No Way Up

"Brace yourself."

2024 1h 30m EN

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 1,150

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Synopsis

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Characters from different backgrounds are thrown together when the plane they're travelling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. A nightmare fight for survival ensues with the air supply running out and dangers creeping in from all sides.

“Brace yourself.”

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Cast

Colm Meaney
Brandon
Phyllis Logan
Mardy
Sophie McIntosh
Ava
Will Attenborough
Kyle
Jeremias Amoore
Jed
Manuel Pacific
Danilo
Grace Nettle
Rosa
James Carroll Jordan
Hank

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Claudio Fäh
Writers: Andy Mayson
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Claudio Fäh, shot by Andrew Rodger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Andy Gray. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Adam Recht shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Colm Meaney and Phyllis Logan and Sophie McIntosh carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Brace yourself.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt16253418 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Claudio Fäh directs. Andrew Rodger behind the camera. Andy Gray scores. Adam Recht cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 2 years ago.
3Directed by Claudio Fäh, shot by Andrew Rodger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Andy Gray. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Adam Recht shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Colm Meaney and Phyllis Logan and Sophie McIntosh carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Brace yourself.".
8IMDB entry: tt16253418 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "ocean", "bodyguard", "rescue mission", "childhood trauma".

The technical file

Cinematography: Andrew Rodger
Original score: Andy Gray
Editing: Adam Recht
Production design: Matthew Button
Makeup / hair: Sara Menitra
VFX supervisor: Philip Nauck
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: No Way Up (2024)

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OrlyForly2024-02-01
★ 1/10
Terrible Script, dialogue, directing, hammy editing. Music is meh. Poor acting (but they clearly got no support). This crap show's the contempt producers like this have for the audience that gives them money. The writer, director, producers and editor must have been so full of ego that I bet continues today, despite the poor reviews. During the boring minutes (90) I drifted off imagining them all working on these scenes thinking they were amazing, and trying to understand the level of narcissism required. Just delusional film makers that like the smell of each others farts. During the credits I imagined the director is still down there and that's what got it 0.5 rather than 0.
Chandler Danier2024-02-20
★ 3/10
This movie is less realistic than Slotherhouse. No one on the crew had their Open Water certification. Absolute crap. 3 because they killed that one really annoying guy who sucked and I imagine he's the wretched people who wrote/directed this crap. But it's only 1.5 hours so...I kinda like it. Would have been 20 minutes had they just opened the door so...I really hate it.