Open Water 2
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Open Water 2 | |
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Fatigue. Hypothermia. Death. |
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Directed by | Hans Horn |
Produced by | Dan Maag Philip Schulz-Deyle |
Written by | Adam Kreutner David Mitchell |
Starring | Susan May Pratt Richard Speight, Jr. Niklaus Lange Ali Hillis Cameron Richardson Eric Dane |
Music by | Gerd Baumann |
Distributed by | Summit Entertainment |
Release date(s) | 10 July 2006 20 February 2007 (DVD release only) |
Running time | 95 minutes |
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Language | English |
Preceded by | Open Water |
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Open Water 2 (called Adrift in Europe) is a thriller starring Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight, Jr., Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis, Cameron Richardson and Eric Dane. Promotional posters claim the film is based on actual events.
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[edit] Plot summary
A group of old high-school friends, Amy (Pratt), James (Speight), Zach (Lange), Lauren (Hillis), Dan (Dane), and his new girlfriend Michelle (Richardson) go for a weekend cruise on a yacht (which turns out to belong to Dan's boss). Amy and James also bring their baby Sara. Dan has arranged the weekend and pretends to own the expensive yacht.
James, Zach, Lauren and Michelle jump into the water for a swim. Dan follows with an unwilling Amy, hoping to help her get over her aquaphobia. However, nobody lets the ladder down before jumping off the deck and the group is marooned in the water.
Panic sets in as a series of bad luck and bad judgments cause quarrels and fatalities amongst the group. Michelle drowns herself. James dies after hitting his head on the boat's underside. Zach dies after Dan accidentally stabs him with a knife following an argument. Lauren swims away from the boat toward the coastline and does not appear again.
Finally, Dan breaks his diving goggles and uses the plastic rims to grip onto the hull. Amy climbs onto his shoulders and aboard the deck. She lowers the ladder for Dan and rushes off to comfort Sara. Instead of climbing up, he deliberately remains in the water waiting to die. Noticing that Dan hasn't come aboard, Amy jumps back into the water to save him.
In the last scene, a stranger on a passing boat discovers their yacht with Amy & Sara clearly alive and Dan ambiguously lying on the deck motionless.
[edit] Trivia
- Filmed entirely in the Republic of Malta.
- Not released theatrically in the United States.