The turbulent few, navy officer John Ingram (Neill) and his married woman Rae (Kidman) take the break on the racing yacht in the Pacific fallowing a personal tragedy. Their holiday turns into the nightmare fallowing rescuing an potentially other riotous unknown Hughie Warriner (Zane). According to a 1963 novel of the equivalent title by Charles Williams. Directed by Australian movie maker Phillip Noyce. Filmed in the Great Barrier Reef.