Capsized: Blood in the Water

So they sail into a storm, don't stow anything down, leave the hatch open with water pouring in, no one wearing life jackets, the 'captain' doesn't know their co ordinates, ignores the coastguard instructions then puts the boat broadside so they capsize etc etc.

But the 'experienced captain' later comes out with pearls of wisdom like 'don't drink the seawater it'll make you sick'. Bit like watching this dumb movie.

After 6 hours hanging on to life raft one bright spark says 'maybe we should get IN the life raft?' Which they all magically manage after shark attack..ha ha. Too stupid for words.

I mean they just didn't try to make this realistic.

Pity they shark didn't get them all.

I almost didn't watch it because of the really bad reviews. I don't think this movie is so bad. First, it's based on a true story so that's always interesting and second it just wasn't that bad. Sure, it's not an Oscar winner but in my opinion, if you liked the movie "Open Water" (2003), then you're probably going to like this one. Now, I don't know how much money was spent on making this film but keep in mind that even though Josh Duhamel is starring in it, it's not your typical Hollywood big budget type of a movie (so don't expect it to be a fast paced thriller with big special effects). It has a low budget movie feel to it, kinda like "Open Water".

The only problem I have with this movie (CAREFUL: serious spoilers ahead!) is how accurate is it really? According to the movie, Deb and Brad survived five days on the open water. I'm somewhat confused as to how they managed to survive this long without water. From what I know, human can't survive longer than three days without water, right? I mean, isn't it what the rule of threes all about? Three minutes without air, three days without water and three weeks without food. So how did they survive? Did they drink their own urine? Was there rain or dew or some other form of water that kept them alive? Or maybe the rule of three is inaccurate and they really did survive the full five days without any water? Also, they only got into the raft when they realized the water is infested with sharks. They said they didn't do it earlier because of the cold air but that wasn't mentioned again. They didn't seem to suffer from cold so what was that about? Some reviews mentioned that the movie is different than the true story but according to Wikipedia and other stuff I read online, it's not. At least I couldn't find any differences. So again, how accurate is this film? That's my biggest issue. Other than that, I'd probably tell people to give it a shot and just watch and see if they like it or not.

I am very familiar with this amazing true story from 1982. Unfortunately, the film makers decided to spend their budget on high-priced good looking actors, rather then getting the facts straight or the special effects.

Animal Planet did this story much better.

I thought this was an overall good movie. A definite slow burn of a film, but a well done movie overall. One thing I kept yelling at the screen was, "Drink your Urine! Cause you know they had to pee while they were on the ocean that entire time!" The end was definitely a point of intensity! A good, heartfelt, intense true story movie that I would definitely recommend!

One criticism is, I would have liked to have seen more about the actual people in the end.

I really enjoyed the Animal Planet I shouldn't be alive version so, I was really interested in this version. I didn't mind looking at pretty people as the actors. There was several times I gripped my seat. They cut lots of gripping stuff that actually happened but, did a good job with what they included. Like the girl going crazy before she died. But, all things considered if you liked the ISBA version this is certainly worth the view.