From Jonathan Klotz
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Most debut directors do not start with a successful film that records the twice of his budget and then becomes a streaming hit, but on the other hand, most debut directors are not Zoe Kravitz. The actress wrote the thriller and directed Blink twicewho debuted in the cinemas last year and amazed the audience by transforming Channing Tatum into a villain. The typical stupid “oh, shit” personality of the Adonis was replaced by his dark turn as a tech mogul that does not do anything good.
The private islands of the billionaires never end well
Blink twice The focus is on Frida (played by Naomi Ackie, star of the coming Micky 17), a waitress who is tempted to spend a weekend on the private island of the billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum), who is of course incredibly good -looking and charming, but is a bad conspiracy behind the carefully designed facade, unlike any other Role in Tatum’s career. Slater’s friends join the couple, including Tom (Haley Joel Osment), Cody (Simon Rex) and Stan (Christian Slater) and a few other women, including Frida’s girlfriend Jess (Alia Shawkat Last girl) and Sarah, a reality star (Good omen ‘ Adria Arjona). What begins with scenes from celebrations, drinking and lounging by the pool will soon take a dark turn.
One morning, Frida realizes that Jess is gone and no one else on the island seems to remember that she has ever been there. Although the film plays with familiar horror tropics, the exotic setting of the film itself weighs the viewer into a state of relaxation euphoria Before the hell breaks off. Blink twice If you can only slowly reveal what happens to the guests of the island, but as soon as the third act begins, the final is full of strength.
A future cult classic
In interviews, Zoe Kravitz explained that she started working on the first draft of the film in 2017 and that this has been a passion of her for years. Blink twice Your vision will be brought to life, and although there are a few stumbling blocks and the film still has the feeling that it is holding back. None of the characters have the feeling of being completely developed, and everyone can be summarized in a few words, but whether this is good or bad is completely subjective and depends on how to like the horror.
What Kravitz has achieved is what most horror directors try, namely to present the fear of their time through the lens of a horror story that transforms fear and fear into something tangible. Blink twice It succeeds by picking up different levels of very real fears in today’s society and tilting them a little to produce a future cult classic. So far, the film, which re-imported its production budget of $ 20 million in cinemas, has made the rare feat to make critics and audience an agreement Lazy tomatoesFresh with 75 percent or 71 percent.
Blink twice Will not win fans to be original, and it may be too rooted in current social trends to remain relevant. Unfortunately, this will probably be the case for a very long time, but there are many horror films every year that are significantly worse. Zoe Kravitz has proven that she has talent behind the camera, and hopefully she will start working on another film soon. What Channing TatumHe has developed from a typing to prove that he can act in a variety of different roles, so that he may be surprised again.
Blink twice is currently Streaming On Amazon Prime.
