Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)
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Two high school students become stranded on a deserted Caribbean island and must learn to survive together.
The story
Two high school students, Emma and Dean, travel to Trinidad on a class trip to help build a school. While at a boat party, Emma falls overboard and Dean rescues her into a dinghy. They inadvertently drift away from the party and end up on a deserted island in the Caribbean. After their dinghy is washed away by the tide, the two must rely on each other to survive. They begin to learn the basics of survival, such as building a fire and finding food, as they navigate their new reality alone.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Emma, a popular student, and Dean, a social loner, are on a school trip to Trinidad. During a boat party, Emma falls into the water and Dean rescues her into a dinghy, but they drift to a deserted Caribbean island. They must learn to survive by building fires and fishing. As they spend time together, their friendship evolves into a romantic relationship. Meanwhile, their families conduct a search for them. While on the island, they discover a human skeleton; Dean reveals he feels guilty over his mother's death, which he believes he caused. The couple eventually have sex and share intimate details about their lives and desires. After being stranded for over 100 days, they are rescued by a tourist helicopter. Upon returning to society, Emma gains popularity while Dean remains an outcast, causing strain on their relationship. At the prom, they eventually reconcile and resume their relationship.
- First release year
- 2012
- Runtime (minutes)
- 89
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Mikael Salomon; Jake Newsome
- Writers
- Matt Heller · teleplay; Heather Rutman · teleplay
- Cast and characters
- Indiana Evans · Emma; Brenton Thwaites · Dean; Denise Richards; Patrick St. Esprit; Frank John Hughes; Alix Elizabeth Gitter; Carrie Wampler; Hayley Kiyoko
- Genres
- Romance; Teen; Drama
- Themes
- Survival; Adolescent Angst; Coming of Age
- Tone and mood
- Romantic; Dramatic; Silly
- Premise and plot tags
- Reboot; Survival; Teen Romance
- Source material / true-story basis
- The 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon
- Franchise connections
- The Blue Lagoon
- Content notes
- Juvenile Sexuality
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews, often compared favorably to the 1980 film but criticized for its lack of physical explicitness and a weak ending.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 51 · scale: 100 · review count: 5
- Production trivia
- The film was in development since 2004.; Brenton Thwaites watched the previous two films for research but couldn't finish the second one.; Thwaites and Evans were so cold during lagoon scenes that automated dialogue replacement was required.
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