In 2017, a dark horse at the box office came to the fore - "Escape from the Dead" .
The film cost a mere $4.5 million and swept the global box office of $250 million , ranking tenth as the most profitable movie of the year.
At the same time as the box office became a hit, it was also officially photographed and won a number of nominations during the awards season.
With this debut, director Jordan Peele became famous and became a hot newcomer director in Hollywood. Horror, comedy, race, politics and other elements have become labels throughout his films.
Now, after two years, people have finally waited for his second work (there is a source of juice at the end of the article)——
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Like the previous work, "Us" continues the consistent style of Jordan Peele, writing, directing and authentic again.
If it is said that the success of "Escape from the Dead" was accidental, then this time "We" fully demonstrates the inevitability behind its success.
Compared with the previous investment of 4.5 million US dollars, Peel's shotgun replaced the cannon this time, and directly pulled in 20 million US dollars of investment, and he lived up to the expectations of investors, allowing "We" to achieve great results.
Three days after the film was released, it earned $70.25 million, ranking third in the opening scores of American horror films , second only to "The Clown's Soul" and "Moonlight Panic".
Word of mouth has also been on the rise, and it has won the favor of film critics, with a freshness of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes .
Numerous metaphors and innuendo are interspersed in between, making the film look full and delicate, full of surprises.
The opening credits, as soon as they come up, dig a big hole for the audience: There are thousands of miles of tunnels under the land of the United States, some of which are abandoned subway systems, unused maintenance channels, abandoned mines, and some are used for unknown purposes.
What is this unknown tunnel used for?
Don't worry, the movie will answer you one by one.
The story of the film begins in 1986.
At a beach park, a pair of black parents take their daughter Eddie to play.
Young Eddie left the crowd and headed to the beach alone due to poor parental supervision.
On the beach, Eddie is drawn to a house that claims to "know who you really are".
As if driven by an unknown force, she resolutely entered the house.
Inside the house, there was a strange smell.
Here, she meets a girl who is exactly like her.
The camera finally settled on her terrified face.
Eddie disappeared for 15 minutes from being lost to being discovered by his parents.
This period left her in a state of aphasia from traumatic disorder, which took a long time to recover.
Years later, Eddie, who grew up, formed a family of four of his own.
Taking advantage of the holiday, the family came to the coastline for a holiday.
Sunshine, sand, speedboats, mansions, everything is very comfortable.
But while they were enjoying their vacation, terror was approaching step by step:
The homeless man who was stabbed to death inexplicably,
Freak with bloody fingers on the beach.
All these things cast a shadow over their trip.
In a panic, Eddie confided the shadow of his childhood to the big stupid husband.
But the stupid big man had a noncommittal expression on his face.
Obviously, he didn't trust Eddie.
Fortunately, with the arrival of a group of uninvited guests, the silly big man quickly changed his views.
Suddenly, four people appeared outside their house.
The four of them stood there holding hands, unable to see their faces.
The Eddie family was deeply terrified.
Before long, the group of strangers attacked them.
Forced into the sofa, they finally saw each other's face clearly.
The other party is a family of four who look exactly like him.
They call themselves " Shadows " and are uniformly dressed in eerie red outfits.
Shadow is a clone of America's "bond system" that was later abandoned underground when the program was discontinued.
Over time, they, who lived miserably, developed a strong sense of revenge.
When they came to land, they decided to vent their anger on the cloned object.
The Eddie family, who was in deep danger, had to start a life-and-death confrontation with each other.
Whether they can escape the crisis at a critical moment, Uncle Fan will not spoil it here.
All I can say is that the twist at the end is amazing.
For "Us", director Jordan Peele once stated: "I want to use two worlds to create an image of American duality, to convey these messages from the privileged side of them, and to subvert the myth that America is always a good person."
The setting of clones in the film not only criticizes the government's misuse of biochemical technology, but also shows the confusion that people are showing about "identity anxiety".
The film will break and reshape the beautiful illusion in reality.
Perhaps through this film, each of us can feel and dig out the dark side that has settled in our lives.
And this kind of down-to-earth horror shaping is the horror of the film.
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