Last Updated on June 15, 2024 by
The Under Paris 2024 movie is directed by Xavier Gens. The film stars Bérénice Bejo, Nassim Lyes, and Anaïs Parello theater released on June 5, 2024.
In the starting scene of the movie, the viewers see a woman, scientist Sophia, played by Bérénice Béjo, and her comrades on the island in the middle of the sea surrounded by trash. Sophia’s team consists of her boyfriend and their task is to observe the impact of pollution. They discover a baby whale, alive, but enclosed in a circle of trash and emaciated presumably from hunger; this puts them in a position where they can expect some hungry sharks. One of these sharks is Lilith, a female Mako shark that Sophia and her team decided to track. Lilith has gained considerable volume in a relatively short period, and when Sophia does not expect it during the quiet but deadly break, Lilith attacks and leaves her feeling betrayed and frightened.
To get past this catastrophe, Sophia encounters Mika (Léa Léviant), a young activist. Mika contacted Sophia to assist him with a new shark species that had emerged in the Seine River in France during the preparation of the World Triathlon Championship event. Sophia then turns to a river policeman Adil (Nassim Lyes) to assist her in eliminating the shark before it endangers more people.
Under Paris is an animated movie about the environment that has a plot very similar to Jaws’ plot where the shark is a threat to the people enjoying the river during a sporting event; however, the officials and the wealthy people ignore the warnings from an expert named Littlefoot, who has a small group of friends with him during the events in the film. Indeed, the beginning not only introduces Sophia and the shark, Lilith; it also reveals what devastating consequences humanity has brought upon the ocean and its inhabitants. This theme is carried out throughout the movie.
Other writers of the movie including Gens, Yannick Dahan, and Maud Heywang take this theme further through the character Mika, whose intentions may be good but his actions are rather risky. Mika is a member of the group that advocates for the protection of sharks. She persuades a reluctant Sophia to help her, but at the same time complicates things when it comes to facing the shark in the Seine River.
These environmental issues are linked to some thrilling and exciting scenes in the movie. This is where “Under Paris” really excels. Gens effectively uses the location, Paris, whether it is the characters swimming next to the Eiffel Tower or a terrifying shark attack underwater tunnel. Not even the Catacombs of Paris, one of the city’s most significant landmarks, remains untouched and is used for a big showdown. The director of photography in this movie is Nicolas Massart and he has made the action scenes look great, particularly the scenes shot underwater are clear and eerie.
But these intriguing moments obscure the rather unremarkable drama revolving around the main characters and their rather stereotyped relationships. This leads to a rather odd hybrid; the movie often has the aura of an eco-horror film while at the same time, it is also an over-the-top crazy horror film with much blood and gore. The movie picks up the most when the audience sees the events related to the shark and its actions in a new light.
But the movie is less memorable when it’s about the characters and their drama, and as such, it falls back to generic shark movie pacing and clichés. While there are some superb blood and violence moments, as well as promising elements, inconsistency in serious and comic motifs hinders the film.
If you enjoyed “Under Paris 2024,” here are five related movies that blend environmental themes with thrilling narratives, focusing on the interplay between humanity and nature’s more fearsome creatures:
1. Jaws (1975): “Jaws” was directed by George Lucas and remains the key film in the genre. It is a movie about a great white shark that is approximately 25 feet long that haunts a small New England town, and it falls to the police chief, a marine biologist, and a shark hunter to hunt and kill the shark.
2. The Meg (2018): “The Meg” is a comparatively current shark film directed by Jon Turteltaub where present marine risk involves prehistoric megalodon sharks. Featuring Jason Statham as an oceanographer who is expected to eliminate the colossal monster, this kind is filled with adrenaline rush, risks, and suspense experienced in “Under Paris 2024.”
3. Deep Blue Sea (1999): ”Deep Blue Sea” by Renny Harlin is a sci-fi horror movie about a research team who genetically enhance sharks and they become extremely smart and begin killing the researchers. The naïve style of scientific experiment failure and horror resembles the theme of “Under Paris 2024” where humanity interferes with the existence of predators and the worst happens.
4. The Reef (2010): With director Andrew Traucki, ‘The Reef’ is a Live-Action Survival Horror film where the viewers have a choice in the outcome. Adrenaline rush: Loosely based on a real-life event, it is the story of a group of friends who are on a boat trip in the middle of the sea the boat capsizes and they start swimming along the shore with a great white shark following them.
5. The Shallows (2016): Jaume Collet-Serra directs ‘The Shallows,’ the trial of a young surfing girl portrayed by Blake Lively left stranded on a rock was she really near shore with the great white shark hovering around her. The focus on a heroine and the dangerous shark also relates to the character-based theme of ‘‘Under Paris 2024’’ and personal survival.
Under Paris 2024 Parents Guide Age Rating
Under Paris is rated TV-MA by the Motion Picture Rating (MPA) for gore, language, and violence.
Violence: The movie contains scenes of violence, particularly scenes of people being attacked by sharks, graphically. These scenes show open wounds, bleeding, and mutilation, for example. The main characters find themselves in unpleasant and rather aggressive scenes with a focus on death and interactions with sharks.
Language/Profanity: Its content contains often references and some profanity, which are usually barred from television networks. This entails expecting to hear and read such strong language that may not be suitable for families with kids.
Sexual Content: There are PDA interactions between the characters which include kisses, etc but no scenes related to sexually explicit scenes or sex scenes including nudity.
Alcohol/Drug Use: There are scenes in the film where people are shown to drink alcohol at social functions. There are no specific scenes of the use of the substance.
