Although being a well known name in Hollywood, mostly for helming his Evil Dead franchise, and the original Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) trilogy, Sam Raimi has directed less than twenty films, with this his latest, being his 17th effort.

It’s certainly in his wheelhouse, that of dark comedy and humour, that finds an office worker having to survive in an unusual locale.

Having worked for her company in the strategist department for seven years now, Linda Liddle (Amy McAdams) is looking forward to the promotion that she has been promised for some time.

Unfortunately for her, her boss has stepped down and put his son Bradley (Dylan O’Brien) in charge, who isn’t impressed with Linda; so much so that he overlooks her and puts a guy who has only been with the company a few months in her wanted position.

She confronts him, in a rather timid fashion, which leads him to throwing her bone, and allowing her to accompany him and a few other suits on a private jet to Bangkok to finalise a big merger.

Unfortunately for everyone, the flight is a bumpy one, that results in the plane crashing, with only two survivors – Linda and Bradley.

They wash up on a deserted island, where Linda’s self-taught survival skills come in handy, so much so that she isn’t in any real hurry to be rescued, which isn’t great news for Bradley.

You can imagine that the concept of this film was simply pitched to a studio as ‘Misery on a beach’, which was enough to get it greenlit. And that’s essentially what we get here, with Linda absorbing the dark energy of Annie Wilkes, played by Kathy Bates in the film, in wanting to make sure that Bradley remains her companion whether he wants to or not.

The start of the film shows promise, with Linda, played superbly McAdams, as the hardworking- yet-overlooked office worker, deserving of a break.

It’s when they get to the island, that the story just becomes far-fetched, where a taut tension is soon replaced by an overwhelming sense of ridicule, becoming ever more cartoonish the longer the film goes on.

This results in a disappointing finale, in what could have been a chilling ending, but Raimi chickens out for a cutesy, wrapped with a red bow conclusion, that is very not his style.

Still McAdams appears to let her hair down and relishes the silliness of it all, it’s just a shame that Raimi didn’t make it a little bit darker, instead of opting for bonkers fun in the sun instead.