Don't Move (2024)

October 25, 2024 7:48 PM

A seasoned killer injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight, and hide before her body shuts down.

Starring Finn Wittrock and Kelsey Asbille. Directed by Brian Netto and Adam Schindler. Written by T.J. Cimfel and David White (Intruders).

posted by miss-lapin (7 comments total)

We just finished this. It set the stage with a none-more despicable adversary doling out none-more grim adversity, in a unique predicament. But then, we felt, it squandered our engagement too many times on implausible final laps. But it seemed to do exactly what it set out to do, so I can’t fault that, and our eyes and nerves were locked in for the most part. The thriller thrilled.
posted by Claude Hoeper at 11:01 PM on October 25 [1 favorite]

I have about 20 minutes left. I watched because I wondered how they were going to pull off the premise.
posted by miss-lapin at 12:24 AM on October 26 [2 favorites]

So what did you think, miss-lapin?
posted by Claude Hoeper at 8:10 AM on October 26

It seemed to Mme Hoeper and me that there was one clear, brute metaphor (or allegory?), wondering if anyone else “read” it that way.
posted by Claude Hoeper at 10:03 AM on October 26

Not sure about the allegory (something about death and not moving, or not moving on?). Generally quite good, although the "mystery drug" seems to allow for conveniently timed abilities/disabilities.
posted by SPrintF at 2:21 PM on October 26 [2 favorites]

We were thinking political, essentially miss-lapin's summary above; experienced sociopaths, who are for all intents and purposes above the law, preying upon and paralyzing the vulnerable (particularly women) who are knocked back down at every effort to fight back (until a fatal flaw is discovered, so keep fighting like hell). Maybe that's too on the nose and denies this story its particularity.
posted by Claude Hoeper at 3:44 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]

I didn't really read too much into it. I found the movie ultimately disappointing. It lures viewers in with a very specific premise and then uses all kinds of tricks to get around what was promised. A lot of her success has everything to do with people around her working to help her even when she's absolutely incapable of communicating and being very sensitive to her peril. It would be a refreshing benevolent view of the world, if it wasn't obvious that these people need to intervene to move the movie along. Otherwise this would be a 20 minute movie.

I thought the performances were great. I found the writing fairly disappointing though with Wittrock being saddled with a fairly generic serial killer role.There are moments where we could get more depth and we just...don't. It all felt very surface and gimmicky to me in terms of the writing.
posted by miss-lapin at 7:49 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]