This sophomore effort from the talented director unfortunately fizzles in the end

Rating: 6/10 (24 March 2019)

Jordan Peele has lately been heralded as the suspense master of our era, a claim I would have love to support after the successful 'Get Out', a smart, timely and immensely entertaining suspense thriller. Unfortunately, after viewing the highly anticipated 'Us', I'm sad to say that I have to hold off on my enthusiasm. While all the elements that Jordan Peele use to implement 'Us' are there (strong performances, good build up sequences, dark humor, etc), the weak storyline inevitably fails to hold the movie together. I really want to like this movie. I consider myself as the kind of audience that is willing to stretch my suspense of disbelief a lot more than normal, but even so, the movie loses my interest half way through and I find myself no longer rooting for it's charaters. There are moments of humor as expected from Peele which I see as his trademark and always a plus as he does know how to incorporate it well with the horror genre. But ultimately, it's hard to hold interest in a movie when the storyline is not tight, no matter how posh the production is. There are plenty of glowing reviews of this movie out there, but I suspect they are motivated by money. I still have not lose hope on Jordan Peele. He is a very talented director and has a flair for the horror genre, a genre I love. I see this as a step back for him, but let's hope he realizes he has a lot of room for growth so that he can continue to learn to make great, if not better as movies as 'Get Out'.