10 MORE Horror Movies Where The Hero ALMOST Won
8. Under Paris
Sharks in Paris? Pretty silly stuff. But for the most part, this Asylum-lite movie, slickly produced by Netflix, manages to teeter on delivering its pulpy premise with some stunning imagery and grounded performances, though things really take the cake with Under Paris' jaw-dropping ending.
Eco-scientist Sophia (Berenice Bejo) and a squad of allies spend the entire movie attempting to stop a giant shark in the Seine from turning a proposed international triathlon into its own all-you-can-eat buffet.
The third act kicks off with the revelation that this humongous shark has also evolved to self-spawn, meaning it’s bringing its kids along for happy meals. Of course, the authorities don’t listen -when do they ever, especially in shark movies?
So, the epic set-piece teased throughout Under Paris kicks in, with some decent special effects and a lot of poor, hapless swimmers munched into pieces. In the aftermath, with most of the survivors out and the authorities (and what looks to be Paris’s entire military arsenal) finally on Sophia’s side, you’d think the finale would be like shooting fish in a barrel.
Who could’ve foreseen that the Paris canals are sprinkled with remaining WWII undetonated shells? When one eager, gun-toting shooter attempts to fill a shark full of holes, a stray bullet grazes one of these shells, and the entirety of Paris goes from tourist destination to Waterworld.
The final moments have Sophia and her surviving pal Adil stranded on a piece of water-drawn debris, fins circling them, and the fate of Paris - and the world - in the hands of some very new and hungry owners.