Survive is a competently done survivalist, end of the world, action thriller, that feels incomplete. This French film has all the right ingredients, a family boating vacation, a sudden, extreme change in the earths oceans and some crime/horror elements, that look promising. Regrettably, whilst this film is superficially, quite watchable, it feels less than satisfying when viewed as a whole. I think the main…

"Tom" (Andreas Pietschmann), wife "Julia" (Émilie Duquenne) and their two teenage kids are having a peaceful boating holiday when huge meteor-sized things start falling from the skies. Next thing - well where has the ocean gone? Their boat is now perched on what we assume is the sea bed, an arid desert like landscape, and the family are suitably perplexed. What now? Well they do manage to make contact with a nearby…

The premise is intriguing, but the production lets it down. This is not how a voided ocean would look not behave, environmentally, and it takes away from the story when it becomes contradicted over and over. The antagonist presence is odd and disconcerting, but it does not build tension, and I find myself checking out while watching. It is proficient and well-acted, but the writing and staging lets it down.