7/10
Dramatic and Tragic Yacht Trip
15 September 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Amy (Susan May Pratt), her husband James (Richard Speight Jr.) and their baby Sarah travel to Mexico to sail in the yacht of their reckless friend Dan (Eric Dane) with their common friends Zach (Niklaus Lange) and Lauren (Ali Hillis) and celebrate the thirtieth birthday of Zach. They are introduced to Dan's girlfriend Michelle (Cameron Richardson) and they drink and recall moments of their past while navigating. Miles away from the shore, Michelle suggest to stop the yacht and swim in the calm water. Amy stays in the boat since she has a childhood trauma with ocean and Dan stays with her. Later, the irresponsible Dan pushes Amy overboard, falling with her in a prank. Once in the water, the group realizes that Dan forgot to put the embarkation ladder and the freeboard makes impossible to climb to the main deck the yacht. With the baby alone in the boat and stranded in the open sea, they panic and their desperation lead them to a tragic fight for survival.

"Open Water 2 – Adrift" is another great movie about surviving in the ocean. The direction and the acting are superb, and the good screenplay has an ambiguous and confused conclusion. The story explores first how an inconsequential act may cause the death of people; further, how fragile the human beings are under stress and in constant fear, leading them to panic and to self-destruction. The explanation for the stupid attitude of Dan is given after the death of his friends, when he confesses that he does not own the yacht. Further, there is no captain of experienced crew on board. With regard to the conclusion, my interpretation is that Amy brought the dead body of Dan onboard and she is catatonic, in absolute state of shock with the whole situation. Apparently the yacht is not anchored, therefore while in the storm it should have moved adrift to another location. My vote is seven.

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