Review of Us (2019) by Dashtag — 27 Mar 2019

I really admire Jordan Peele because he is a comedic genius, a really intelligent guy and also a horror movie master. With 'Get Out' Jordan Peele had us talking non-stop about his movie, first because it was a really freaky and well-made 'horror' film by a comedian, but also because it was a really good movie.

Following his global, critical, and Oscar-winning success that was 'Get Out,' it's hard to make a movie that would top his previous work, or even come close. That is the case with 'Us'. While 'Us' is still a really great piece of work from Jordan Peele, it is still clear that 'Get Out' is the better movie, mainly because of the concept, the plot, the twists, and the depth.

'Us' is a really creepy, well-done horror movie that more fits in the horror category than 'Get Out' does. It has scary scenes, jump scares, brutal deaths, a killer soundtrack, twists, and an overall terrifying concept.

Spoiler: the concept of clones of yourself living beneath you that most of the time mimic your actions and one day come out to kill you so they don't have to mimic you anymore is kinda terrifying, especially with the way they look, move, and menacingly walk towards you then eventually stab you with scissors.

We find out that everyone, not just the Wilsons family, has a "tethered clone" that is out to kill them when the tethered rise from the underground and kill their human forms. As the tethered people rise and brutally kill everyone they form a chain that is supposed to be "Hands Across America" which doesn't really make sense but it's still pretty creepy.

I would say that once this movie steps back into reality it kinda loses its whole groove. This is because the movie, especially when the mysterious deaths of random people appear, and when the first family of tethered people attacks the Wilsons, 'Us' is really intense, scary, and has you on the edge of your seat, but in addition to that you know you're going to find out what it's all about.

Once the story finishes the brutal killings of the tethered to most of the humans in America we assume, they start revealing backstory, explaining everything in a messy manner. First of all, when the family is out to kill the tethered people of themselves and their friend's family, it's totally awesome.

The action is great, and it's enjoyable. Then once the climax and third act has begun the movie starts to explain every single bit of detail. The only tethered person that can speak, who is Lupita Nyong'o's tether, she explains it all to Lupita Nyong'o's main character.

We find out that she has been planning this attack for 20 years ever since she encountered her at the hall of mirrors in 1986, but also how there are millions of people beneath the ground that are mimicking everyone's actions up above.

Also earlier in the movie she explains how she was forced to do everything that her human self had done, have children with Winston Duke's character and give birth to two kids, two which she did not want to have.

Pretty much she's suffered a lot, which is why the tethered are out to kill everyone. They have suffered enough. I think the whole idea is that Jordan Peele wanted to point out the privileges in everyone no matter what race you are but just being an American you have lots of privileges.

In the end there are about 3 twists in like the last few minutes, leaving many unanswered questions, but for me the biggest plot hole was why sometimes the tethered mimic their actions up above but sometimes they didn't.

There are scenes where they look straight at each other and mimic them but other scenes where they don't. I don't know if Jordan Peele left some plot holes as big as swiss cheese in the story or if he's just going to explain it all in the possible "universe" he has planned for us.

I'm not sure. Overall, Us is actually a really good movie because it has stuck with me ever since I saw it and really has me thinking, while it has many plot holes.