On holiday in Mexico, happily married Susan May Pratt (as Amy) and attentive Richard Speight Jr. (as James) drive to a birthday celebration, with their first-born baby Sara. These characters appear to be your average, attractive family. We do learn, mainly through flashbacks, that Ms. Pratt has a fear of water. As a young girl, she helplessly watched her father drown. Pratt and Mr. Speight pass another couple, on a motorcycle. These two are slightly scruffier Niklaus Lange (as Zach) and his knowledgeable girlfriend Ali Hillis (as Lauren). The cause for celebration turns out to be Mr. Lange's 30th birthday...
The party is to be held on the small yacht "Godspeed", hosted by handsome Eric Dane (as Dan). Once a love interest for Pratt, Mr. Dane is coupled with cute blonde Cameron Richardson (as Michelle). The latest in a long line of lovers, Ms. Richardson is the sole "outsider" in the group of ex-classmates. Not surprisingly, she is the first to act a little squirrelly. While sailing, all six adults wind up swimming in the ocean. Only baby Sara remains on board. Nobody remembers to lower the ladder, so they have to use their wits to get back up on the boat. Unfortunately, in the wits dept., this group missed the boat...
This follow-up to "Open Water" (2003) has little to do with the earlier movie. Both are claimed to be based on true stories. There is no way the first film could have been based on a true story, unless the storytellers used séances or Ouija boards to document what happened. This film may have more integrity in that regard - but why the characters behave so stupidly is not always believable. Also, a "true story" would suggest a competently rendered conclusion. The ending to this film makes no sense (to me). It's difficult to accept the characters' behavior and impossible understand the ending, which is claimed to be factual.
*** Open Water 2: Adrift (7/10/06) Hans Horn ~ Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr., Eric Dane, Niklaus Lange
The party is to be held on the small yacht "Godspeed", hosted by handsome Eric Dane (as Dan). Once a love interest for Pratt, Mr. Dane is coupled with cute blonde Cameron Richardson (as Michelle). The latest in a long line of lovers, Ms. Richardson is the sole "outsider" in the group of ex-classmates. Not surprisingly, she is the first to act a little squirrelly. While sailing, all six adults wind up swimming in the ocean. Only baby Sara remains on board. Nobody remembers to lower the ladder, so they have to use their wits to get back up on the boat. Unfortunately, in the wits dept., this group missed the boat...
This follow-up to "Open Water" (2003) has little to do with the earlier movie. Both are claimed to be based on true stories. There is no way the first film could have been based on a true story, unless the storytellers used séances or Ouija boards to document what happened. This film may have more integrity in that regard - but why the characters behave so stupidly is not always believable. Also, a "true story" would suggest a competently rendered conclusion. The ending to this film makes no sense (to me). It's difficult to accept the characters' behavior and impossible understand the ending, which is claimed to be factual.
*** Open Water 2: Adrift (7/10/06) Hans Horn ~ Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr., Eric Dane, Niklaus Lange