Jordan Peele’s second Horror flick which had its world premiere at SXSW, translation, unless you were an asshole with a SCLM badge, you weren’t allowed to see it until it theaters. SXSW doesn’t concern me anyway, I just regret not catching this at Alamo, life kept getting in the way so I can thank the discount theater near Pinballz.
I didn’t see Get Out nor have I yet, I want to but I don’t think it’s on Netflix or Hulu. I do know Peele’s debut Horror movie was more of a commentary on White Liberal patronization. Us I can easily say has nothing to do with racial politics, it’s just a Horror/Thriller in which the lead characters are a Black nuclear family.
Was it scary? Not to me, just entertaining in what Peele’s story illustrates with some nostalgia regarding an event in the Eighties. One thing I would say immediately is how I was pleasantly surprised on what kind of movie it turned into. From the trailer, Us appears to be a home-invasion story. All I will reveal without spoiling the film…it seems to start as a home invasion but morphs into something much, much worse. My only complaint is an element you see at the end which was an ineffective, predictable twist Peele should’ve skipped.