While Holding Breath Voice over (What you expected some
witty repartee?)
Don’t Breathe starring Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan
Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, and directed by Fede Alvarez. The film tells the
story of a group of petty thieves who decide to break in and rob a blind army
vet. What they don’t count on is how quickly the table turns once they enter
his domain.
Don’t Breathe is a good suspense horror thriller. It is well
shot and keeps you on the edge of your seat most of the movie. Alvarez does a
great job of setting the tone of the film. Once the the tension and action
starts it doesn’t let up until the end of the movie.. I was very impressed with
the suspension filled sequences which left me guessing what was actually going
to happen.
The movie does a great job of leaving you guessing. I didn’t
see many of the twist and turns that happened throughout the course of the
film. Granted this isn’t my typical genre of movie I usually go see, but I was
intrigued by the premise of the story. Seeing Stephen Lange play a bad ass
blind man who quickly starts hunting the people robbing him was enough to get
me in the theatre.
Stephen Lang is awesome as the terror throughout the film.
You easily believe he is capable of everything he does. Even the crazy
wackiness the story brings out in the third act seems to fit the character he
is portraying. He was the best part of the film and tied everything together.
Without him being as terrifying as he was the movie wouldn’t have been nearly
as suspenseful.
The other actors are fine in the movie, but they don’t
really stand out. Jane Levy is good as
the main female lead and Dylan Minette is fine as nerdy friend. They serve their purpose for the film, being
terrified by Stephen Lange. Both actors do a great job in selling this fact.
The issue comes in with the other emotions and story the
film tries to tell. I didn’t buy Jane Levy as a concerned young mother who just
needs the next score to make everything right. You never really understands Minette’s
characters motivations other than he is just trying to impress Levy’s
character. It’s never explained why he has decided on a life of crime. They
make him out to be the smart one, but if he is smart there needed to be another
reason as to why he is helping commit the crimes.
Which is my other gripe for the movie, the premise as to why
they rob the blind man didn’t make sense to me. They know the guy has money,
but they never explain why they think he keeps his money in his house. Most
people I know don’t stash away large sums of cash in their house anymore. They
usually keep it in a bank. I needed some story reason as to why they thought
the money was in his house rather than at his local Bank of America.
This story gripe quickly drops away when the suspense
ratchets up. The movie was made to scare the audience by building suspense, and
the film does this extremely well. Some of the scenarios where a tad contrived
and forced into being suspenseful by convenance of the story. The setup still
works extremely well and I can give the film a pass on this. I also liked the
fact I never knew if someone was going to make it out of their situation. There are some clever twists I wasn’t
expecting in the movie. This being said
I did think there were one to many ending scenarios. I could have gone with
just one less, because the last event seemed unnecessary for how the movie
ended overall.
Don't Breathe is a well-made fun suspense thriller. If you
haven’t seen trailers for the film don't watch them and go in cold. There are a
few scenes the trailers reveal which would have worked more if discovered in
the movie. If you enjoy a good suspense horror this is a must see. If you are
like me and don’t usually go to horror films, I still think this is one worth
checking out. It’s not straight horror, but tension building and suspenseful.
Have you seen Don’t Breath? If you have what did you think.
If you haven’t let me know your favorite home invasion movie in the comments.
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