Don't Breathe
Directed by Fede Alvarez
Screenplay by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues
Starring Jane Levy; Dylan Minnette; Daniel Zovatto; and Stephen Lang
A couple plot holes (Worst police investigation ever). Many times I want to scream at the screen move, stop staring, move!!!!!!!!!!!
However.....I can give that all a slight pass. Why? Because this film delivers what you go to this movie to see or experience. Scares. Tension. Shocking reveals. Crazy twists It does everything right.
It has wonderful acting highlighted by Jane Levy as Rocky. She is a very good actress (See Suburgatory in which she was better than the scripts she worked with), who is in almost every scene here and she really sucks you in as you feel her fear.
Also Stephen Lang as The Blind Man is spot on. This film does not work without a good bad guy, and in a very difficult part to play, Lang is believable and almost scary pathetic. Because of his size he almost seems like a modern Michael Myers.
Negative and a big one:
This will not be a spoiler because it is the first scene you see. Lang dragging Levy down the street.
Who made that stupid decision!! It reveals.................well.......what is to come......if that makes sense.
No spoilers here so I will not go further.
Like I noted this film delivers what it promises, it is almost exhausting. So Tense!!
4 stars out of 5 for Don't Breathe. Fun, scary film.
By the way, I started thinking this film has a lot in common with Hell Or High water the film I also reviewed today, in that it has us cheering for people to steal money. It is not theirs!!! Yes the characters in both films have a very good reason to want the money but....it is not yours. Funny how films can pull at our heart strings and have us cheer on people to do the wrong things.
Well from the shadows as always thanks for your time.
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