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Adrift (2006)
Director: Hans Horn
Movie review
From Time Out London
Sailing in the wake of the aquatic chiller ‘Open Water’, this visually imaginative low-budget feature treads the same water, but causes a few more emotional ripples. Invited onto their pal’s luxury yacht for a reunion weekend, a group of old high-school friends jump off the anchored boat into the sea, but forget to lower the steps that would allow them to climb back on board. Only a steep, slippery hull stands between them and salvation, but when their improvised self-rescue efforts come to nothing, old antagonisms and jealous tensions start to surface – not least because, when their irresponsible host Dan jokingly pitched his hydrophobic ex-girlfriend Amy over the side, he left her young baby still onboard. German-born director Hans Horn’s skilful use of anamorphic widescreen images makes the most of the marine vistas and reflective surfaces, although some of the tank-shot scenes have a distracting, artificial look. An ensemble of unknown actors works hard to exploit the tight dramatic parameters, with uneven results. Even so, they keep things afloat right up to the fudged, disappointing ending.Author: Nigel Floyd
Time Out London Issue 1880: August 30-September 6 2006
User reviews of this film
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- Abby said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2009 18:48 Just watched this film and i actually want to screm at the director, i know that you have to use your imagination for the ending did they die did they get back??? But my god this takes the MIK! Why would you even think about making a film like this, it was brutally boring, exceptional stupid, like someone said before woldnt you just all jump onj each other instead of waiting to die?? Man i am truely disaapointed!!! The storyline let you down from the start. She wouldnt have even got on the boat in the first place with a child!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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- DC said...
- Posted on Mar 24 2009 08:33 So very bad. Surely one of the first things you'd try would be for everyone to left someone up so that can stand on your shoulders. Frustrating film.
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- c.jiggins said...
- Posted on Feb 04 2008 15:42 Why did'nt they send the lightest person up the makeshift knotted ladder to the deck ? They sent one of the heavier men !
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- marg said...
- Posted on Sep 12 2007 02:24 I love scary movies, and enjoyed this one but..did Amy go bonkers, was Dan dead, did that girl who swam off get eaten by a shark, did the rescuers rescue? anyhow I thought it was great
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- Alice said...
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Posted on Jul 10 2007 19:21
A great movie. Edge of seat thriller...make sure you have someone to hold.
really good acting. Impressive. - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Hans Horn
Producer: Dan Maag, Philip Schulz-Deyle
Cast: Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr, Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis, Cameron Richardson, Eric Dane full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 95 mins
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