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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Review: Lupita Nyong’o Stands Out In A Melancholy Action-Horror Prequel
‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ review: Lupita Nyong’o stands out in an unusually melancholy action-horror prequel
Recalling the aftermath of 9/11, smoke and ash obscure Sam’s — and our — vision, conjuring up an eerie, disorientating mood as the now-familiar hordes of insectoid creatures make their entrance, destroying cars and buildings and snatching up screaming humans. Somehow, enough time has passed for everyone to know the rules of engagement: the aliens are drawn to sound, and the shift of location to urban Manhattan (where we’re told the average volume is 90 decibels, the equivalent of “a constant scream”) makes for an interesting comparison with the previous sequels. Director Michael Sarnoski made his name with the 2021 Nicolas Cage movie Pig, and it’s easy to see his signature here, both metaphorically, in Sam’s monomaniacal obsession with pizza, and literally, in Frodo the cat (which, spoiler alert, has better luck than most of its co-stars).
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