“One Way” (2022) / Z-View

One Way (2022)

Director: Andrew Baird

Writer:  Ben Conway

Stars:  Colson Baker, Travis Fimmel, Kevin Bacon, Drea de Matteo, Storm Reid and Thomas Francis Murphy

Tagline: Kill. Fuck. Play. One Way.

The Plot…

Freddy has been shot.  He’s on the run with a satchel of money.  Killers are following.  Freddy boards a bus as it’s pulling out.  Other passengers include a troubled young girl and a few others who might become problems.  If Freddy doesn’t get help soon, he’ll bleed out.  Plus the killers are closing in…

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

One Way is a film that I kept watching, hoping it would get better.  That’s because One Way has an interesting plot, some good actors and looked stylish enough.  Sadly, at least for me, the payoff never came.  I felt like I was stuck on a bus with no way off and the same things kept happening.

Kevin Bacon appears as Freddy’s worthless father. It’s a small but important role. Dre de Matto has an even smaller role as the drug queenpin that Freddy ripped off.  Both are good at playing bad.  Storm Reid is a young girl headed for big trouble.  Her subplot has a twist you’ll see coming from the start.

One Way earns 2 of 5 stars.