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86 out of 118 people found the following review useful:

Unimaginative, predictable, ridiculous cash in on Open Water

1/10
Author: adrift-2 from United Kingdom
14 July 2006

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Open Water was believable, and much more gripping than this very formulaic sequel. The plot is standard unimaginative Hollywood fare, and seems to make a situation (which could easily have been resolved by the characters) into an unconvincing thriller with an unbelievable script which features a series of contrived episodes.

Each incident left me asking "why didn't they try this", and "why didn't they try that" as each character seemed to act in a totally irrational way - why did they only try once to get on board with the swimsuit 'rope' ? It was very cheesy that they almost made it, but then didn't try again. Why did they throw the phone away for no good reason? Why didn't they use the knife as a foothold to get on? I would not have trusted these characters to have made me a coffee without at least three of them getting seriously injured or dying.

This film had nothing new in it, and seemed like an attempt to cash in on the success of low budget Open Water.

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45 out of 79 people found the following review useful:

Rooting For Sharks!

1/10
Author: delj from Cali
27 February 2007

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*WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS*

Plot- White people jump off a yacht and forget to put the ladder down. They are stuck in the ocean, treading water, and complaining for the next 90 minutes.

Open Water 2 was so annoying that I found myself rooting for gigantic man-eating sharks to devour this pack of treading water whiners. And guess what? No sharks!!! Why bother doing a sequel to Open Water if your going to forget the most terrifying aspect, the eaten alive by sharks in the ocean part. That's like Snakes On A Plane Part 2 forgetting the snakes.

This straight to video movie was so inept that at one point the swimmers take off all their clothes to make a rope and try to climb aboard. I'm all for gratuitous nudity but we NEVER see any boobs. An occasional male butt is as good as it gets and that ain't too good...

Just when you thought this flick couldn't get any worse, throw in a crying baby or good measure. Yup, one of the mommies left her baby on board so on top of everything, we get to hear a baby crying and crying and crying and crying.

No sharks, no boobs, and a crying baby. What more could you ask for?

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11 out of 14 people found the following review useful:

Darwin Awards for All These Landlubbers

1/10
Author: Ninanna from Washington, DC
4 March 2008

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I cannot conceive what possesses anyone to rate this more than two or three stars at the max. And even then, only because of the pretty scenery.

Part of what makes a movie enjoyable (maybe even valid) usually includes having at least some sort of sympathetic character--even if it's a shark. In this blessedly brief idiot-fest, the shark you wish had chomped down each of the six adult numbskulls the moment they hit the water never shows up, ultimately leaving the viewer with no one to root for. After several scenes of unimaginable brainlessness and/or unnecessary crankiness all six have worked diligently to qualify themselves for the Darwin Award, and deserve it richly, as well.

The filmmakers go so far as to manage making the poor infant left alone onboard unsympathetic. And not even the maternal instincts of the surviving mother are redeemed in the vague and unsatisfying final scene that shows her empty-eyed and addled, staring at the (dead?) body of the yacht's supposed owner, while her daughter bawls below decks.

Maybe the tugboat cap'n will get a big reward for stopping to render aid--that's about all I could hope for in the end.

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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

Idiots on a Boat

1/10
Author: embracing_silence from United States
28 December 2009

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From the beginning, I knew the story would be a bit stupid. I decided to not judge right away. After all, they could have just immediately jumped off the boat without thinking about how to get back on. The thing was, they took their sweet time before going into the ocean. The aquaphobe girl and the yacht's owner were standing there, talking, for about ten minutes. Then he stupidly jumped into the water, taking her with him. What an a**.

Most people would think about how to get back on the boat before jumping off the (at least) twelve foot high deck. Not to mention that the ladder came down with a push of a button. How hard is it to remember the push a button? They should have done that as soon as they stopped in the water.

The mother leaving her baby onboard without anyone around was another mistake. At least one of them should have stayed to watch over her.

The movie put them in a situation that could have easily been worked through. They had six people. There are so many ways they could have worked their way back up onto the boat. Instead, we get two attempts to get back on. The rest of the time is being spent whining and crying about not being able to get back on, while possibly waiting for a ladder to magically appear. There is no sympathy to be felt for them. One of the characters tries to put a knife in the side of the boat so they can climb back up. The "owner" of the boat, flips out and refuses to let him do it, because it belongs to his boss, and ends up stabbing and killing his friend.

Everyone gave up way too quickly. One of the girls drowned herself. Another started swimming for shore, even though they were smack in the middle of the ocean. The rest didn't try anything, but float on their backs and stare at the sky.

At one point a cell phone rings and the coat it's in is hanging over the side of the boat, somehow in reach. When the call ends and the signal dies, the guy holding it throws it into the ocean. That was probably where I stopped feeling any despair for the characters.

In the end, this movie is stupid. You will be face-palming throughout the whole thing and wanting to choke the characters.

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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

Party, swim, die.

1/10
Author: budmassey (cyberbarrister@gmail.com) from Indianapolis, IN
11 February 2010

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Honestly. Who makes these movies? Who decides to make them? Who pays to have them made? And why? Two million bucks they spent on this joke, and for what? What's it about? Shallow, stupid people busy being pretty on someone else's boat? But why would anyone care?

I suppose there is a feeble attempt at a redemption scene at the end, but it's vague and half-hearted. What's worse, given how utterly unlikeable all of the characters are, I would rather have seen them die gruesome deaths like in some slasher film than to survive to be shallow and stupid another day.

For Pete's sake, is it too much to ask to have characters with depth and complexity? Would a plot have been even remotely possible? Seriously, after contriving such a facile premise, the least they could have done was allow the characters to evolve and unfold in some at least mildly interesting ways, or experience something through which they might grow and develop. Isn't that why they make movies?

Look, save yourself the time. Here's the movie: party, swim, die. Now go do something entertaining instead of watching this preposterous movie.

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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful:

Personally, worst movie I've ever seen

1/10
Author: gramirezlm7 from United States
8 July 2008

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If you don't want to read a negative review please refrain from continuing. This is solely my own opinion. If you lack any survival skills or instincts in harsh situations this film may not be that bad for you. Personally I greatly disliked the movie. The ending isn't clear and well the whole thing was a huge disappointment. The characters perform a insanely ridiculous amount of worthless attempts for getting on board. I mean *beware spoiler* when they use their clothes to form a rope why have the heavy guy climb the rope? when one of the skinny girls could have done it and the one with the life jacket can swim but she never shares the jacket until the unworthy guy needs it. Then that same guy kills the only guy that actually has a smart idea. Then the babies father thinks there is some secret compartment under the boat, because I mean all boats have a hatch underneath just in case you jump off with out thinking to put done the latter, OH YEAH while there is a baby on board.

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4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

terrible

1/10
Author: george georgiou from United States
7 July 2008

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So many problems with this sorry excuse of a movie it's hard to figure out where to start. They barely made any efforts to get on the boat. A few measly attempts then these idiots gave up on life in a 13 minute span. They all deserved to die, anybody that gives up on anything in life that fast deserves to die, especially when it involves your self preservation. Finally the Mother of the year decides to save the idiot that began the series of unfortunate events that led to her husbands death, along with everyone else, over staying with her baby. All of this makes you wish they hit an iceberg and all died, baby included. I wish Jaws attacked.

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4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

An 1hr and 30mins of my life i'll never get back

1/10
Author: nofio from United Kingdom
7 March 2008

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I always come onto the site to get my information on films and this film came on the TV. I though OK cool see what everyone has said and was so surprised how everyone apart from the few numptys had got it right. What a terrible film...

I mean if 6 of my mates got stuck in that situation we'd have spent 5mins taking the mick, then after that I'd have spent 2 mins getting back onto the boat job done end of story..

It goes from 1 bad thing to another and then also gives u a crying baby to top it all off. I mean the 1st one to go is the stupid blonde who deserved to die but i don't remember her death. Then someone bangs his head another stabs himself one swims off never to be seen again and the last one to kop it kills himself.

I'm also assuming the director has never been on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a thunder and lighting storm. The boat stays still perfectly still I mean at least let it rock with the waves but it don't. It looks like the boat was stuck on some scaffolding or something...

Anyhow terrible movie don't see it unless u want to go to sleep

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4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

*sigh*

1/10
Author: from United States
31 January 2008

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Everyone who has given this movie a positive review must work for the movie studio. Literally awful. The characters constantly make the worst decisions ever, leading to their demise.

The writers were so uncreative on the way they killed off their characters that they killed off two of the girls by swimming away. One girl swam away and just drowned, then 30 minutes later another girl said she was going to try to swim to shore...never to be seen again. Really clever. Another character bumps his head on the bottom of the boat, goes catatonic, wakes up and slugs a guy, goes catatonic again, and then just dies in his wife's arms. Please don't spend money to see this film.

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4 out of 7 people found the following review useful:

Idiots jump off a yacht for a swim and can't get back on board

1/10
Author: banning-2 from Miami, FL
9 August 2009

This has got to be one of the dumbest movies ever made. A bunch a lazy clowns fall overboard and can't figure out how to climb back on so they die in the water around the boat. Finally a guy figures out if he wedges a broken piece of a glass mask into a crack he can gain purchase and the gal can climb up his back to the bulkhead. But, anyone who knows their ass from a tea kettle realizes they could have done this exact same thing simply by grabbing hold of the anchor protruding from the bow without all the senseless drama and hackneyed dialogue. This was an attempt to recapture audience from Open Water the first which was almost as lame. Geez. Darwin at work once again.

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