Upon arriving at the house, the family accidentally alert the owner who, unaware of the situation, starts to speak, resulting in the Vesps to kill her. They soon take refuge in a house Jude finds in the countryside and heads towards it only to find a 10 feet fence with a locked gate around the property. Struggling to keep up due to her lung cancer, Lynn constantly coughs putting the family in added danger. Hugh leads his family on foot seeing Glen’s car on fire. To this, Glenn fires his gun attracting more Vesps in the process. As the Andrews family return to their car, their pet dog starts to bark, attracting the attention of the Vesps. When Hugh and Kelly are unsuccessful in freeing Glen, he accepts his fate and asks Hugh to leave with his family. He survives the fall but is trapped in his car. At this point, Glenn decides to go off road.ĭriving through the countryside at high speeds, Glenn’s car is hit by a herd of fleeing deer and tumbles down an embankment. ![]() The group drives until they hit massive traffic jam, blocking all the interstates with people trying to flee the cities. Hugh’s childhood friend Glenn (John Corbett) joins them and brings his guns. ![]() Ally suggests they leave the city and head to the country side, which is likely to be quieter. As the news of the outbreak spreads, the US government declares an emergency and asks people to remain indoors and stay quiet. She lives with her parents Hugh (Stanley Tucci) and Kelly (Miranda Otto) Andrews, her maternal grandmother Lynn (Kate Trotter), who has terminal lung cancer, her brother Jude, and a pet dog. Ally is a 16-year-old young adult who lost her hearing at 13 in a car accident when her grandparents died. But they discover a sinister cult who are eager to exploit Ally’s heightened senses.”Ī detailed look at the plot essentially plays out as the aforementioned summary. Quite honestly, what follows is nothing more than the synopsis released by Netflix, summarized as “When the world is under attack from terrifying creatures who hunt their human prey, 16-year-old Ally Andrews (played by Kiernan Shipka), who lost her hearing at 13, and her family seek refuge in a remote haven. ![]() Initial premise of the plot structure is laid when a cave research team unearths an unknown species of a Pterosaur like creature, known as “Vesps”, from a 1000-feet deep mine. The plot of the movie is a formulaic, straightforward, tried and tested comic book tale almost bordering on hilarity. Working in the same ballpark of the earlier, successful ‘Bird Box’, it can be seen as a piggyback money making scheme by Netflix to work with contemporary audience-friendly content. Leonetti, ‘The Silence’ is a film which falls dismally flat on all counts of originality and artistic intent, serving as nothing but a low rent, shoddy imitation of ‘A Quiet Place’. A perfect example of the constantly deteriorating OTT media services provider is the new post apocalyptic horror film, ‘The Silence’. Going by the streaming giant’s recent productions, it is really hard to differentiate the company from the very ethics it initially stood against. A company, which through its representations of more socially aware, progressive, un-formulaic content, attracted a thriving viewer base and rampantly seeped into popular culture (‘Netflix and chill’, anyone?), however, has since sold its proverbial soul to the devil. Once upon a time, when the online streaming industry was still in its infantile steps, Netflix became a sort of pioneer, establishing a formidable, niche, respect worthy image of itself in the process.
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