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Welcome to the New Quiet Place, Same As the Old Quiet Place
The prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is being sold as an expansion of the horror franchise, but in many ways it’s merely a reiteration.
Nonetheless, the general Quiet Place formula remains intact, for better or worse: Characters tiptoe around, exchanging tense glances while trying to avoid making a peep, lest they summon the spindly predators with the powerful lugholes. Around Nyong’o, Day One builds a small ensemble of scared-shitless survivors, whispering and staring between each shrieking attack: a nurse and friend (Alex Wolff) from the hospital; a quick-thinking stranger (Djimon Hounsou, briefly reprising his role from Part II); and most substantially, a British business student (Joseph Quinn) who latches onto Sam, like a baby bird imprinting on his mother. The location swap and shift to a new character doesn’t materially transform what you could now call the formula of the franchise: a mix of silent brooding and special-effects-heavy chase sequences, like a Jurassic Park movie populated by sad mimes.
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