Under Pressure

"Deep below the ocean lies a fortune worth risking your life for."

Feb 25 2000 R 1h 34m
Action, Drama, Thriller

A luxury cruise liner is requisitioned by the Greek government in an attempt to give safe passage to national treasures worth millions of pounds. The liner is attacked by an art collector who finds out about the plan. During the hijack the liner sinks to the sea floor and so begins a fight for survival as the remaining air begins to run out.

Plot

Elgin Bates, a billionaire art collector, hires a British sociopath to help him find a priceless, long-lost, storied sculpture. Bates's man unearths the sculpture in Greece, but it's taken from him by Athens customs agents and put on a tourist ship bound for a museum on Lesbos. En route, Bates's hired guns hijack the ship, start a fire fight with soldiers guarding the statue, and prepare to rendezvous with a sub in Bates's hire. On the ship are a scholar and her daredevil husband. She recognizes the statue and grabs it before the sociopath can. With the ship sinking, she and her husband are under figurative and literal pressure to find a way to escape with their lives and the statue.

Written by

Phillip J. Roth, Jim Christopher

Directed by

Jean Pellerin

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

United Film Organization

Languages

English, Deutsch

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
675
Average Rating
3.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA