refreshing and very pleasant surprise.
Triangle's cast of mostly-unknowns means less of a required effort to suspend disbelief, and all the actors do a more than adequate job playing out their plot lines. Melissa George is great in the lead, giving you a perspective on the action who's competency is questionable until far into the film.
Give this movie a try, it's on streaming Netflix and it's worth your time. If you're one of the eight people who still doesn't have Netflix, then go to Blockbuster or wherever the fuck it is that cavemen get their DVDs these days.
