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Dark reel 2008

Where Open Water succeeded in giving us characters we could like and hope for, Open Water 2: Adrift is hurt by an ensemble cast of obnoxious characters who more or less do themselves in. Its hard to be too sympathetic when these fools bring it upon themselves and while it would certainly be horrifying to be stuck in that sort of situation, particularly with a baby on board the boat all by her lonesome, anyone with even a shred of common sense would take steps to ensure that this chain of events simply didnt happen. There are moments of tension that works and some nice camerawork helps things here and there but if you cant like the characters or invest yourself in the premise, its not going to matter much. A sequel to the first picture in name only it was written before it was named Open Water 2 and features none of the same characters or any of the same cast members, the film builds to a tacked on ambiguous ending that doesnt do much at all to redeem this tepid picture. The AVC encoded 1080p high definition transfers for these two films are nothing to get excited about at all. The first film, presented in its original 1 widescreen aspect ratio, is incredibly soft looking and doesnt offer much of an upgrade at all. Some of this will have to do with how the movie was shot in the first place, its not like it has the sort of super fancy cinematography thats going to floor you, rather its fairly low-fi in how its been put together, but detail doesnt pass standard definition quality very often and darker scenes are pretty murky. Black levels are very inconsistent and theres some blockiness and murkiness to much of the film that saps out a lot of the detail. The second film, presented in 1 widescreen, looks a little bit better but thats really not saying very much. Colors definitely look better here but the picture shows some of the same blockiness and doesnt handle grain very well what should look film like is instead pretty messy looking. Detail is better than it is on the first picture but not by leaps and bounds. Dont expect much in the visuals department from this release because youre not going to get it. While the video quality disappoints, the audio definitely fares considerably better. Both films on the disc get English language DTS-HD 1 Master Audio tracks with English and Spanish subtitles and English closed captioning. The dialogue is fairly plain, though its always easy to understand and follow without any problems, but where the disc earns higher marks is with its placement of directional effects and background noise. In the first film, once our heroes are out in the water, theres some really impressive surround activity to listen for and some nice, detailed ambient noise. Bass response wont floor you for either film but things like boat motors and heavy waves do offer up a decent low end rumble here and there. Generally the levels are always well balanced and there are no problems with hiss or distortion. These movies dont offer the same sort of hyper-aggressive dark reel 2008 activity of more epic blockbuster type films but they do sound pretty good on Blu-ray. The first film contains a pretty solid selection of supplements dark reel 2008 with the first of two commentary tracks that comes courtesy of director Chris Kentis and his wife and the films producer Laura Lau. These two discuss the inspiration for the film and the real life events that it was based on as well as some of the difficulties that arose during the production. The second track features actors Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis and it obviously gives a different look at the production and details what it was like working on this project from in front of the camera. Both tracks do suffer from periodic instances of dead air now and again but thankfully this is the exception and not the rule. After that, be sure to sift through the two featurettes, the first of which is Calm Before The Storm 15:51, a standard making of documentary that covers location shooting, dealing with the sharks used in the film, effects work, and setting up certain aspects of the production.