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A Quiet Place - Review

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Director: John Krasinski Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe From co-writer/director (and former The Office US star) John Krasinski comes A Quiet Place , a film with a simple yet stunningly innovative and effective premise that results in one of the more unique cinematic experiences that you shall ever have. Leave the bags of chocolate and buckets of popcorn behind the counter for any sound will not be tolerated. In the post-apocalyptic future, humanity has been hunted by an alien race that are attracted to sound and ravage anything that makes a sound. The Abbott family are some of the only survivors but the imminent arrival of a new baby places them in even greater dangers and threatens their farm fortress. Krasinski has crafted a film that is clearly inspired by and takes cues from masters of the genre, namely Alfred Hitchcock. Seeds are sown and set-ups are planted that only the audience are privy to which are eventually paid off in nerve-shreddi