Until Dawn – Movie Review
First Reaction – Until Dawn is a bloody, brutal and entertaining movie.
Director: David F Sandberg
Writer: Blair Butler, Gary Dauberman (Screenplay)
Cast
- Ella Rubin (The Rewrite)
- Michael Cimino (Annabelle Comes Home)
- Odessa A’zion (Hellraiser)
- Ji-young Yoo (Smoking Tigers)
- Belmont Cameli (The Alto Knights)
- Peter Stormare (Armageddon)
Plot: A group of friends trapped in a time loop, where mysterious foes are chasing and killing them in gruesome ways, must survive until dawn to escape it.
Runtime: 1 Hour 43 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Until Dawn starts when five friends, Clover (Rubin), Max (Cimino), Nina (A’zion), Megan (Yoo) and Abe (Cameli) go in search for Clover’s missing sister Melanie (Mitchell). They discover a clue in an abandoned area. However, they become trapped in the location.
To make matters worse, they get killed. However, they return from the dead and face off to understand the location and search for a way out. As each death takes more out of them, they face different threats they must overcome.
Verdict on Until Dawn
Recap
The movie follows five friends trying to uncover the truth behind one’s missing sister. They find themselves trapped in a location with a lot of history and needing to uncover the truth before they run out of time.
Best Parts
This is based on the story strong horror slasher video game. It captures the lighting effects and the creatures in the darkness extremely well. There is a complex idea of them dying and returning to relive and face different threats. The third return is by far the funniest one, which lightens the more intense encounters in the past.
Worst Parts
If you were expecting to get a version of the video game, you would be disappointed. This is an original idea with elements of the video game. This isn’t so much a bad thing, just leaving people expecting certain thing. One character does seem to go through a lot more than others too, which could offer a bigger discussion about equality in Hollywood.
Final Thoughts –Until Dawn is an entertaining, brutal and bloody movie.
