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Don’t Breathe-7/10
Don’t Breathe 2-6/10
First one is a very tense, claustrophobic home invasion movie that gets wavier as it goes, especially the twist in the third act. There’s no real good guys in this. Just shades of gray characters doing bad things with at least decent or understandable intentions.
Second one is still a home invasion movie, but it’s significantly more violent and faster paced but lacking in the tension of the first. But still enjoyable.
The Nightingale-8/10
An enslaved Irish woman employs the help an indigenous black man to track down the british military officer and his cronies who took the life of her husband and newborn. The actor who played Billy was stellar. The whole movie was, really, although it got a bit long but had a satisfying ending.
The Rental-8/10
Dave Franco directed horror about 2 brothers and their significant others take a vacation at a beach side rental home to unwind. They find out they’re being recorded with hidden cameras, which caught one brother cheating with his brother’s girl, leading to all hell breaking loose. What I liked about this one was mostly the third act where the violence kicks in, because it’s not a happy ending and the question “how do they beat the bad guy” is answered definitively; they don’t.
Calibre-8/10
2 childhood buddies venture into the countryside of Ireland to go hunting and up killing a father and son. One on accident and the other out of defense, and attempt to cover it up. Loved the build up to when their awful deed is finally discovered. A good jocote with lots of tension.
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