Stowaway

I started watching it for Frank Grillo, who is a great B-movie actor who has starred in many decent B-movies. This is not one of them though!

But at the end I found that this formula: Frank Grillo = the new version of the last ten years of Bruce Willis.

When I sat down to watch this 2022 thriller from writer Ian Hayden and director Declan Whitebloom, it was without ever having heard about the movie. However, the synopsis sounded interesting enough, plus Frank Grillo is usually always a blast to watch on the screen.

However, I must admit that I was a little bit concerned about the movie's relatively low rating, as I happened to check the movie on IMDb before watching it. And a rating of 3.1, as I sat down to watch it, wasn't really boding all that well. But I opted to watch "Stowaway", nonetheless.

The storyline in "Stowaway" was adequately written. I mean, it was sufficient for a single viewing, however the script doesn't have the contents to it to support a second viewing. The narrative in the movie was pretty straight forward, but it was lacking ups and downs, so there weren't really much of any thrills throughout the movie. And with a single plot twist along the way, it was a somewhat generic viewing experience.

The acting in the movie was fairly okay. A shame that Frank Grillo wasn't playing a bigger part in the movie, because he would have spruced it up a lot more.

Watchable for what it was, but director Declan Whitebloom just didn't manage to deliver a memorable or outstanding thriller.

My rating of "Stowaway" lands on a four out of ten stars.

I can see why someone would say this is an amazing move, the best they've ever watched. If this is the only movie they've ever watched. Because honestly, it doesn't get much worse than this. Anyone giving this more than 5 stars must have some kind of interest in this moving getting a high rating. And anyone giving this 2 to 5 stars is being very generous. After having watched it, I don't feel like being generous so only 1 star from me.

Give this movie a wide berth, I'm sure you've got something better to do with 1h30 of your life. Even watching paint dry is time better spend.

You can probably take a nap in between while watching the movie and you still won't miss much. The movie is slow paced with poor sound, camera and direction. Horrible acting too. There absolutely nothing going for this movie.

I started watching it for Frank Grillo, who is a great B-movie actor who has starred in many decent B-movies. This is not one of them though!

The bad: this movie looks and feels cheaply made, shot in a really weird filmformat (video?). But that's not what was bothering me the most though, because this movie isnt in any kind of way thrilling or suspenseful. Not even the few action scenes are impressive.

Completely forgettable. And for the Frank Grillo fans out there, better watch any other B-movie with him, instead of this inferior product.