Two sisters are caught beneath the fiberglass cover of an Olympic-sized public pool and
must battle the cold and each other to make it through the night.
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The film opens with a shot of a swimming pool cover retracting and people coming for a swim.
Bree chooses to go swimming at the Ketea Aquatic Center. As she swims, we see McGrady, the
pool manager, subsequently, put a sign around the pool announcing the pool's closure for
a holiday. In the next shot, we see Bree take out a device to check her blood sugar; she
pricks her finger, and the device tells her that it is 105. Seeing that all is well, she
gets up and walks toward the pool. Just as she is about to enter the pool, she remembers
that she has her engagement ring on and goes back to take it off. Meanwhile, her sister
Jonna is shown sitting in her car; she takes her phone and puts it on the dashboard and
gets out of the car. Jonna then changes and goes to the pool, and she bumps into a kid;
she shouts at him and tells him that it is not a playground, the kid then comments on
Jonna's skin, and she again shouts at him to go away. The sisters then start talking
as Bree tells Jonna that she looks good. Jonna sits on the side of the pool as Bree tells
her to get in as the pool is heated. Bree comments that it is an upgrade from the last
time she came there. Jonna tells her that much has changed and that the pool has been
upgraded.
Meanwhile, McGradey catches Clara, the swimming center's cleaner, attempting to steal from
the lost and found. McGradey tells her that he had just informed her parole officer about
her and that he had said good things. But catching her in the act, he tells her that
she is fired and should clean up before she leaves. We see the two sisters talking to
each other; Bree tells Jonna that it is good to see her, and it has been a while. Bree
replies that it was good to get out of the house, and she shows her apparent dislike
for her mom's new boyfriend. It seemed that Jonna struggled with drug abuse, and when
Bree asked her how long it had been, she told her that it had been more than three months.
Bree tells her that she is proud of her and then gets into the pool and reminds her of
the swimming competition that they had in college. They agree that the winner will buy
the other food and they start swimming.
As the pool prepares to close, McGradey joyfully instructs all swimmers to leave. Bree and
Jonna do so hesitantly and even argue with the manager that they need more time. But
McGradey says that the pool is about to close and that he has put the signup and that some
people need to learn how to read. Jonna replies that some people need to learn to kiss her
ass. McGradey then announces on the mike that the pool is about to close and that they will
see them after the holidays.
While packing her things, Bree can't seem to find her diamond engagement ring. She panics
and starts looking around for the ring. McGradey once again reminds the sisters that the pool
is about to close and that they should leave, but Bree says that they need a minute.
While her sister looks, Jonna notices the ring jammed in the metal grate at the pool's
bottom; Bree is surprised that Jonna spotted the ring, but Jonna asks her whether that
is it, and Bree tells her it is, and then she dives in to get the ring. Meanwhile, the
manager is saying goodbye to everyone as they leave and believing that everyone has left
the pool; he walks back to his room and decides to lock it down. Jonna sees that her sister
is struggling with taking out the ring and decides to get in to help her. As the two
try to pull out the ring, the manager thinks that the pool is empty. He presses a button,
and the cover of the pool starts to close.
Meanwhile, the woman is trying to get the ring out of the grate, but one of them gets
her hair stuck in the pool vents; as the other helps to get her hair out, they see that the
pool cover is about to close. They try to swim to the surface before it closes but fail
to do so. The manager is shown leaving the pool after locking up.
Seeing that they are stuck, Bree asks Jonna if she is okay, and she aggressively replies
that she is not okay and is trapped in a pool. Bree then comments that her ring is still
down there, and Jonna replies screw, your ring. Bree says that someone might still be
out there and tries to shout for help. Jonna then comments that the pool is closed for
the holiday and that they are stuck here. Jonna then says that she is feeling nauseous,
and Bree tells her to calm down. Bree also expresses her anger at the manager, and Jonna
says that he has done this on purpose.
Bree and Jonna then try to break the fiberglass cover but fail to do so and then decide on
finding a weak point, which they can use to escape. Jonna sarcastically taunts Bree that
she wants to treat the situation like one of her corporate projects and whether she
will get a report after this. Bree replies that it is either this or they can just try
screaming some more. The two then try to find a way to escape. Jonna pulls out a wet bag,
but it looks like it won't be of much help, and she throws it back in the water.
Jonna finds a hole in the fiberglass and calls to her sister. Bree says that they could use
something to widen the hole, to which Jonna replies tauntingly that they should wait while
she gets her toolkit. Jonna screams some more and tries to widen the hole; Jonna then asks
why a hole is there here in the first place, to which Bree replies that it could be there
for anything. Jonna then starts to panic, but Bree calms her down and tells her that
they will be able to find something.
They continue to swim around to find something to widen the hole; Bree finds a loose tile
and breaks it in half to make a sharp end. Meanwhile, Jonna tries to break off a metal
pipe, but she fails to do so. Bree then tries to cut the gap to make it wider but fails
to do so. Jonna then starts to comment about the way they can die, like starvation, drowning
and even getting attacked by sharks, as that is the only thing they are missing. Bree hopefully
says that her boyfriend might notice that they are missing and might call the police.
Jonna snarks at the comment and tells her that it has been almost an hour and they should
just wait for her knight in shining armor to come to save them. Bree then tells Jonna
that it was not her fault, but Jonna says that her life in rehab wasn't easy and that
the worst part was coming home to see that Bree was gone. Bree apologizes for this and
tells her that she has her own life now and asks Jonna whether she can take care of herself.
Jonna then explains shortly after that she is secretly envious of Bree's wealthy lifestyle
and recent engagement and that she stole the ring from Bree's suitcase and dropped it in
the pool. Bree is first enraged at her sister and blames her for putting them in this predicament,
but her rage fades quickly. Bree then goes down towards the grate and pulls her ring
out while Jonna continues to hit the fiberglass with the tile. Bree recommends that they could
use the loose grate to break the fiberglass but to no avail. Jonna manages to cut herself,
and Bree asks if she is okay; Jonna replies that she will survive. Bree tells her that
they need to work together to get out of here, and they could possibly try to pull the grate
at the end of the pool to try to break the glass. Jonna tells her to go ahead, but Bree
says that she is not strong enough and that they might be able to do it together.
The sisters then hear Bree's phone ringing, and she says that it must be her boyfriend
calling to check up on her. Jonna dismissively replies that it wouldn't do them any good.
Jonna continues to degrade herself by saying things like, who would want to be with a screwup
like her. Bree then goes down to the grate once again and tries to pull it off but to
no avail. When she surfaces, Jonna tells her that it was a stupid idea.
Bree starts to feel the effects of being late on her insulin shot and admits that she is
diabetic and needs an injection to avoid going into a diabetic coma. Jonna, at first, doesn't
believe her and says that she is doing this for attention, but Bree reprimands her that
she isn't like Jonna and doesn't pull antics like this. Now aware that their situation
just got worse, the sisters become even more worried.
Meanwhile, we see a shot of a janitor, who looks like she has completed the cleaning.
The sisters then start talking about the death of their father, and Jonna says that Bree
never talks about what happened that night. Jonna says that she doesn't remember the exact
details and then starts describing what she saw. She recounts how she saw the burnt body
of her father, and Bree tells her to stop, but Jonna says that the therapist says that
it is good to talk about this. She then asks Bree to tell her what exactly happened that
day, and she only knows what her mother had told her. Bree then tells her the entire story.
Apparently, their father was abusive and an alcoholic who had died in a fire. Jonna continues
to pester Bree for details, and Bree reveals that their father was a bad man who had come
home drunk and had slept while smoking a cigarette, which fell on a pillow that led to the fire.
Bree had tried to wake her father but had ended up burning her arm, the scars of which
she still carried. Jonna comments that the burn must have hurt so bad, but Bree says
that the pain came after, and while it was happening, it felt like ice was sliding down
her hand. They suddenly hear someone enter the pool premises, and they immediately try
to get their attention.
It is the janitor, and she hears Bree's phone ringing; she goes towards their bags and goes
through their belonging. Suddenly she hears the women shouting and asks them what they
are doing down there; they tell her that they are trapped and how the manager locked them
inside. The janitor tells the sister that she is going to help them and that they should
wait a minute. But instead, she takes up Bree's purse, taking her cash, smartphone, and credit
card, leading the women to assume she is going to assist them. The janitor goes to the main
room and closes the cameras all over the building and turns on the lights near the pool. She
then starts talking about how her daughter got her hair stuck in the drain once. The
sister asks why the janitor is asking them so many details, and she tells them to be
polite as she has their phone. The janitor then blackmails her for her phone password
as well as her credit card pin number. He also tells Bree that she is a cutie pie; Bree
continues to plead with her that there is no reason to do this. She even plays her boyfriend
David's voice note for the sisters in which David says that he is worried about her and
whether her psycho sister kidnapped her and continues to patronize the sisters by mocking
Jonna about her tattoos and even asks her whether she has a tramp stamp or not. Jonna
then continues to shout at the janitor, and she says that there is always a reason to
do things in this world, and if they do not take the opportunity, then they are stupid.
The janitor then leaves, and Bree says that they need to corporate with her, but Jonna
is against this and says that if they had waited out this long, then they could spend
a few more hours here. The janitor then says that she was just like the girls once and
used to hang out at the pool and wear fancy clothes. But she then tells the girls that
she has turned off the heater and that the water can get really cold. She then tries
again to blackmail Bree into giving her the ATM pin. The janitor then leaves.
The janitor returns the next morning, taunting the girls once again. Jonna, enraged, instructs
the janitor to position her ear on the little hole in the pool cover, after which she is
stabbed in the ear with a sharp shard of tile. The janitor then activates the automated pool
cleaning system, which causes the girls to choke on chlorine. She switches it off after
a few minutes, understanding the risk of her actions. When the janitor returns, Jonna apologizes
to Bree for her envy and continues to blame herself for their predicament. Bree consoles
her and accepts her apologies for her transgressions. Bree explains that she kept her father from
fleeing during the accident that killed him, adding, "I killed that monster."
The janitor reappears, having realized her error. She decides to release the pool cover
in order to allow Bree and Jonna to escape, but the passcode she was given by the management
no longer works, trapping the women. She departs after informing the sisters that they are
on their own. Bree quickly becomes shaky and chilly, slipping in and out of consciousness.
Jonna uses her final ounces of energy after first declining Bree's invitation to try,
attempting to take off the metal grill on the pool's bottom, something her sister failed
to achieve. After succeeding, Jonna cracks the pool cover's fiberglass, allowing them
to flee.
She then dragged Bree out of the pool, unconscious, and gave her the insulin shot, wondering if
she would live. With a pistol, the janitor appears in front of them. She threatens to
kill Bree and Jonna after considering what would happen if they didn't drown in the pool
since she does not want to return to prison. Instead, the janitor empathizes with the sisters
and puts the pistol down before returning their stuff. Jonna orders her to leave after
phoning the cops. Bree is attended to by paramedics as they arrive at the swimming center. Jonna
returns the engagement ring to Bree. The two sisters burst into tears, thankful that they
have managed to get out of this suffering.
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