Not A Homerun but Still a Hit

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2019)

Jordan Peele's sophmore scary film may not have quite the seamlessness and uniqueness of his first but what it lacks in the mastermind department it makes up for in the creepiness department.
A family of four, while vacationing in Santa Cruz, are attacked by their more feral clones. It's a desperate situation as the family tries to figure out how to neutralize the attacking family.
"Us" created a lot of questions and don't expect them to be answered. Not that it's necessary for questions to be answered in order for a movie to be good, it's just that Peele set that bar with the movie "Get Out". I stilled enjoyed it and I'd be lying if I said that the movie starring a black family didn't matter. The fact is, before "Get Out" and this more slasher "Us", there was a dearth of black scary movies. Besides some low budget obscure films the only one I can think of is "Tales of the Hood" which was simply OK. "Us" is not quite the genius of "Get Out" but you can't hit a homerun every at bat.