Directed by Jordan Peele
Horror
“Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.” – Jeremiah 11:11
Jordan Peele has done it again in this captivating 2019 American thriller. Us follows the story of Adelaide, played by Lupita Nyong’o, who first encounters a doppelganger of herself in a room of mirrors in a funhouse after wandering off on her own at a beach carnival.
Years later, a grown up Addy goes on vacation with her husband Gabriel and their two children. On vacation, the family ends up at the beach where the young Addy once wandered off from her parents. An already apprehensive Addy’s nerves are shot when her son, Jason, wanders off on his own. Although Jason returns safely, the family is visited by terror that night when their psychotic doppelgangers break into their holiday home.
Featuring contemporary hip-hop music over menacing action scenes, the direction of Us is easily one of Peele’s best offerings. The acting by the cast, which includes Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker is another reason this film is brilliant. Jordan Peele’s unique genius keeps the viewer on the edge of her seat as the story unfolds – not through guts, gore and jump scares but through the subtilty of a riveting plot.
Us is a must see horror of a caliber rarely found in contemporary film-making.
– Lele M
Lele Muthali 