Not Without Hope (2025)
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A survival thriller based on the true story of a 2009 boating accident.
The story
Based on the true events of a 2009 boating accident, the film follows Nick Schuyler, the sole survivor of a disaster that claimed the lives of three others. The narrative explores the harrowing experience of survival at sea and the aftermath of the tragedy.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Based on the true events of a 2009 boating accident, the film follows Nick Schuyler, the sole survivor of a disaster that claimed the lives of three others. The narrative explores the harrowing experience of survival at sea and the aftermath of the tragedy.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 121
- Production countries
- United States; Malta
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Joe Carnahan
- Cast and characters
- Zachary Levi · Nick Schuyler; Josh Duhamel · Timothy Close; JoBeth Williams · Marcia; Quentin Plair · Marquis Cooper; Terrence Terrell · Corey Smith; Marshall Cook · Will Bleakley; Floriana Lima · Paula; Jessica Blackmore · Rebekah Cooper; Priya Jain · Lieutenant; Logan Kellogg · Ship Captain
- Genres
- survival; thriller
- Themes
- survival; trauma
- Tone and mood
- tense; dramatic
- Premise and plot tags
- based on true events; seafaring
- Source material / true-story basis
- Schuyler and Jeré Longman's 2010 nonfiction book of the same title
- Reception
- The film received positive reviews, with critics describing it as 'absorbing disaster filmmaking.'
- Reported review scores
- Collider · score: 7 · scale: 10
- Production trivia
- Dwayne Johnson was originally cast to star as Nick Schuyler in 2013.; The film was shot entirely in Malta.
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