Review of Get Out (2017) by Joshua I — 13 Apr 2017

Originally appealing because of its racial theming, I went to see this out of curiosity because it received good reviews, was a popular topic between me and my Chinese friend, and it also appeared quite original.

Aside from having many stereotypical talking points, this was really quite a unique horror, unpredictable, humorous, vaguely gruesome in parts and perfectly staged into a climatic ending. Ultimately it's about a girl introducing her new boyfriend to her parents, and you sense that the film is going to be about them turning against him because he's black.

This isn't the case though, so that part is cleverly deceiving, and hides the truer meaning of the storyline. Horrors are normally so obvious and littered with cliche's, but you're left feeling dumb when you realise this film has actually made a fool of its audience in producing a twist ending that no one saw coming.

It teases us into knowing there are some strange goings on, yet never revealing the full identity of proceedings until the closing moments. At which point, you leave the cinema on an all time high, applauding the producers for their cunning plot.

It has a few jumpy moments which you try to play cool, but fail ridiculously, a new looking but very professionally acted cast, and the odd look away scene where you are always left wondering why people have to die in the most bluntest of fashions.

Can they just be shot? No, they have to have something impaling them through their eye ball, or rammed into their mouth. That's not a complaint, but just an amusing trait of these films which makes them totally over the top and adorable.

I'd definitely recommend this one as its compelling and weird at the same time, making it one of the most novel films of the year, so 'Get Out' there and get in to that cinema :).