As a white dude, I can't pretend to know what it's like for the average black man to navigate the waters of modern day America on a daily basis. I'm not a bleeding heart liberal who thinks that injustice is around every corner, or that sky is falling because of evil white people who want to oppress everyone who isn't in the Aryan club, but things ain't easy for lots of people these days, and I mean black, white, gay, straight, and especially poor people. Everyone has got their real life Horror stories, and some are definitely worse than others.
I do know that even though I'm white, I don't trust many rich white people because they're shady as fuck.
I also know that Jordan Peele has crafted a debut film that is a deft and poignant (and entertaining) look into the issue of race, and it scared the living hell out of me.
It's really impossible to breakdown this movie and its plot twists without ruining it for anyone who hasn't seen it, so I'll keep it short and sweet. And vague.
Chris is a black dude with a hot white girlfriend. They're in love, an they've reached the point in their relationship where she wants him to meet her parents. He's nervous about the idea, not only because it's intimidating as hell to meet a girl's parents for the first time, but because she hasn't told them he's black, and with them being rich and white and all, he's afraid they're going to be on some Guess Who's Coming to Dinner type of shit.
"CALL US SALT-N-PEPA ONE MORE TIME." |
Then things begin to get even stranger, and eventually become downright deadly.
And that's all we're saying about that.
THESE MOTHERFUCKERS RIGHT HERE... |
And Peele gives us a finale that goes in, and it gets bloody as hell.
What more can we really ask for? (Gratuitous nudity, but we digress.)
Daniel Kaluuya may not be familiar to the American Audience at large, but we've been fans of his since he starred in a short-lived UK TV show called The Fades back in 2011. The Kid can act, and he takes the ball and runs with it here, playing a likeable "Final Guy" that you just can't help rooting for. Even more impressive was Lil Rel Howrey as Rod, who had us laughing our asses off every time he spoke. Bradley Whitford and Katherine Keener made for perfect villains (that's not much of a spoiler), and Keener especially, who is no stranger to playing dark and evil; if you want to see her at her terrifying best, check out An American Crime.
And of course there's Allison Williams who plays the loving girlfriend with such perfect ambiguity that you're never sure what she's all about. She impressed, with some truly great scenes towards the end.
OH DEER GOD... |
GET OUT! GET OUT NOW! |
THAT"S SYMBOLISM RIGHT THERE. |
THIS DEER HAS SEEN SOME SHIT. |
WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF YOUR FACE AND GET NAKED. |
"I'm TS -Mutherfuckin'- A, we handle shit."
And the whole Jeffrey Dahmer bit. Shit had us rolling.
THIS DUDE"S GOT JOKES. |
Rent it now, or buy it when it hits Blu-ray in 2 weeks, but see it you must.
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Get Out is available now on VOD, and is still in some theaters.
Allison Williams is a pretty little snowflake in this one.
It was good. Better than I expected, because hype can create unrealistic expectations. I think this is where horror needs to go to be scary. Fresh, very specific stories, and practical efx. In fact, with a higher budget this wouldn't be as good. Gotta have good actors too. The lead was really good.
ReplyDeleteThe lead is a good actor. He was in a cool BBC show called psychoville.
ReplyDeleteHe really is good. We're still pissed that we'll never get a 2nd season of The Fades.
DeleteThat dud had me laughing so fucking hard....
ReplyDeleteI was bored, so before I watched it on VOD, I got a Cam
copy of it, and every time that dude said something, you could
hear the entire audience roaring in laughter...
This def ad that old school 70s/80s almost Hammer horror vibe going for it in the last half. It was effectivly creepy as fuck.
Also, the scene where he was embodied and floating into his own mind, it reminded me very much of the scenes in Under the Skin when the people got stuck in that liquid.
Maybe my expectations were too high, but this movie was a let down. About 30 minutes into the movie you already had an idea of what was going on and how it would play out.
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