I've seen this film labelled horror, it is not. It's about two lighthouse keepers who comes to this very small island. They are taking over from two others, and they have to work there for a month.

The boss, the oldest of the two (Willem Dafoe) and his apprentice (Robert Pattinson). At first they don't talk a lot, they just do their job. The boss takes the lantern and the young man does most of the rest except cooking. After two weeks it's time to get to know the name of the younger, Winslow, he says. The time goes and the day before the month is up, the name of the other is told, Thomas. They have started to talk, and the month just being the two of them take its toll. Thomas senses that a terrible weather is closing in. It really becomes bad, thunderstorms starts, and this weather hinders the two next keepers to get to the island, and of course also that these two can't return to the mainland.

Now everythings turns quite mad. The food is almost eaten, the only thing they have enough of is the liquor.

Now one could mention a one eyed seagull, a mermaid and a whole lot of fighting. But no. I think you got to have a greater wit than me to see anything more than what's happening on the screen. In fact the last half of the film is quite boring.

I could say that it all should be seen in the clear light of St. Elmo's Fire, fancy right. I don't know! To me this is a film with two fantastic actors, but the film itself, sadly under performs.