The filmmaking duo behind Haunt (2019), Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, pivot from horror to sci-fi/fantasy in their latest flick, 65. The film brings a futuristic edge and a time travel plot to the prehistoric period, pitting Adam Driver against dinosaurs in a lightly tense family-focused race-against-the clock thriller. It’s nothing new or particularly exciting, but it’s enjoyable enough dumb-fun.
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John Krasinski returns to the helm of the Quiet Place franchise, writing, directing, producing, and starring (briefly) in this surprisingly solid sequel. With Part II, Krasinski crafts a taut continuation to the Abbott family’s story that effectively captures the spirit of the original while building out its post-apocalyptic world.
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Who would've thought that John Krasinski — Jim from The Office — had a horror film in him? Let alone one as tense and carefully crafted as A Quiet Place?! It's the blindside that we all need, and one that people will likely compare to Jordan Peele's magnificent Get Out in the sense that both are comedic actors turned writer/director who surprised everyone with one hell of a horror film experience. Krasinski's A Quiet Place, which he co-wrote with Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, doesn't offer the social commentary that makes Peele's Get Out so fantastic, but it does provide genuine moments of pure white-knuckle tension, similar to Don't Breathe, 10 Cloverfield Lane, or It Comes at Night, with a heavy dose of heart.
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