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  "description": "Triangle is a late aughts horror gem that takes the aesthetics of a slasher film and wraps them around a time loop ala Timecrimes . Visually it feels very much like Dexter — there's an overlap in timing, locale, the warm visual tones, abundance of blood and the fact that the sea features so prominently in the most violent scenes (death is never far removed from a boat, I guess). The loop in Triangle is unexplained. You're made to believe it starts when the party boards the mysteriously abandoned cruise ship. You capsize, you miraculously drift to a rescue and manage to find a mention of Sisyphus and a lone occupant trying to kill you. The loop, in fact, is one in which Jess kidnaps her son, Tommy, from herself and her sisyphean task becomes one of securing her return to Tommy at all costs. Instead of rolling a boulder up a hill, she's killing her love interest and acquaintances over and over and over again. It's a special sort of hell. Jess' behavior on the ship leads you to believe she's a caring mother. Past Jess' behavior at the tail end of the loop reveals that she's overwhelmed and abusive, necessitating a rescue that results in Tommy's death. But, the core events of the film show the lengths she's willing to go to to get back to Tommy. In that way, the true cruelty lies in the acts she finds herself forced to commit and the knowledge that they never free her or rescue her son. There's no telling when the loop started and it may never end. Does Jess deserve a fate so cruel? Perhaps.",
  "path": "/watching/movies/triangle-2009",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T13:39:00Z",
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  "tags": [
    "horror"
  ],
  "title": "Triangle"
}