It’s a great reason to give those films a look—the ones that got middling scores like 3 out of 5 stars or 6 out of 10. Often, these aren’t just mediocre; they simply didn’t get the opportunity to prove themselves.

If you can keep your composure, there’s still a chance you won’t end up dead. Dead Calm was directed by Phillip Noyce and adapted to screenplay by Terry Hayes from the novel of the same name written by Charles Williams. It features Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. Graeme Revell composed the music and Dean Semler served as cinematographer. Following the tragic loss of their young son in a car accident, J…