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In Reel Time

Blind Man’s Bluff

By Nikolai Adams grab the key – as they see it as a way
out of their decrepit existence.
et within the decaying, abandoned After some initial scouting, they
Sneighbourhoods of Detroit, Fede realize the man is blind and lives on a
Alvarez’s Don’t Breathe (2016) goes street that now lays derelict, sustaining
deeper by examining the decline of no life other than for the man and his
both family values and traditional vicious, snarling dog.
American ideals. Following a gang of
They attempt to enter the blind
young hoodlums, at first glance they man’s home late one night, though
seem to be nothing
it is locked down in a fashion that
but lowlife thugs. Yet, Alvarez would rival Fort Knox. Finding only
provides enough of a back story for us one way in (a tiny, elevated window
to know that the female of the group, that leads into the bathroom), Money Photo Submitted
Rocky (Jane Levy – Frank and Cindy), shoves a willing Rocky upward so she
is trapped in a single parent home with can break the glass.
a mother (and her boyfriend) that is Upon entering, Alvarez does a
less than motherly. Stuck between a for such an instance, with his ability is ominously creepy, despite his
wonderful job filming the team
rock and a hard place, she is more of inside the house, flitting between the to lock down the home and turn the character’s debilitating blindness)
a mom to her little sister Diddy (the darkness into his friend, being his as well as a bevy of up-and-coming
threesome as they scout out the main
wide eyed Emma Bercovici) than the two best weapons. No ordinary man stars (Levy and Minnette provide
floor – in one extended, unedited
drug-addled, slovenly matriarch of shot. Though they believe they have would go to such lengths, so he must intriguing personas), the story
the ‘family’.
everything under control, with Money hold some secret within the home – succeeds – despite the fact that
Despite her realization that she even bringing a gun for protection, but is it the cash the threesome so none of the characters are truly
must escape the harsh scenario, she things get hairy after The Blind Man, desperately desire? protagonists. It sometimes feels like
dates the rough, dictatorial and callous who is supposedly KO’d thanks to a Don’t Breathe is aptly titled, each person in the story is a type of
Money (Daniel Zovatto) – the leader gas concoction made by the gang’s as its main goal is to make you so villain. Though some of the twists
of the criminal pack, exemplifying leader, makes his way down the tense that it will actually take your are a bit predictable, it is still a

the deep seeded, generational issues stairs to investigate the noise. Things breath away. Though advertised as worthwhile flick that contains its fair
that crop up in some families. The quickly take a tense turn as The Blind a horror film, I would warn viewers share of chilling thrills. So, check out
third wheel is Alex (Dylan Minnette), Man flips the board on them – and that this falls into the thriller genre. Don’t Breathe, it is a taut film, and
a young man who is mostly there the group become the hunted in the Featuring strong performances from Alvarez bastes us until we are good
because he harbours a major crush locked down home. veteran character actor Lang (who and done.
on Rocky (ah, the dangers of love). Coming off like a combination of
The group rob houses, mostly thanks Panic Room and a very serious, pared-
to Alex, whose father runs a security down adult version of Home Alone,
company (the man is able to nab the Alvarez utilizes the quasi-antagonist’s
keys and alarm codes from his pop’s blindness as a way to heighten the
computer and desk) – though they viewing experience. Amplifying
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drives them forward, so when Money home along with the three criminals,
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