A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
A Quiet Place: Day One
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A Quiet Place: Day One is a prequel that expands the narrative of A Quiet Place into new genres and characters. There's none of the Abbott family (John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and company) here, as the story is set at the very start of the ultrasonic-sensing alien invasion. We now follow Sam (Lupita Nyong'o), a woman with terminal cancer who is in New York City when the disaster begins. With the world coming to an end, she decides she has nothing to lose, so she ventures through the silenced city in search of the one thing she wants. Though more inclined towards the realms of action and disaster cinema, this prequel presents a surprisingly existential and moving story, with great performances from its protagonists (with Joseph Quinn of Stranger Things completing the duo). It doesn’t break new ground in apocalyptic films, but it does manage to find humanity in a franchise that already felt tired in its second installment.
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As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sammy fights to survive.
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