Directed by: Zoë Kravitz
Cast: Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Simon Rex
Time: 102 minutes
Frida and her best friend Jess are working as waitresses for an exclusive cocktail party, where they encounter controversial billionaire tech mogul Slater King, who invites them to join him and a group of people to party on a private island. Some time after her arrival there, Frida starts to realize that things might very well not be as they appear to be there.
Considering that, even before the movie starts, the producers shared a “trigger warning”, I was expected to be shocked or at the very least surprised by the content of Blink Twice. I had forgotten that this is 2024. The violence and the sordid matters are suggested much more than they are seen. There are a few rough flashes here and there, but it is not that bad. I get that the viewer sees the memories of the victims as they come to them. That is a choice that can easily be defended, but the warning was a bit much in my book, since it is clearly not usual.
Blink Twice offers a slow burn story-wise. Things are slow to get going to the point that I almost got bored, but, once it kicks into high gear, it gets better. I can clearly see the feminine prints on the story, as the moral of the whole thing is in bold and underlined a few times. Blink Twice is neither bad nor great. It is a decent movie about some bad people doing bad things. The acting is a little over-the-top at times, but it was mostly okay.
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