No Way Up

Mediocre horror-themed movie at sea, released in 2024. It's a cheap and boring movie, with scenes that don't make sense.

First of all, the characters are extremely repulsive. That's why you can't feel sad or excited for anyone. With a good script, director and cast, it would likely be an extremely tense movie. The man managed to make the audience experience tension and despair throughout the movie by leaving only a married couple in the middle of the ocean (See: Open Water)

In this movie, the plane crashes into the ocean and lands on the seabed. A living space remains inside, but there are sharks outside too. There are people who cry hysterically or make jokes in many situations.

As someone who gives these kinds of movies a chance and enjoys watching the ones I find good, I say this movie is a waste of time.

There is no sexuality or nudity in the movie.

This is a case of if the filmmakers had a big budget, and bigger stars that this film would have been far better.

For what is was, No Way Up is an entertaining film, that showed a great deal of potential. I don't think it was any less believable than say Meg and Meg 2. So I don't see why it is getting the hate. Sometimes you have to watch a movie and appreciate that the filmmaker did the best they could. This is definitely the case. I was not bored once whilst watching No Way Up. I would have to say it is actually better than all the other shark films that have surfaced lately. So if you can watch a film for what it is, and appreciate the potential it had, you should enjoy this film.

This is a film about a Teddy who survives being lost in an airport, a plane crash and sharks only to be heartlessly tossed back onto the dark watery depths by his owner! Justice for Mr Timms!!!

I realise it wasn't setting out to be an epic and it's quite entertaining, I did keep shouting, not sure sharks do that and I'd have liked some of the minor characters to have a bit more of an arc but hey, it does what it says on the tin. One character does something toward the end that I found particularly frustrating, I just don't think that would be a choice a grandmother would make but hey we are not looking for realism. That poor Teddy though.

Haven't seen so much tripe in all my years, how do people pay to watch this mediocre rubbish is beyond me. The only interest I had in it was the shark story, as we are all still gripped by Jaws, but this took it to new depths !! From poor acting to no real story it never got off the "sea bed", apologies for the poor joke probably as bad as the film. If you are a film lover and a student of the arts, this is not for you by a country mile, stick to the muppet show or Sesame Street if you're that way inclined. Me, I'm off to watch jaws again to redeem my faith in decent shark movies - please be kind if you are replying to my appraisal 😀

No way up was certainly interesting, the premise also being as believable as flying sharks. Sure, it was a strange movie, but it isn't Oscar Worthy material, was it fun? Yes. Was it entertaining? Yes. Was the acting mostly good? Another Yes. Not every movie has to be an Oscar worthy film, some films are better that way, take "Meg films" for example, they are just a good fun time, where you do have to suspend your disbelief. So let's review "No way Up".

Perfectly starts out with a beautifully Haunting score, along side some nice imagery that's well crafted in the action set-piece. Some stunning imagery of the Water takes place in this scene and its truly wonderful to look at. We then eventually see a person drowning and she's been caught by the Shark. This is where we are then taken to the present day.

We see our Characters going on board a plane. There's some nice scenes and the acting is fine. Hank was most noticeably a fun grandpa, that seemed to know how to have fun. The acting from the grandparents is exceptionally great. And Brandon being the carer of a rich man's daughter was nice to see.

However when they are on the plane, things become bumpy. Some of the wings have been hit, and this leads to another issue, can it be stopped and controlled. The reassurance was a realistic part of the film, likewise with the safety proceeder too, some realism there. Then the Planes wing starts to over heart. The young girl (Ava), shows off some great acting. And then we are seeing the wings fly out and some even hit the plane. Causing the plane to move and tilt. Whilst also breaking part of the plane, causing deaths, and suvillains lives are at greater risk.

Our Characters bearly make it out alive. Which is a miracle they even did. We then get some nice moments with our Characters, and it becomes an intense thrill-ride after a verouchous Shark seems to lurk beneath them. It was entertaining. And some sad, but also nice Character moments. With ultimately good acting.

For a low Budget film, it really doesn't deserve some of the HATE it gets. Overall, I enjoyed this film on the whole, and think it was a good fun time. That is coming from a fan of Shark Flicks though. But I like how they rationalised there situation and worked as a team. So the big question.

Would I recommend this film?

Shark Fans, Yes. Suspend your disbelief multiple times, if you find that funny then yes. Everybody else can stay clear.