“No Way Up” is being marketed as a shark attack picture, which, no matter the quality, usually finds their way to a certain audience and their insatiable need to watch creatures of the deep devour humans. The feature has sharks in it, but predator experiences are exceedingly rare in the film, which is more focused on the survival event for a small handful of passengers stuck inside an airplane that crashes into the water, making its way to the ocean floor. Screenwriter Andy Mayson offers the usual in personalities and crises with “No Way Up,” but there’s not much of a budget in place to go wild with the premise, and director Claudio Fah is stuck trying to make a film about panicked people conversing feel exciting. The endeavor isn’t always static, but it definitely lacks a killer instinct when it comes to B-movie entertainment, feeling a little too slack when it comes to providing big thrills. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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