Right, well first of all the title of this movie wasn't really sending off any vibes of this being a particularly great movie. I mean, "Titanic 666", it just seems rather tacky, doesn't it?
And then there was the fact that this was a movie from The Asylum. That just doesn't really slap on a seal of approval either, now does it? But then again, in all fairness, then The Asylum actually does have some fair movies out there that transcends their usual rubbish mockbusters.
So I opted to sit down and watch "Titanic 666" from director Nick Lyon. Needless to say that my expectations were none here. Truth be told, I was expecting it to be yet another of those cheesy and campy movies that The Asylum are known for and have been spewing out for years.
While the storyline in "Titanic 666", as written by Jacob Cooney and Jason White, wasn't exactly rocket science. Nay, it was actually a rather stupid storyline. If you imagine the tragedy of the RMS Titanic and grind it through whatever writing genius was at work at The Asylum, then you have "Titanic 666". Someone had rebuilt the Titanic and named it Titanic III; wait, so was this movie actually a sequel to the 2010 movie "Titanic II", or what was going on here?
Regardless, then this was a movie about recapturing the voyage of the Titanic in a new state of the art replica of the original steam liner, but wait, it gets better, because this movie has black magic, frozen apparitions returning to wreck havoc and seek vengeance. Yeah, that was about the magnitude of the writing and concept idea of Jacob Cooney and Jason White. Can we get a round of applause for these guys?
The acting performances in "Titanic 666" were fair enough. Sure, this movie wasn't boasting any major names, nor any particularly familiar faces. Of all the cast members here in the movie, I was familiar only with Joseph Gatt. Needless to say that you're not in an evening of Shakespearian theater here.
Now, the visual presentation of "Titanic 666" has to be brought into the light. Color me impressed. The Asylum really have upped their game here with this 2022 movie and brought out the big wallet. The special effects, the sets, props, and such really were good. It looked rather authentic, and the CGI was good. And believe you me, the visuals really made the movie float - pardon the pun - and made the movie all the more watchable. I was really impressed with this improvement in a movie from The Asylum.
All in all, then "Titanic 666" was every bit as cheesy, corny, ridiculous and stupid as I had expected and anticipated. But director Nick Lyon actually managed to make the movie into something of a watchable guilty pleasure. The movie was actually better than expected. Not grand cinema here, for sure, but watchable for the campy feature it was.
My rating of "Titanic 666" lands on a five out of ten stars.
