makes me afraid of the water
Added 7/22/2009
This is the sequel to Open Water and I must say, it's just as creepy and unsettling as the first.
This is because much of the movie is silent and takes place out in the water, as the teenagers are stuck in the ocean surrounded by their boat that they forgot to lower the ladder on (oops, what a horrible unfortunate mistake).
For the most part, the teenagers gradually die off one by one, as they either sink, get frustrated and drowned, or hit their hit on something and pass out. There's a lot of emotion in this film and concern whether the remaining teens were going to make it, since the original Open Water had an incredibly shocking ending. The ending in this movie isn't as good as the ending in the original, but pretty good nonetheless since it leaves you guessing.
The fact that one of the teens was terrified of the water because of something that happened in her past played a pretty important part of the storyline too- she was constantly showing emotion about choosing to get in the water or not.
An interesting part of the story was how this same woman brought her baby daughter on board the ship, and while the teens were struggling to get back inside the boat, the baby could be heard crying in the background. I wondered at first whether the crying baby would be included in the storyline for added realism, and luckily it was.
The reason the teens ended up in the water without the ladder being lowered to get back on the boat is because one of the male teens grabbed his female friend and threw her in the water with him, in the process not even thinking whether the ladder was lowered or not. Dumb move.
I'm surprised sharks didn't enter the picture, but they almost did at one point. Very good sequel to a series that has become popular for its unpredictable plot twists and realistic setting.
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NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST, BUT STILL AMAZING 9.5 OUT OF 10
Added 7/8/2009
I absolutely loved the first film despite the response some idiot people gave it because they have no patience or taste for anything good. I was a little nervous going into the sequel, because the first film set a pretty high bar for me (Not to mention I have very low standards for sequels because numerous film sequels ended up on my worst films list). But, Open Water 2: Adrift is still a fantastic film that, while not as good as the first film, still accomplishes a lot in what it sets out to do. Like the first film, you will be kept on edge and you will never know what will happen because this film will grip you until the very end.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Six friends (And a baby) go out on a yacht off the coast of Mexico and they're having a good time partying and celebrating a birthday. Then the six people decide to cool off and decide to go for a swim in the ocean (Well, five of them want to swim. One lady has a deathly fear of water from childhood experiences which the film explores). But once the friends are in the water, they make the unfortunate discovery that no one put down the ladder... and that the baby is still on board. Now the friends can't get back up and they're left in freezing water. Fatigue starts to set in, the friends argue and turn on each other, and hypothermia. Unlike the couple in the first film, the group doesn't have sharks to fear about... but each other.
MUSIC: This music was much better than the first film's and did a better job of setting the mood. It was well-done and was well-composed throughout.
ACTING: This is the area that the first film does better, which makes it superior to its sequel. While the actors are convincing for most of the film, there were times in which they slipped up thanks to moments of somewhat corny dialogue. However, these moments are very short, and don't last long. I really liked the actors and thought they performed their roles well (But they were not quite as convincing as Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis who were the actors in the first film).
ACTION: This film, like the first one, is focused mostly on dialogue. But this sequel is far more violent than its predecessor. However, if you hated the first film because you thought it was boring (And you were an idiot) you'll hate this sequel as well. However, this film does a very good job at providing a tense atmosphere and makes you fear what will happen next and does manage to elicit some emotions as well because it feels real and it could happen.
OVERALL: If you loved the first film, buy the sequel. If you hated the first film (Because you're an idiot), you'll hate this sequel. I loved every minute of this film and is easily one of the best films I've ever seen (Like its predecessor). It's a fantastic, creepy, and realistic film that will give you chills and shivers down your spine.
THE GOOD: The realism, the acting, the music, and it's very tense and unpredictable.
THE BAD: Somewhat of slow beginning and some moments of dialogue slip-ups.
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Psychological Thriller
Added 4/20/2009
To those who criticized the movie and characters for being "stupid" and expected the the cloth rope to work, or the cell phone to work, or the few other ways they could have possibly been able to get aboard....well there wouldn't have been much of a movie if those things worked and they were all able to get back on board safely. It would been over in 20 minutes. Of course those things didn't work.
Aside from the young blonde, I didn't thing the characters were ditzy, dumb, or stupid. I thought they were quite good and the acting was great. And the way things unfolded I thought were very believable.
The added suspense of the baby left on board, crying in hunger and lonliness, with the parents feeling horribly helpless, was heartbreaking.
Throughout the whole movie I was left to think what I would do in this situation. It was a psychological Thriller.
My only knock was the ending had two contradicting endings, which left me confused, and I felt a little cheated.
***I want to correct someone who said the husband threw the wife in the water knowing she was terrified. That was the not her husband, that was Dan, the jerky friend, the captian.***
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Surprisingly believable and well-acted...
Added 4/16/2009
Others have covered this film well so I will simply add this: I surfed into this film on Dish and, as the former skipper of a 54' sailboat similar to the one shown, the synopsis immediately drew my attention.
This and similar situations happen all too frequently. As others have said, I was on the edge of my seat much of the last two thirds of the movie. Like the actors in this film, most guests aboard a small vessel do not realize they are putting their lives in the hands of the boat's skipper. My recommendation is to take a good look at the skipper before getting aboard and ask yourself if this is the kind of person you want to hang your life on. The sea, mountain peaks, and the like can be VERY unforgiving which is a way of saying that you can get 99 things in a hundred right and still die because something obvious is overlooked. This film should be mandatory viewing for anyone planning to hop aboard a friend's boat for a sunny day on the water. Nuf said on that...
I found most of the plot set in the water credible. It's a big ocean and most of it contains no preditors. Also, if something was going to get done, it would have had to have happened in the first hour or two because of hypothermia and rapid loss of strength. Thus, the final solution for those that remained just was not believable. By the end of the film, everyone should have perished. Ironically, who ever found the boat would have been left with a Bermuda Triangle style mystery. My biggest concern from the beginning was that the wind would come up and start blowing the boat forcing the crew to swim to stay along side. A breeze did come up that was plenty to move a boat with that much freeboard... yet it stayed amazingly stationary without the benefit of anchor.
The crew did start down the road to a solution almost immediately but the plot turned in a different direction in a credible way. Remember, it is hard to think straight when people are wet, cold, tired, having to keep their mouth above water continuously, and otherwise paniced. I am willing to bet good money that with a guy in the water on either side of the lightest woman, she could have gotten a foot into the palm of each guy's hand, then get a foot on each shoulder, and stretch for the toe rail or lifeline. Failing that, the men could get a palm under each of her feet and hoist her up to the toe rail, lifeline, etc. However, once the crew lost their strength they were goners. The moral of the story is pick your skipper well and speak up if you see ANYTHING that you think could turn into a problem... he needs all the eyes and ears the crew can bring to bear in any whether conditions.
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Open Water 2 is not nearly as good as Open Water, but if you really liked that one, this one's worth a watch.
I give it four stars because it WAS entertaining and unpredictable, it DID command my attention, and the premise IS compelling. I have to recommend a movie that manages to accomplish all that. Not exactly stellar cinema, true, but I still liked it.
Open Water 2 features a small group of friends stranded in the ocean because everyone had jumped off the side, and no one had taken the responsibility to pull the ladder down. They have no way of getting back on the boat. Everyone is in the water except a hungry, wailing infant left alone that you genuinely worry about, while a drowning mother listens.
I've been far from shore, with nothing but snorkel fins and nothing nearby to hang on to. It's not easy to tread water in the ocean, and I could fully feel their exhaustion and frustration. I can write this review because most skippers actually stay on the boat. With the ladders down.
The owner of the yacht is inexperienced, emotionally distraught, and drunk. They're all in way over their heads out there (pun intended), but the movie's not completely dumb just because they are. It's possible to imagine yourself caught in this hopeless scenario on a private yacht involving a lot of flirting and alcohol, with people who have no business being in the deep end of a pool, much less aboard a vessel like this. Thus I rate it scary and suspenseful enough to make for decent entertainment, especially since it claims to be based on a true story.
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makes me afraid of the water
Added 7/22/2009
This is the sequel to Open Water and I must say, it's just as creepy and unsettling as the first.
This is because much of the movie is silent and takes place out in the water, as the teenagers are stuck in the ocean surrounded by their boat that they forgot to lower the ladder on (oops, what a horrible unfortunate mistake).
For the most part, the teenagers gradually die off one by one, as they either sink, get frustrated and drowned, or hit their hit on something and pass out. There's a lot of emotion in this film and concern whether the remaining teens were going to make it, since the original Open Water had an incredibly shocking ending. The ending in this movie isn't as good as the ending in the original, but pretty good nonetheless since it leaves you guessing.
The fact that one of the teens was terrified of the water because of something that happened in her past played a pretty important part of the storyline too- she was constantly showing emotion about choosing to get in the water or not.
An interesting part of the story was how this same woman brought her baby daughter on board the ship, and while the teens were struggling to get back inside the boat, the baby could be heard crying in the background. I wondered at first whether the crying baby would be included in the storyline for added realism, and luckily it was.
The reason the teens ended up in the water without the ladder being lowered to get back on the boat is because one of the male teens grabbed his female friend and threw her in the water with him, in the process not even thinking whether the ladder was lowered or not. Dumb move.
I'm surprised sharks didn't enter the picture, but they almost did at one point. Very good sequel to a series that has become popular for its unpredictable plot twists and realistic setting.
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NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST, BUT STILL AMAZING 9.5 OUT OF 10
Added 7/8/2009
I absolutely loved the first film despite the response some idiot people gave it because they have no patience or taste for anything good. I was a little nervous going into the sequel, because the first film set a pretty high bar for me (Not to mention I have very low standards for sequels because numerous film sequels ended up on my worst films list). But, Open Water 2: Adrift is still a fantastic film that, while not as good as the first film, still accomplishes a lot in what it sets out to do. Like the first film, you will be kept on edge and you will never know what will happen because this film will grip you until the very end.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Six friends (And a baby) go out on a yacht off the coast of Mexico and they're having a good time partying and celebrating a birthday. Then the six people decide to cool off and decide to go for a swim in the ocean (Well, five of them want to swim. One lady has a deathly fear of water from childhood experiences which the film explores). But once the friends are in the water, they make the unfortunate discovery that no one put down the ladder... and that the baby is still on board. Now the friends can't get back up and they're left in freezing water. Fatigue starts to set in, the friends argue and turn on each other, and hypothermia. Unlike the couple in the first film, the group doesn't have sharks to fear about... but each other.
MUSIC: This music was much better than the first film's and did a better job of setting the mood. It was well-done and was well-composed throughout.
ACTING: This is the area that the first film does better, which makes it superior to its sequel. While the actors are convincing for most of the film, there were times in which they slipped up thanks to moments of somewhat corny dialogue. However, these moments are very short, and don't last long. I really liked the actors and thought they performed their roles well (But they were not quite as convincing as Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis who were the actors in the first film).
ACTION: This film, like the first one, is focused mostly on dialogue. But this sequel is far more violent than its predecessor. However, if you hated the first film because you thought it was boring (And you were an idiot) you'll hate this sequel as well. However, this film does a very good job at providing a tense atmosphere and makes you fear what will happen next and does manage to elicit some emotions as well because it feels real and it could happen.
OVERALL: If you loved the first film, buy the sequel. If you hated the first film (Because you're an idiot), you'll hate this sequel. I loved every minute of this film and is easily one of the best films I've ever seen (Like its predecessor). It's a fantastic, creepy, and realistic film that will give you chills and shivers down your spine.
THE GOOD: The realism, the acting, the music, and it's very tense and unpredictable.
THE BAD: Somewhat of slow beginning and some moments of dialogue slip-ups.
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Psychological Thriller
Added 4/20/2009
To those who criticized the movie and characters for being "stupid" and expected the the cloth rope to work, or the cell phone to work, or the few other ways they could have possibly been able to get aboard....well there wouldn't have been much of a movie if those things worked and they were all able to get back on board safely. It would been over in 20 minutes. Of course those things didn't work.
Aside from the young blonde, I didn't thing the characters were ditzy, dumb, or stupid. I thought they were quite good and the acting was great. And the way things unfolded I thought were very believable.
The added suspense of the baby left on board, crying in hunger and lonliness, with the parents feeling horribly helpless, was heartbreaking.
Throughout the whole movie I was left to think what I would do in this situation. It was a psychological Thriller.
My only knock was the ending had two contradicting endings, which left me confused, and I felt a little cheated.
***I want to correct someone who said the husband threw the wife in the water knowing she was terrified. That was the not her husband, that was Dan, the jerky friend, the captian.***
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