The family—Tom (Andreas Pietschmann), his wife Julia (Émilie Duquenne), and their two kids—were enjoying a quiet boating trip when enormous objects began to plummet from the sky. Suddenly, the ocean had disappeared. Their boat was stranded on what appeared to be the seabed, now a dry, desert-like expanse, leaving everyone utterly confused. They managed to connect with another survivor, a diver whose diving bell was a…

Survive is a serviceable disaster movie blending survival themes, end-of-the-world scenarios, and action thrills, though it ultimately feels unfinished. This production from France incorporates familiar components—a family on a boat trip, a sudden and drastic shift in the world's oceans, and touches of crime and horror—that initially seem encouraging. However, despite being reasonably engaging on a surface level, …