Moreover, whenever the story flips from Freddy's flight to Rachel's plight, it feels forced. (Perhaps the shaky-cam cinematography is to blame.) The film seems as stuck to its seat as Freddy is, unable to really move.
But this one is somewhat inert the physicality and movement and space of the situation aren't used for any particular effect, unlike in, say, Speed or Crank. A thriller set almost entirely on a bus, where trouble waits at every stop, seems like a sound idea for a tense, exciting movie. Baker (who's also known as recording artist Machine Gun Kelly) is on-screen most of the time in One Way, and he does a convincing job of conveying agony and stress, sweating profusely and powering through terse, whispered conversations on his blood-covered phone. Baker steps it up here, giving a fairly cohesive performance, but unfortunately this thriller can't satisfyingly balance its disparate plot elements and doesn't generate much suspense.
