The Sea Wolf (1997)

Thrown overboard while conducting an environmental investigation Humphrey Van Weyden is as good as dead But before he can meet his watery doom he is plucked up by the crew of the freighter The Ghost The ships formidable captain Wolf Larsen sees a challenge in Humphrey to turn this over educated idealist into a man of action like himself Larsen succeeds in changing Humphreys life but in the process sacrifices himself to the same rage and instability that makes him such a powerful figure In a gripping final confrontation Humphrey must stop Wolf from destroying everything around him as he battles his own mortality Based on the classic novel by Jack London