Triangle



Triangle is a 2009 British-Australian psychological horror film directed by Christopher Smith (who also directed Creep and Severance).

The story revolves around Jess (Melissa George), one of the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to get stuck in either a Groundhog Day Loop, Stable Time Loop, Alternate Timeline, Bad Future or Close Enough Timeline.

Yeah... it's pretty confusing... Naturally, Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory occurs.

Not to be confused with the 2007 Hong Kong film of the same title.

This film provides examples of:

 * Abusive Parents:
 * Alpha Bitch: Sally, to an extent.
 * Alternate Timeline: The first time the first Jess meets the second Jess  a new timeline has been created where the other passengers died differently.
 * Apologetic Attacker:
 * Asshole Victim:
 * Ax Crazy / Broken Bird:
 * Break the Cutie: Jess.
 * Break the Haughty: Sally.
 * California Doubling: Well, Australia Doubling, at least. It is set in America, but was filmed in various locations throughout Australia.
 * Cassandra Truth: Greg doesn't believe Jess when she claims that she's sure she's been on the boat before, trying to tell her that it's all in her head.
 * Fake American: All of the main actors (and a few of the ones playing minor parts) are Australian.
 * Also the ship itself. According to it's life preservers, it is registered in Miami, but it is clearly modeled after the British pre-war steamer RMS Queen Elizabeth, and even betrays its origins by using the Commonwealthian spelling of "Armoury" instead of the American "Armory".
 * Fate Worse Than Death:
 * Final Girl:
 * Future Me Scares Me:
 * Futureshadowing: Pretty much everywhere.
 * The Grim Reaper / Archangel Gabriel / Manipulative Bastard / Alternative Character Interpretation:
 * Groundhog Day Loop: Jess witnesses the death of her co-passengers from different views because apparently the whole situation starts all over again when they die.
 * I Hate Past Me:
 * I Thought It Meant: It's not a film about the Bermuda Triangle, despite what the title and part of the premise may lead some to believe. However, Word of God states that one of the early ideas was for it to be a Bermuda Triangle film, and, although that idea was scrapped, some of the mythology surrounding the Triangle did make its way into the plot.
 * Idiot Ball: Phelous claims this is the only reason Jess can't break the Stable Time Loop.
 * Ironic Hell:
 * Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Jess.
 * The Killer in Me
 * Made of Plasticine: In the midst of trying to convince Victor that they keep dying and coming back to start everything all over again,
 * Mama Bear: To save her son Jess is willing to
 * Meaningful Name: The name of the ship, Aeolus, refers to a mythological Greek figure whose son, Sisyphus, was doomed by the gods to roll a boulder uphill for all eternity, where each time he reaches the summit the rock rolls over him and then back down again.
 * Mind Screw: You're gonna need multiple viewings to actually get everything, and even then you'll either be confused, thinking there's gonna be a sequel or that a sequel is impossible.
 * Narnia Time: Subverted.
 * Never the Selves Shall Meet: Averted.
 * Perpetual Frowner: Jess. She very, very rarely smiles, and when she does, it seems to be forced rather than a genuine smile.
 * Plot Hole / Leave the Plot Threads Hanging:
 * Many of the loop's elements have no logical beginning, in a sort of My Own Grandpa situation.
 * Reset Button: Killing the other passengers is a reset button.
 * Rule of Symbolism: The "Mean Jess" (as she was nicknamed by the director) from the second loop  has a bullet skim the top of her head, causing blood to run down it. Later,
 * Scenery Porn
 * Set Right What Once Went Wrong: This is what Jess tries to do
 * Shout Out: The killer wearing a sack as a mask is a Shout Out to Friday the 13 th Part II, in which Jason Voorhees wears a pillow case over his head prior to the iconic hockey mask.
 * Slashed Throat:
 * Stable Time Loop:
 * The trauma didn't cause amnesia.
 * Word of God states that one of the possible interpretations of the film is that amnesia was involved... starting when.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Phelous constantly bemoans the lack of common sense that plagues the cast throughout the movie. Like why the other Jess keeps fulfilling the time loop by keeping herself hidden and spying on herself rather than just reveal herself to the pre-time cast and stop the entire mess from happening, or why Greg assumes the people in the boat are hiding from them for fun rather than just letting them know their presence.
 * To be fair to Greg, he is very rational-minded, and was just trying to find a somewhat sane explanation for why the ship appears to be deserted.
 * Phelous also points out how Jess seems to just insanely conclude the loop is murder based, despite the same amount of time occuring in each iteration and the fact that there are multiple Jess' in each loop, so why does she think killing herself will reset the loop?
 * What do you do when you see a message saying 'Go to the theatre' written on a mirror in blood?
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: Jess and Greg.
 * Villain Protagonist: From one point of view, anyway.
 * The Walrus Was Paul: Christopher Smith has stated that the movie is supposed to be ambiguous to let people interpret the movie in different ways.
 * What Happened to The Mouse: What happened to Heather after their ship capsized?
 * Who Wears Short Shorts: Jess does.
 * What do you do when you see a message saying 'Go to the theatre' written on a mirror in blood?
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: Jess and Greg.
 * Villain Protagonist: From one point of view, anyway.
 * The Walrus Was Paul: Christopher Smith has stated that the movie is supposed to be ambiguous to let people interpret the movie in different ways.
 * What Happened to The Mouse: What happened to Heather after their ship capsized?
 * Who Wears Short Shorts: Jess does.