NO WAY UP
Starring: Colm Meaney, Jeremias Amoore, Sophie McIntosh, Phyllis Logan, Grace Nettle, James Carroll Jordan, and Manuel Pacific
Director: Claudio Fäh
QUENTIN
Even as direct-to-digital, shark-themed, B-movies go, No Way Up is dead in the water. Usually, a movie like this can generate enough goodwill to be passable with its low-budget thrills and laughably schlocky death sequences, but those are nowhere to be found here. However, what you will find includes some pretty atrocious acting and a surprising lack of shark mayhem. If that interests you, No Way Up has that in spades. Otherwise, you’re better off watching the relative masterpieces that are Snakes on a Plane, 47 Meters Down, Sharknado, or God forbid, Deep Blue Sea.
KATIE
No Way Up is far too dull for a premise this wacky. I don’t mind underdeveloped characters, shonky effects, or a nonsensical plot if the film indulges in absurdity and the “so bad it’s good” vibe that many other shark attack films do, but No Way Up does not deliver as many B-Movie thrills as it should have. All of the danger and action are secondary to the strained dialogue between the characters, and there is no sense of suspense, so it didn’t fulfill even my most basic expectations. This is pretty underwhelming even for fans of B-movies.
