The Guilty and No One Gets Out Alive – Movie Reviews

October 3, 2021October 7, 2021 Nguyen Dang 1 Comment Netflix, Netflix Movie Review, Netflix Movie Reviews, Netflix Movies, Netflix Reviews, No One Gets Out Alive, The Guilty

Jake Gyllenhaal returns with another mystery thriller, The Guilty, a 2021 Netflix movie directed by Antoine Fuqua and a remake of the 2018 Danish film of the same name. The film explores the story of a concerned police detective demoted to 911 operator duty scrambles to save a distressed caller during a harrowing day of revelations — and reckonings.

What I liked besides Jake Gyllenhaal, who was unsurprisingly great at his role, was the thriller. The first half was intense and gripping. Thrillers that take place over the phone or any communication platform are usually intriguing and easy to create suspense. Unrelated to this movie, but thereâ€™s a show on Apple TV+ earlier this year, called Calls, that took place entirely over the phone. This movie reminded me a bit of the show, but the level of intensity was not on par with the show. The revelation wasnâ€™t as shocking and hard-hitting as I wanted.

This led me to the problem with the movie. It tried very hard to somehow relate Jakeâ€™s characterâ€™s backstory to the primary situation. And that didnâ€™t turn out well. The backstory was underdeveloped and had almost no place in this movie. I get that it was being kept a secret throughout to make audiences wonder and speculate, but it would have been smarter to give out bits of clues about his pasts.

Also, whatâ€™s more out of place was the main theme, which only became clear in the last couple of minutes. This felt forced and again had nothing to do with the story. Overall, a decent thriller despite a weak attempt at making a message. Watch ‘The Guilty’ on Netflix here.

â€˜The Guiltyâ€™ Rating â€“ 3.25/5

No One Gets Out Alive, a new horror flick on Netflix. I donâ€™t even want to say the synopsis because this movie felt like something I have seen a bunch of times before. However, there is little sense to the premise and the progression of the story as a whole. The only positive thing I would give this movie was the atmosphere, which was fairly eerie. There was potential with this atmosphere because it got me hoping for something horrifying to be revealed near the end that was worth all the slow burn.

Of course, it didnâ€™t. When the thing appeared, I wasnâ€™t horrified, but just confused as to why it looked like a deformed monkey. Almost nothing in the movie made any sense, which didnâ€™t help with the horror. The ending was again nonsensical. Itâ€™s supposed to make audiences amazed and terrified at the main characterâ€™s transformation, but it just came off as nothing and a little bit cringe. Overall, not sure what I was watching. Could not care enough and was not scared at all.