Ali Hillis, Cameron Richardson, Eric Dane

A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends. They forget to let the ladder down before they jump into the ocean for a swim. The boat proves i...( read more  read more... )mpossible to climb. They are stuck in the water many miles from shore, with baby Sara left alone on board. Sara's mother Amy must contend with her aqua-phobia as well as the group's increasing desperation, as the friends begin to turn on each other. Soon the exhaustion of keeping afloat and the struggle to get back on board begin to take a terrible toll. The happy reunion turns into a fight for survival.

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Hans Horn

Release Date: January 1, 2006

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DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007

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  • October 1, 2009
    It?s not really open water 2, the production company only said it was because Open water was really good and this is shit. It?s a huge shame really because It?s such a brilliant, yet simple premise. A half descent writer could have made this film into a classic thriller, shit, I ...( read more)could have, my goldfish could have. I don't actually have a goldfish, but you get what I'm saying.
    I wanted them all to die horribly and a lack of sharks was disappointing. Eric Dane is rapidly becoming my least favourite actor of all time. Adrift, annoying, like a crap that refuses to flush!
  • November 25, 2008
    A rather tiresome film about a group of immensely dislikable, stupid, boring people who just took too long to die. The premise seemed to work in 'Open Water' (I wasn't aware that this film was billed as a sequel?? which doesn't make sense though the similarities are glaringly obv...( read more)ious) and you actually cared about the stranded couple in that efficient little suspenser. But this time around, the characters were so annoying I was only frustrated that I wasn't there to throw rocks at them.
  • November 25, 2008
    This is not a sequel to Open Water. It is very similar and had the name Open Water stamped on it in the US for commercial reasons. I found Open Water to be fantastic. It was simple, riveting and intense. Adrift fails on most fronts. It becomes infuriating as characters are thick ...( read more)as shit. You've probably already thought of how you would get out of the water. Yet it's the last thing they try. Now I'm all for people acting crazy under extreme circumstances but Adrift goes way too far. Chucking the phone away out of anger? OK. Stabbing friends to stop them harming your boat despite the fact somebody is already critically injured? Ridiculous. It works for some of the time and is beautifully shot. Despite the simple premise it is never boring, but unlike Open Water the danger is far less engaging for anyone with half a brain.
  • April 30, 2008
    weak sequel to a weak movie
  • April 27, 2008
    "I am Jaques Cousteau!"


    Adrift is an example of Hollywood studios cashing in on the success of a movie by tagging a completely unrelated film as its sequel. This movie boasts itself as the sequel to the 2004 film Open Water. I liked the 2004 movie, so I

    ...( read more) decided to give this a shot.

    It comes as no shock that the movie was a complete disappointment and marketed as a sequel to get more money.

    A group of 6 friends venture out in a yacht to the open ocean. They decide to go for a swim, but soon realise that no-one lowered the ladder and the boat is too big for anyone to climb on-board. So thus starts a stupendous drama that is unrealistic and quite laughably stupid at times.

    The cast give it all they can, but it's clear that the screenwriter is what ultimately doomed the movie. There's no intensity to speak of, and instead of playing on human fears and using sharks we're given an episode of a dumb soap opera that's set out in the ocean.

    I couldn't believe that no sharks turned up...even when there's lots of blood in the water! If only we lived in this alternate reality!

    As a tale of survival, it's surprisingly unremarkable and uninteresting. The film loses steam extremely quickly, with the final 50 minutes becoming increasingly boring; forcing viewers to stare at their watches or just turn off the movie altogether.

    For me, I just wanted to know what happened so I stuck with it. The hope of the group surviving maintained a bit of tension throughout. The direction was actually quite above average. It was well shot, directed and edited considering the very limited budget that the film was made on. But it's a shame some of that cash wasn't used to tidy up the script.

    The film is incredibly stupid at times, but well made.
  • November 12, 2009
    What an unconfurmed ending. This is nothing like the 1st movie. Where are the sharks?
  • September 24, 2009
    not as good as open water. was still a pretty nice movie. but still ...
  • July 27, 2009
    better than the first, more drama! loove it.
  • July 19, 2009
    i really liked this and it tugs on your emotions but i was a little disappointed by the ending, i mean whatever happened to that gitl who swam for help?
  • June 4, 2009
    another good movie...you feel so frustrated for them when they can't get back on the boat.

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  • mal2pool
    March 30, 2009
    Did the couple survive at the end or not? I didn't get it. Also what happened to the woman who swam for help?
  • blooona
    May 11, 2008
    :'( is he dead or what ?? in the end ????????

    Tell Me Plz :'( the littel girl cry alot :'( OMG im sooo sad and i really cry for that :'(
  • JROCAWEAR
    March 5, 2008
    I noticed that only the men were NUDE when they stripped down to make a rope to climb back up on the boat. What's up with that?
  • pcarlick
    June 8, 2007
    I watched the first one and i will never want to go on the ocean EVEN if won a so called bahama cruise -hell no -don't want to be some bug in open water where the fish have are sharks!!!!!!!!!
  • rumzi08
    February 9, 2007
    i havent watched this film yet, is it any gud?

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