Spielberg Changes the Game Again

Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2019)

A thriller in a league of its own that, like the creature and soundtrack it made legendary, grips you from the first scene and never lets go. This is a masterclass in suspense and unbearably cranking tension, playing on almost universal fears and exaggerating them tenfold; all the while making each character as human and relatable as the last, investing the audience in their survival in a way lesser films in the genre fail to do. Further proof, if need be, that Spielberg is one of the greatest masters of his art this past century has seen.