We all learn at a young age about the five senses: sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing. However, there is the existence of other senses: for instance, certain snakes can sense the body heat of other creatures. It has been found that the loss of one sense, other senses can start to compensate for it, like when someone goes blind, their hearing sharpens. It could be argued that A Quiet Place really looks into this concept, and now we have its prequel, A Quiet Place: Day One.
Directed by Michael Sarnoski (Pig), this film stars Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, and Djimon Hounsou. Sam (Nyong’o) is in hospice care for cancer, and one day on a day trip into New York City, meteorites come crashing into Earth that produce creatures that are blind but have a high sense of hearing that start killing humans. As society falls apart, Sam meets up with a man named Eric (Quinn), and they work together to stay alive as they (and her cat) try to get out of Manhattan to safety while being hunted by the creatures.
The cinematography is done well combining in-camera visuals with CGI. I felt like I was right in the middle of New York City with the cast as the creatures were destroying the city. Nyong’o handles the bulk of the acting, and she does an incredible job, and combined with Quinn for the last half of the film, there is great chemistry as they build a strong relationship so fast in a chaotic situation.
There are pros and cons to the script itself. There are good moments (with the tension of the two films that came before it) and did keep me interested for the one-hundred-minute runtime. My issue lies in how it is presented give that this is a prequel/origin story. Instead of telling the audience how the entire story of A Quiet Place came to be, this was just more of a story about Sam walking around. This could easily could have half of its script re-written with better results on that front. I did not hate A Quiet Place: Day One, but it could have been better. If you liked the first film, you may like this one, which is why I recommend it as a second run showing in the theaters.
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