The Last Breath (also known as Escape from the Deep) is a 2024 survival horror thriller film co- written by Andrew Prendergast, Nick Saltrese and directed by Joachim Hedén. It stars Kim Spearman, Jack Parr, Erin Mullen, Arlo Carter and Alexander Arnold. The film is about friends who dive amid a newly discovered shipwreck without knowing that they're not alone down there.
The film was released on June 12, 2024 in theaters, Blu-ray, DVD and VOD and received a negative reviews from audience and critics.
A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
September 2022, director Joachim Hedén began filming in Belgium on a shark attack thriller film The Last Breath. It was written by Nick Saltrese. The film cinematographer is Eric Börjeson and Ian Creed was the diving supervisor.
Metro International Entertainment was handling the film's worldwide sales and has presold it to some territories including California, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, Portugal, eastern part of Europe, Voxell in the CIS, South Africa, Phoenicia Middle East, Joy N Cinema in South Korea and Edko in Hongkong. Principal photography was started on the second week of September 2022, at AED Studios in Antwerp, Belgium before moving to Malta on October. Andrew Prendergast of Picaro Films and Chris Reed of Freebie Films was set to produce the film. The production was financed by Orogen Entertainment, Anamorphic Media and Filmgate. UK Global Screen Fund helped to distribute the film internationally.
The films was theatrically released on June 12, 2024, and was released in Blu-ray, DVD and VOD on July 2024.
Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com gave the film a 2 star out of 4 star rating and he said;
Rated "C" was given by Derek Sante of KSNV and he simply wrote;
Noah Berlatsky of Chicago Reader gave the film a positive feedback and he wrote;