Summary
Halle Berry and some kids live in the woods.
The twist that civilisation wasn’t really destroyed was obvious. The fact the film tries to have its cake and eat it too, being like see Berry’s character was lying all along, but then not really as the creature was real feels like a cop out and ruins any good will this film had going for it.
Moreover, this film just feels like yet another in the growing and increasingly plagiarised apocalypse horror sub-genre. Think about Bird Box and The Quiet Place and now think about this, think about The Village and now think about this, can you see the, shall we be charitable, borrowing. This film is more than a little derivative.
In addition, no one has given Halle Berry the memo that she is not lead actor material. She tries to seem genuine as the kids mother and also at times scary or manic but she just comes across as someone trying to act crazy, at no point is she believable.
The film tries to build towards a crazy third act but you have seen it all before and nothing shocks you about it.
Overall, a waste of time
1.5/5
Pros.
It is short
It is watchable
Cons.
It has been done better before
Berry
It has pacing issues
The ending
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