Director: Zoe Kravitz
Actors: Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Alia Shawkat, Adria Arjona
Genre: Thriller / Mystery
Rating: MA
‘Blink Twice’ is a psychological thriller with a simple premise – Frida (Ackie) and Jess (Shawkat) are friends and waitresses who somehow wind up on an Elon Musk-style billionaire’s island. In this case, Slater King (Tatum)’s undisclosed Mexican island, lounging by a pool and drinking all day. What could go wrong? Be careful what you wish for!
The cast is stacked, with Slater’s friends and/or employees
including Vic (Christian Slater), Tom (Haley Joel Osment), Stacy (Geena Davis)
and Rich (Kyle MacLachlan). We see a sort of bond form between Frida, Jess,
Sarah (Arjona), Camilla (Caribel) and Heather (Mullen) and it’s nice to see
them evolve from party girls to actual characters. Mostly easy to follow, as
there’s only about 12 characters, all good. The film takes time to establish
things, with nothing going too astray too quickly, and some of the editing
keeping you on your toes.
There’s a little bit of ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’, ‘White
Lotus’ and ‘The Menu’ about it – while there’s some horrific moments in the final
act, nothing overly gory or terrifying. But there’s certainly plenty of “that’s
messed-up” moments and there is quite a few hints dropped along the way which
to come together pretty well. Some laughs as well to balance some of the
tension, and a very satisfying ending, all in under 100min.
Overall: Well-made directing debut/thriller
Gav's Rating: 3.5 stars
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