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A crew of salvagers discover a ship floating over international waters, that has been abandoned for forty years. They plan to repair the ship and claim it as their own. However, while on board, the crew discovers that the ship is haunted by the spirits of those whom had perished on the ship.

It turns out that good special effects have been wasted on this nonsense. The plot seems to grow more lame and stupid as the movie progresses. Pile that on with mediocre acting and cliched horror sequences and we get a time-waster of a movie. (3/10)

Jet Li stars in this movie about a former MVA agent, Gabriel Yulaw, who plans to kill every alternate version of himself in the multiverse (in the movie we are told that there 124 universes). With each version of himself that he kills, Yulaw becomes stronger. He has killed 122 versions of himself, so he must kill one more in order to be the only one in the multiverse. The one remaining version that he must eliminate is a police officer (also played by Li).

What follows from this are mindless fight scenes and countless opportunities to show off special effects. Despite that the movie delivers thrills and entertainment, one cannot deny that this is an obvious 'Matrix' rip-off. One cannot help to see the final fight scene between the two Jet Li characters seems like a rehash of a fight between Neo and Agent Smith. Not to mention the dodging of bullets and the numerous 'long jumps'. The whole plot of this movie is incoherent. However, it doesn't really matter because this is one of those kind of movies that you watch with your brain on auto-pilot. (5/10)

Sharon Stone stars as Hush, a sleazy and irresponsible woman who has two children and lives in a small apartment. She is also in debt with a low-rate loan shark and, as a result, she is constantly being threatened by them. However, she eventually meets Joe (Billy Connolly), a man whose wife has just left him and also has found out that he has a brain tumor. They both fall in love while he helps her deal with her problems.

With such a story, one would think that this movie would add up to something good. However, the reality is that 'Beautiful Joe' is a film that does not work on any level. It starts out as a drama that puts an emphasis on a rather unconvincing love story between Joe and Hush. It then shifts to comedy (rather lame comedy that is) during the middle of the film. By the end, the film once again shifts back to drama. With such a lack of direction in a poor script and terrible acting (especially from Stone, whose career is definitely in freefall), 'Beautiful Joe' is anything but beautiful. (1/10)