Open Water 2: Adrift

A reunion of old friends turns into a struggle to survive in Open Water 2: Adrift. The group has chartered a luxury yacht for a weekend party, and once the celebration is under way they jump into the sea to cool off. Nobody remembers to lower the ladder, and the smooth, high sides of the hull leave them stranded in open water far from land. What began as a festive gathering becomes a fight to stay alive as the boat drifts away and exhaustion sets in.

The film is a German production directed by Hans Horn, from a screenplay by Adam Kreutner and David Mitchell, and was released in 2006. Susan May Pratt, Eric Dane, Richard Speight Jr., Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis and Cameron Richardson play the friends. Made for about a million dollars, it took roughly seven million worldwide, a strong return relative to its cost.

Audience response has been modest: on IMDb it holds 5.2 out of 10 from around 21,000 votes, and on TMDB 5.5 out of 10 from some 731 votes. A critics' rating of 4.2 out of 10 from ten reviews places it somewhat below even those viewer scores.