A great beginning and middle, and an anti-climactic ending

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2017)

"Get Out" starts strongly, with several chilling moments, but doesn't quite come together in the end.
For most of its run-time, it is a rebuttal to anyone who thinks that the horror genre cannot be socially relevant. From its opening scenes reminding us of Trayvon Martin, to the protagonist meeting affluent types at a party, none of whom can avoid mentioning his ethnicity, aspects of "Get Out" feel almost too timely and on-point, perhaps uncomfortably so, which is, of course, a great place to set a horror movie.
The movie shows its hand pretty early, which is not necessarily a bad thing. The problem is that it has you primed for a big reveal, and I found myself a bit let down by the climax and its conclusion. The beginning was handled so skilfully, I was obviously hoping it would continue in kind. However, it went too far into standard horror territory in the end, and seemed to lose touch with the social conscience that had made its first act so interesting.