Open Water 2: Adrift

Open Water 2 (Original Open Water 2: Adrift ) is a thriller with Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr., Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis, Cameron Richardson and Eric Dane. Location was Malta.

For marketing reasons, the illusion of a sequel to Open Water was created, but the film is not of the same producers, but has the same basic idea of survival in the water in a seemingly hopeless situation. The plot is based, according to the production on a true story.

Action

A group of old high school friends - Amy and James, Zach, Lauren, Dan and his new girlfriend Michelle - at the weekend with the yacht of Dan's head to the open sea. Amy and James bring with them their baby Sara. Dan has arranged a weekend away and pretends that the expensive yacht belonged to him.

After sunbathing jump James, Zach, Lauren and Michelle for swimming in the sea. Amy suffers from aqua phobia, since she saw her father drown while swimming as a child. However, Dan lifts her up and jumps with her into the water, in the hope that they their fear of the water thereby overcomes. Amy is paralyzed by their fear and in the following hassle is clear that no one had let down the swim ladder. Quick to recognize the six that they do not overcome the high walls of the yacht on its own and can back on board.

Michelle breaks out in panic. James tries to come from the bottom of the boat and pushes his head against. He later dies in Amy's arms to a skull fracture. Zach tries to come on board with the knife, but is stopped by Dan and thereby inadvertently stabbed. Michelle swims away from the others and drowns. Lauren swims away to get help and does not return again.

Finally, Dan breaks his diving mask and used a shard of the viewing window, to give as to wedge in a crack in the hull. As a result, Amy climb back into the boat on Dan and condescend the ladder. But Dan does not climb into the boat, but removed from the circuit. Amy that her father could not save her from drowning as a child, overcomes her fear of the water and jump back in to save Dan. The next morning a fishing boat circles around the yacht. You can hear the baby crying, while Amy is absent on the deck. Finally, the camera pans to Dan, who, lying motionless on the deck on the abdomen.

In the credits it says: " Amy, her baby and Dan have survived. Dan and Amy have never seen afterwards. "

Criticism

The lexicon of international film ruled that the film's " seemingly hopeless situation " sent visualize, but " almost überraschungslos " dahindümple. The " characters and their behavior " were " predictable ", so " wants to hire a real interest in their fate. " That the part of the viewer

2006 in film Screenplay David Mitchell (author) Film score Open Water (film) Highschool Aquaphobia
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