When a shark is found living in the Seine River right before the start of the World Triathlon Championships in Paris, Scientist Sophia, environmental activist Mika and river police commander Adil team up to get the shark out of the waters before it causes a bloodbath.
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Under Paris Cast
Bérénice Bejo, Nassim Lyes, Léa Léviant, Anne Marivin, Nagisa Morimoto, Sandra Parfait, Aksel Ustun, Aurélia Petit, Marvin Dubart, Daouda Keita, Ibrahima Ba
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Under Paris Director
Xavier Gens
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AKA
Sous la Sein
The horror-thriller Netflix film has a runtime of 101 minutes.
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Under Paris Review
The problem with movies such as these is that they are so painfully generic and cliched that they hardly make an impact. The storyline of Under Paris needs you, first and foremost, to suspend disbelief and take it in your stride that a huge shark can stay alive under the Seine. However, that’s not its biggest issue. The movie’s biggest issue is that it has a bunch of characters who make the worst decisions possible in spite of being experts in their fields and human beings who lack any survival instinct in general.
The annoyance doesn’t really go away and for the entire 101 minutes of its runtime, at least one person has to do something that is so devoid of logic that it is nothing short of cringy to watch. These characters are also extremely cliched and do exactly what you’d expect that’s with their job titles. The politicians and upper management, as always, are okay with going forward with people dying during an event which will be covered by media from all over the world – so, obviously, it’s best to see a few athletes get mauled and maimed by a shark because that’s great press. It’s just the most infuriatingly generic stuff that doesn’t make sense.
There is a moment when environmental activist Mika sends out this impassioned speech video (through social media, I am assuming), calling for people to unite and help Lillith (the shark in the Seine) to be saved instead of murdered. It’s immediately followed by people watching with glassy-eyed wonder and getting ready to get down on the street with pitchforks – however, it doesn’t leave you with any feeling for her crusade because it’s so half-hearted and convenient that you feel nothing but boredom. There are several moments such as this peppered throughout the film that fail to leave the impression that you’d expect.
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The most interesting part that is hardly explored in Under Paris is the environmental concerns, its effects on marine life and tying it with the entire shark thriller part. We see a bit of that when the movie first starts but it is hardly explored after that and the movie rather focuses on going overboard with the silly antics of traditional shark thrillers instead of introducing anything unique or worthwhile that will leave an impact. Environmental thrillers are all the rage these days and although this movie tries to be something similar, it falls flat on its face in lieu of becoming a cash grab.
Final Thoughts
Without soul or suspense, this shark thriller will remind you of Jaws every step of the way. There is hardly anything worthwhile or memorable but even in the midst of a cliched and forgettable plot, it’s the characters who are the real culprits and are so annoying that they feel like caricatures of themselves.
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The fuck is this shit??? 5-6 sharks at the same place, stupid,
If i was there il be half way to china max sound barrier speed,
And why are you stabbing them??
Women who who is safe anord the boat says lets stab them and get a suvinear,
And then since France making movies its sounds like shit,
Im only 10 minutes on and i feel my life and soul been sucked out like a 50 $ streetwhore,
My score: 1.0 of 5 its just a very bad jaws copy…
And that women , why did she jump in and tried too shoot the shark??? She deserved that…
AND JESUS’S CHRIS DID THEY DUMP ALL THAT PLASTIC GARBAGE JUST FOR THE MOVIE??? Clean it up i hope or fucking get throwed to sea…
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Very bad jaws copy, most stupid movie this year…
Stupid kids, stupid womens, stupid movie,
I dont like to be under water movies…..
Im 40 minutes in still no sharks or anything that keep me awake…..(or alive)…..
Its going to be about mostly about those cops in city looking for stuff in the river……
Dont like cops….so far cops for 45 minutes in so far, and unlikeable kids who thinks they saving anything….only to get caught by the cops,
Anway propaganda movie for save the earth and stuff too much of that….
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Im 58 minutes out, where everybody just standing there and screaming their lungs out, there is sharks in the water i dont recommend sharp big sounds, they hear it (the sharks)…fucking KAREN SHAUTING ON THE SIDE NOT HELPING…. cops not not better….
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Sooo im watching the scenes with the kids and the cops in the sewers….
What a mess, like ALL OF THEM SOMHOW GETS PUSHED IN THE WATER WITH TWO SHARKS IN IT…..
Its better then one person at the time gets attacked or two, this is a dusin people at the same time….
Well im sooo out….fuck netflix waste of money and time I’m not getting back for watching this….
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To the women who’s standing in the hospital hall, after the mass shark attack…
GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY….YOURE NOT HELPING….CONFUSED….B…H…..
And noo cutting up a shark to show whats inside…
I WAS FUCKING EATING…..
and they need to kill it, wow absolutely good idea….(not)….
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So why are the shark in this movie thats smart??? Its know what a detonator is??? Its know what a bomb is???
And is going only after the person with the detonator, ,
The boat outside then seeing the big boom is turnig 180• and goes for a whole circle why???
They where safe where yhey were, and last but least
Why is that women with cracked gear/glass going down AGAIN????
And the cracked glass in her visir is now suddenly magical fixed???
They seriously went “Jaws but make it French”