There's a good at the edge of your seat summer blockbuster somewhere in the new movie Adrift. Based on the memoirs of sailor Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley), a free spirited young lady who sailed from Tahiti to San Diego in 1983 with her love Richard played by Me Before You's Sam Claflin. They never expected that the two of them would encounter a Category 4 storm within the route. Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur who also helmed another true disaster story 2015's Everest, knows what he's doing. The storm scenes in the Pacific was executed well and just like in his previous Hollywood film, he perfectly captured man's predicament when Mother Nature strikes at us.
Woodley plays Oldham with a spark that she also brought to her previous films, most notably The Fault in our Stars. Claflin's role is so similar to Me Before You. I hope that he won't be typecast in his next films.
The raw beauty of Fiji was captured well in Adrift. This isn't the tropical paradise we often see in its tourism promotion campaign. The film showed us the people living there, their lifestyle and vibe. One remarkable thing about Adrift too is that the insertion of a plot twist that we never expected. It worked for me as well as others who don't know details of the true story.
The movie though could use a little more excitement and less melodrama.
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