Way Upstream

1987

Action / Comedy / Drama / Horror

1
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 212 212

holiday boat black humor beans

Plot summary

Two couples go on a boating holiday together, and run into some strange people and events.

Director

Terry Johnson Photo
Terry Johnson

Top cast

Nick Dunning Photo
Nick Dunning as Alistair
Joanne Pearce Photo
Joanne Pearce as Emma
Veronica Clifford Photo
Veronica Clifford as Mrs. Hatfield
Stuart Wilson Photo
Stuart Wilson as Vince
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934.62 MB
960*720
English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 41 min
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1.69 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   cz   dk   de   gr   es   fi   fr   hr   hu   it   nl   no   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv  
25 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by johnrowb

Like 'Deliverance' on the canals, but funnier

I saw this a couple of times back in the late 1980s and would love to see it again. Very funny, at times darkly so. Surreal. A sort of 'Deliverance' on the UK canals?Odd situations... strange plot twists. The actor who plays the madman is quite convincing, but it's well acted all round.Originally shown on the BBC (maybe it was a 'Play For Today', I can't remember). And that is about all I can type about this one from memory, so bear with me while I try to fill up IMDb's ten line minimum review requirement.There we go. Recommended. BBC please re-transmit this one!
Reviewed by javierwinstondiaz 4 / 10

Somewhat engaging but totally mental.

The tonal shifts in this film are something to behold, and I don't think they're intended to be so... Nauseating? It's hard to say, as obviously it's meant to progress (without spoilers) from one genre to another but it seems neither subtle enough to be a slow burn, nor deliberate enough to be intentionally (and the keyword here is "intentionally") jarring.It's a real head scratcher... On top of the strange thematic shifts, the film suffers from characters that are unlikeable across the board, with the exception of Emma, and unresolved plot threads. To give it credit, I would say the first 40 minutes is interesting enough that you want to see where it goes, but personally I felt that where it went was unimpressive. It's not an outright "bad" film (as it manages to be engaging to an extent), just a poorly realised one.
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