Don’t Breathe

Sometimes I see a flick that should have been a tedious captivity flick but they actually pull it off. This one is one of those.

Gang of kids go to rob a blind guy's house, thinking it will be easy.... they're very wrong. Definitely original, with good enough casting, acting, and production to pull it off. Not great by a long shot but for one of these movies to even stand out as not being garbage is impressive. It kind of held my attention, which is incredibly rare for these kinds of exercises.

I would say if you're only going to watch one pursuit/captivity flick in your life, this might be a contender.

It's got 88% approval on Rotten Tomatoes, and while I might not go that far on an absolute basis, it makes some sense, and grading on a curve with most of these kinds of movies, I definitely would give it at least that. (Note: closing credits say produced by Sam Raimi. A-ha. And, holy cow, I didn't even recognize Jane Levy with her hair bleached blonde as the lead.)

Giving it an honorable mention, but really only because it is about the best of its genre, even though that's kind of like being remarkable for being pretty tall for a dwarf. It's not great by a longshot—but for a captivity flick, it's outstanding.