The time we have spent grappling with the Covid19 pandemic has shown the challenges humanity faces as it tries to survive alone and without the customs of modernity. How can you live without electricity, without people around, or without the ability to visit friends? When we saw people getting sick on television in the first few months, no one knew what was happening or how to protect themselves from the invisible threat plaguing the planet. This feeling of being left in the dark about what is threatening one's life is the impulse with which the viewer can identify while watching.The world after us', the latest release from Netflix who has just arrived on the platform.
Amanda (Julia Roberts) hates people. Her dislike for other creatures leaves her sleepless and she spontaneously rents a beach house to spend a few days on vacation with her husband. volume (Ethan Hawke) and your sons, Archie (Charlie Evans) It is rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Everything is going well in the incredible villa with pool, super spacious and isolated from the chaos of Manhattan. But on the first day, an outofcontrol ship runs aground in the sand and ruins the family's trip. Something strange happens at night: GH (Mahershala Ali) It is Ruth (Myha'la), owner and heiress of the property, appears at the villa in the middle of the night and asks to be allowed to sleep there because something happened to them on the way. Disturbed, Amanda is constantly suspicious of both volume allows the stay. Faced with such unusual episodes, everyone has to learn to live together under one roof as more bizarre things are happening outside and no one knows how long it will last.
Based on the novel “Leave the World Behind” by Rumaan Alam who also happens to be a screenwriter Sam Esmail , the film Netflix mixture psychological horror with thriller It is Science fictionall wrapped up in the state of constant threat that feeds the conspiracy theory, aspects that are present in the life of the ordinary American citizen, with his mania to think that he is the only one who can save the world from itself.
The film lasts two and twenty hours Sam Esmail it unfolds at the same time as cooking in the water bath. Still, it's a little addictive to see how the characters create situations of mutual dislike behavior that was quite welcome among viewers reality show live. In 'The world after us“It's almost like this: locked in the house and trying to get to know each other, at the same time without knowing what is happening outside the house, we as viewers watch the intrigues between the characters unfold and wait with a certain sadistic fear that something will happen happened. Everything goes wrong.
The main trio Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, Julia Roberts rise to the challenge competently and bring in all their experience with characters that are very different from one another. But the real highlight is the young woman Myha'lawhat a builds Ruth cynical, insulting and quite determined; It's hard to discuss them.
With a good story and a good cast, the budget and quality of the visual effects used in the project are also impressive, creating almost real animals and objects. Added to this is the beautiful photography in harmony with the color palette of the project in shades of blue, gray and white, which in the film expresses peaceful emotions in a chaotic context and in constant threat. Finally, the competence and courage of the director Sam Esmail They are evident through the camera play, which delves deeper into the characters and brings in different perspectives to view the plot from different angles; Even if it's a bit much at first, overall it's an interesting and working choice.
'The world after us“It's one of those films where the development of obstacles is better than the explanation itself because no matter what it is, it will always fall short.” A good film that makes your head spin, just like “Don't look up', The Netflix It was also created at the end of the year and begins to create a curious yearend tradition.
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