Stowaway

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 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.

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.

The start of the movie is as bad as possible: a good girl becomes a thief/criminal for no reason, and the movie creator obviously loves it and hope every American follows her footsteps. The successful father loves the daughter and left her a million dollar yacht, that's a little too good to be true but also implies the girl's criminal and rebellious life is glorious, in the Hollywood creator's eyes. Of course, there must be a year 2022 Hollywood woke fashion show: the sweet American girl turns into a person (from appearance), not a girl anymore. The professional robbers are so unprofessional that they even missed the girl and her one-night-stand guy in the master bedroom.

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.