Stumbling upon the 2022 action thriller "One Way" by random chance and seeing that the movie had Kevin Bacon on the cast list, of course there was no doubt about me sitting down to watch the movie.
Needless to say that since I hadn't heard about the movie prior to watching, nor watched any trailers, then I didn't know what I was in for here, aside from "One Way" being an action thriller. And there is a lot of good action thrillers out there, so I figured that I would give writer Ben Conway and director Andrew Baird's 2022 movie a chance.
The storyline in "One Way", as written by Ben Conway, was adequate. I mean, it was a watchable movie, though you're not in for an edge-of-your-seat type of action thriller here. Nay, far from it actually, as the majority of the movie plays out while the leading actor sits in a bus and slowly bleeds out. Yeah, that was the core essence of this movie, I kid you not.
While I managed to sit through all 95 minutes that "One Way" ran for, I have to say that I was only mildly entertained. The storyline was just too mundane and slow paced, especially for an action thriller. Don't get me wrong, because "One Way" is a watchable enough movie, but just keep in mind you're not in for any kind of thrill ride.
The acting in "One Way" was good, and it was definitely that which made it a watchable movie and ensured that the movie stayed afloat for 95 minutes. I am not a particular fan of Travis Fimmel, though, and it was a shame that Kevin Bacon only had such limited time on the screen. It was nice to see Drea de Matteo in the movie, though she also only had limited screen time.
Personally I didn't find "One Way" to have much of neither action nor thriller to it.
If you enjoy action thrillers, then perhaps give director Andrew Baird's movie "One Way" a chance. You might enjoy it, but keep in mind that it is a limited script with a rather slow pacing to it.
My rating of "One Way" lands on a four out of ten stars.
Needless to say that since I hadn't heard about the movie prior to watching, nor watched any trailers, then I didn't know what I was in for here, aside from "One Way" being an action thriller. And there is a lot of good action thrillers out there, so I figured that I would give writer Ben Conway and director Andrew Baird's 2022 movie a chance.
The storyline in "One Way", as written by Ben Conway, was adequate. I mean, it was a watchable movie, though you're not in for an edge-of-your-seat type of action thriller here. Nay, far from it actually, as the majority of the movie plays out while the leading actor sits in a bus and slowly bleeds out. Yeah, that was the core essence of this movie, I kid you not.
While I managed to sit through all 95 minutes that "One Way" ran for, I have to say that I was only mildly entertained. The storyline was just too mundane and slow paced, especially for an action thriller. Don't get me wrong, because "One Way" is a watchable enough movie, but just keep in mind you're not in for any kind of thrill ride.
The acting in "One Way" was good, and it was definitely that which made it a watchable movie and ensured that the movie stayed afloat for 95 minutes. I am not a particular fan of Travis Fimmel, though, and it was a shame that Kevin Bacon only had such limited time on the screen. It was nice to see Drea de Matteo in the movie, though she also only had limited screen time.
Personally I didn't find "One Way" to have much of neither action nor thriller to it.
If you enjoy action thrillers, then perhaps give director Andrew Baird's movie "One Way" a chance. You might enjoy it, but keep in mind that it is a limited script with a rather slow pacing to it.
My rating of "One Way" lands on a four out of ten stars.