No Threat to Hitchcock Here

Rating: 5/10 (25 March 2019)

The first 45 minutes are well done, as a creepy mood and menacing strangers appear, posing a direct threat to the family unit. Some grade "A" violence is also handled slickly. Performances are carefully designed for original mannerisms and vocal tones, particularly for the wife. But then about half way through, the script tries to explain, and rightfully so, the cause of whatever horrors are afoot in the neighborhood. The movie fails miserably to achieve this goal. It shows us a deserted subterranean laboratory and rabbits (yes, rabbits!) and these critters seem to have something to do with thousands of orange or red suited people , all holding hands, marching somewhere toward something.
Is it asking too much to have a short scene where someone TALKS and EXPLAINS what is going on?
The movie begins promisingly with fancy choral singing as the camera shows us a close-up of one caged bunny, then pans back to reveal a large wall full of the confined creatures. The people who made The Favourite knew what to do with their rabbits; these people don't.