A good movie

To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this flick, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, pretty much like with 'Blue Ruin', Jeremy Saulnier's previous directing effort, I have to admit that it didn't know anything about this story before watching the damned thing, expect that it might be dealing with neo-nazis, but I think it might be the best way to watch Saulnier's movies. Indeed, he really doesn't like exposition scenes which turns his movies into some kind of jigsaw puzzles and, slowly by slowly, we figure out what's going on which is much more rewarding then being spoon-fed every piece of information as it usual happens in your Hollywood production. Furthermore, even if you learn basically nothing about any of the character involved, they did feel genuine and they seemed to live in a parallel but realistic world which made everything happening even more unsettling. Eventually, it was a movie dealing more with texture than with an actual narrative. Indeed, even if I really enjoyed the approach, it remains a terribly basic story about some kids getting stuck into a room while some other people outside the very same room wants to kill them. Seriously, nothing much else did really happen after all and the lack of explanation and the general cloud of mystery surrounding the whole thing did feel like an attempt to cover up the actual simplicity of the plot. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still enjoyed the damned thing and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Jeremy Saulnier's work.

7/10