screen |skr_n| |skrin| |skri_n| noun • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected : the world's largest movie screen • movies or television; the motion-picture industry : she's a star of the stage as well as the screen. verb [ trans. ] • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application


Saturday, August 31, 2024

Blink Twice

“Blink twice if you’re in danger.” That’s the gist of the title, and a running joke between the women who hop on a private jet with a billionaire to party on his private island. It’s a horror movie, belonging in the sub-genre of “What-the-fuck-is-going-on” and the rapey truth unravels expertly thanks to some assured filmmaking. The big reveal, the mid-point twist, happens a little later than it should, but that doesn’t preclude suspense and well-engineered creepiness. It proficiently devolves into an all-out horror revenge-fantasy, concludes, and satisfies. What it achieves remarkably well, too, is depicting smart people making bad decisions, KNOWING and ACKNOWLEDGING that they’ve made bad decisions, and being smart enough to know that does NOT forgive other people’s evil behavior.

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