Don\u2019t be fooled, though. The title of <\/span>Netflix\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Under Paris<\/span><\/a> is just as boring and unassuming as the synopsis is wild.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The story begins with a shark expert named Sophia who tragically lost her husband while researching a Mako shark named Lilith. <\/span>This tragic loss rips her apart even more than the shark ripped her man to pieces. <\/span><\/p>\n But years later, when Lilith has inexplicably reached the Seine River, Sophia fights to save Paris from the jaws of death, all while battling ignorant government officials who refuse to believe that they\u2019re stuck in the middle of a shark movie themselves.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Director Xavier Gens of Frontier(s) fame has been known to take some wild swings before, but knowing that still won\u2019t prepare you for how Under Paris ends.<\/span><\/p>\n Warning: spoilers for Under Paris.<\/strong><\/p>\n As the film progresses and Sophia gets ever closer to saving Paris, she makes a startling discovery: Not only has Lilith done the impossible and travelled all the way from the Pacific Ocean to the River of Seine, Lilith has also created a mini-army of babies by reproducing on her own without the need for a mate. It\u2019s a thing in nature sometimes. Look it up.<\/span><\/p>\n The trouble is that these mutant offspring are somehow able to survive in freshwater, just like mummy, which doesn\u2019t bode well for the people of France, and therefore the future of brie production worldwide. What\u2019s worse is that they can also reproduce asexually. Cue an entire army of angry shark babies growing in the catacombs under Paris.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The mayor ignores Sophia\u2019s warning because the city is hosting a triathlon that will be instrumental to France\u2019s chance at hosting the Olympics. Ignoring shark problems went swimmingly well for the mayor in Jaws, and the same is unfortunately true here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t help that a youth-driven activist group Save Our Seas is fighting to protect Lilith, because apparently sharks have feelings too. The leaders Mika and her partner Ben don\u2019t just fail to save Lilith \u2013 they also fail to save themselves, along with a number of fellow activists who all end up taking part in the shark buffet.<\/span><\/p>\n Yet even then, no one is fully prepared for the bloodbath that\u2019s to come. And it really is a bloodbath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Before you know it, Sophia\u2019s team are killed while trying to plant bombs that will blow up the shark nest. Funnily enough, the bombs are just as responsible for their deaths as the sharks themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n When the French military finally realise what\u2019s going on, they try to shoot the sharks down, only to accidentally hit long-dormant explosives from World War II still hidden in the Seine River. <\/span><\/p>\n Old bridges and various other structures collapse in the explosions that follow, leading to an actual flood that sweeps through Paris. And where there\u2019s a flood, there\u2019s an easy way for more sharks to get on land and start feasting on everyone who was too smart to swim in the river.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By the end, Lilith\u2019s family emerge victorious, because they\u2019re sharks and sharks are cool<\/strong>. But what\u2019s most shocking is that there\u2019s no heroic end where the tide is turned last-minute. Under Paris really does end with everyone dying while sharks take over France\u2019s capital<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n And given how they can reproduce at an exponential rate, it won\u2019t be long before the rest of the world succumbs to this veritable sharknado, too.<\/span><\/p>\n The film says as much when a map in the end credits reveals how fast the sharks will spread, cutting humans off from access to the water we need to survive as a civilisation.<\/span><\/p>\n A sequel hasn\u2019t been commissioned by Netflix just yet, but it\u2019s only a matter of time, really. Imagine a new film set in the Thames or further afield somewhere, like the River Nile? <\/span><\/p>\n And just like that, a new contender joins franchises like Meg, Sharknado and, of course, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus in the grand tradition of cinematic, shark-filled greats.<\/span><\/p> Under Paris is now streaming on Netflix \u2013 sign up from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on\u00a0Sky Glass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Film<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The new creature feature has taken off on Netflix. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52847,"template":"","categories":[6],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/under-paris-ending-explained-do-the-sharks-win-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/under-paris-ending-explained-do-the-sharks-win-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/under-paris-ending-explained-do-the-sharks-win-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/under-paris-ending-explained-do-the-sharks-win-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/under-paris-ending-explained-do-the-sharks-win-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/under-paris-ending-explained-do-the-sharks-win-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/under-paris-ending-explained-do-the-sharks-win-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The new creature feature has taken off on Netflix.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Under Paris ending explained: Do the sharks win?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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