If you want to breathe new life into a horror movie built around silence as the only means of surviving an alien invasion, there are countless worse ideas than relocating the story from small-town U.S.A. to over-populated New York City. Opening screen text over an aerial shot of Manhattan accompanied by the cacophonous sounds of car horns, sirens and shouting informs us that the Big Apple has an average noise level of 90 decibels, the equivalent of a human scream.
It gradually becomes clear that Samira’s former home is in Harlem and her determination to get herself a slice from her favorite pizzeria has deep personal significance from a happier time in her life. In a gender reversal of the usual disaster movie dynamic that’s never pushed too hard, Samira is the tough, unsentimental one, telling him he needs to join the mass exodus heading south, while Eric is initially helpless, shaken to his core. They form a tentative bond in her apartment, their conversation — and even their screams — muted by the din of a heavy thunderstorm.
Wolff and Hounsou bring soulfulness to secondary roles, while Nyong’o carries the movie on very capable shoulders. Never underselling the crippling terror that rules Samira’s every move, the actor conveys the conflict between the character’s bitterness and her humanity, remaining tenacious and decisive even when her body starts seriously failing her. She keeps you glued throughout., played by two chonky black-and-white felines named Nico and Schnitzel.
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