Oh, come on, haters

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2018)

I am baffled by the negative reviews. The opening 10 minutes alone is some of the best film making I've ever seen, a complete short story told only with visuals, and if it had ended at the opening credit, it would have been a triumph. The rest of the film lives up to the opening promise. This film creates a universe we never imagined and puts us fully in it, with a family's survival at stake. I mean, after setting up sound as the trigger for instant death, we have a woman going into labor? How can anyone not chew their fingernails over that? And the inevitable consequences: have you ever need to silence an infant?
So why not a 10? Come on. We need to save review rating space for future Chinatown's and The Wire's. In the end, this is just a thriller, not a dissertation on evil and the meaning of society, and for that 8 is as good as it gets. And there has to be a point deduction for the nail on the stair.
But hey, if you like really intelligent film storytelling, good acting, brilliant cinematography, and well-earned adrenaline rushes, watch this.