Director: Joe Carnahan
Cast: Zachary Levi, Josh Duhamel, Quentin Plair, Terrence Terrell, Marshall Cook
Not Without Hope is a 2025 American drama-thriller directed by Joe Carnahan, following a group of friends whose fishing trip off the Mexican coast turns into a desperate fight for survival when their boat capsizes far from shore, leaving them stranded in open water with dwindling hope.
What is Not Without Hope about?
Four friends set out on what should be a relaxed fishing trip in the warm waters off Mexico, but disaster strikes when their vessel capsizes without warning, throwing them into the deep sea with no rescue in sight. Isolated far from any coastline, they must confront not only the physical threat of dehydration, exhaustion, and exposure, but also the psychological toll of uncertainty. As hours stretch into days, tensions rise and old bonds are tested. Each character faces a private reckoning about fear, loyalty, and the will to push through when every rational instinct says to surrender. The film centers on how ordinary people respond when stripped of every comfort and forced to rely solely on one another.
Cast & crew
Director Joe Carnahan brings a visceral, kinetic energy to confined survival scenarios. Zachary Levi leads the ensemble as the group's emotional anchor, while Josh Duhamel and Quentin Plair round out the core survivors. Terrence Terrell and Marshall Cook add friction and depth. JoBeth Williams, Floriana Lima, and Jessica Blackmore complete the cast in supporting roles that ground the human stakes.
Context & significance
Survival-at-sea stories carry a particular weight for diaspora audiences who understand displacement and the precariousness of being far from familiar ground. Not Without Hope arrives in a strong tradition of open-water thrillers — lean, pressurized films about what humans do when every external structure falls away. For Persian-speaking viewers abroad, the film is available with a full Persian DUB, making it accessible for all members of the family regardless of English fluency. Its relatively short runtime keeps the tension concentrated, and the ensemble format means there is no single heroic lens — instead the film asks who you become when hope feels like the only thing left.
Where & how to watch
Not Without Hope is available on K-Time with Persian DUB and Persian subtitles. Stream it on your web browser, smart TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.