Hiedi Ashworth

Two stars for entertainment, the actors were pretty good. The script is ridiculous. A Black woman, extremely successful, affluent and leading a high quality of life is making a living on how to fight systemic racism today. Quite a dichotomy. She ends up experiencing life as a slave in civil war era America. There is a twist I won't give away. Suffice it to say that historical accuracy is mocked as well as showing how far black rights have come from the 1800s. The modern day interactions of the main character and her friends also shows a blatant woke-ism that displays black characters immediately assuming the worst of white people in ambiguous interactions. We also see that rudeness is not unique to any one color. Slavery was and is an evil practice and the movie goes to extremes to show its ugliness. But other than presenting a nightmarish view of a victim mentality, this movie cannot be taken seriously. In fact, I actually laughed at several of the absurdities, especially at the end.

I wanted to give this a five because there are some great elements- superb acting, a good premise and excellent special effects. But I can only give it a two because the actual story doesn't make sense. And here's why: (Spoilers ahead, so don't read if you don't want to know. ) * * * * The concept of the story is about alien creatures who hunt through sound, the only sense they have to detect their prey, no sight or smell. The family has limited technology to work with, but they have some, and they have weapons. Yet they never try to kill these things. They never set traps to lure them, they never build any soundproof rooms. They go around barefoot all the time, presumably to not make noise when the walk. Have they never heard of moccasins? The father is working on a hearing aide for a child who is deaf, yet never thinks to use sound feedback on the creatures? It isn't until the end that the idea is stumbled on by a child. This story had so many holes it could be swiss cheese.