'A Quiet Place' is a firecracker of a film

There seems to be an ongoing rebirth of the horror genre. And most that work with the audience are those with either social commentaries like STD in It Follows or racism in Get Out, or family drama like The Babadook, Insidious and The Conjuring. These clicked with both critics and viewers because of these extra ingredient that they bring to the table.

John Krasinski has added another flick in this growing list of good horrors, and it is one that also tackles family, and yes, unconditional love.

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A Quiet Place is a film about a family who must find survival after a monster apocalypse hit their hometown in upstate New York. These monsters are blind, and they only attack when one makes a sound. Thus its tagline, 'Stay Silent, Stay Alive'.

It's a really simple premise and yet it’s one of the most stressful time I’ve had inside the theater. But a good kind of stress that I always enjoy when watching movies especially horror. This is the same feeling I had when I watched Drag Me To Hell, Insidious, which are some of my favorites even to this day. I predict A Quiet Place will also be one of them.

Krasinski visualized a post-apocalyptic drama that’s intriguing despite giving lots of answers from the get go. At the beginning, we learned of a family in danger from these monsters but we were also briefed of a possible complicated family dynamic. So there’s the creature, and there’s family drama, and Krasinski mixed that up with a good terrorizing formula. This is a true standout from the rest as however stressful this may be, its theme of love for family may even be stronger than its scare tactics.

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt's action duo is gorgeous to watch. Their family heroics are well-established. Krasinski turns out to be a triple threat of an artist, for how good his performance is in this film, his direction is also a skill to be watched-out for. Blunt is a standout. With a very few speaking dialogues, she makes it up with her tremendous expressive emotions. Millicent Simmonds, who had her breakout in Wonderstruck & Noah Jupe of 2017's Wonder and Suburbicon are also proving to be some of the finest of their generations, taking on roles that compels expressive fear and soul.

A Quiet Place is indeed quiet but it’s a firecracker of a film. Watch this with your friends and family as it will surely bring you stress and entertainment. The ending, without giving much, is also wickedly bad-ass.