<p>Us</p>.<p>English (A)</p>.<p>Director: Jordan Peele</p>.<p>Cast: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss</p>.<p>Rating: 3.5/5</p>.<p>Plot twists, dark identity, humour, thrills — these make up Jordan Peele's second directorial venture 'Us'.</p>.<p>The film starts with a prologue set in 1986 where a young Adelaide wanders off on a beach in Santa Cruz and witnesses something terrifying — a girl who looks just like her. Cut to the present, adult Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o) still experiences the trauma of the bone-chilling incident. The bad memories resurface when she comes back to the same beach on a vacation with her husband and two children.</p>.<p>Here, the Wilson family is attacked by their doppelgangers — the Tethered, but they manage to escape. They take cover at their friends' house, but what happens there poses a bigger threat. Who are the Tethered? What is their motive? How do the Wilsons escape? Answers to this form the rest of the story.</p>.<p>The narrative is interesting and keeps you at the edge of your seat. The last 20 minutes of the film are especially thrilling.</p>.<p>Peele's excellence shines in the way he weaves the story. Having tackled racism in the US in his previous work <span class="italic"><em>Get Out</em></span>, the director traverses inside the deeper and darker aspects of human beings with <span class="italic"><em>Us</em></span>, also highlighting oppression and revolt. But what is unsettling is the explanation of the concept of the Tethered. The question of their backstory is left lingering in one's mind.</p>.<p>All the actors deliver brilliant performances as the 'real' people and the Tethered. Lupita is a treat to watch. While Adelaide is an anxious, terrified and protective mother, her alter-ego Red is angry, scary and wounded. Lupita pulls off both these parallel identities with perfection. Winston Duke as Gabe Wilson is comical; Shahadi Wright Joseph as Zora Wilson/Umbrae and Evan Alex as Jason Wilson/Pluto are excellent.</p>.<p>The music score is captivating and the use of human voice complements the thriller.</p>.<p>With its unique narrative, <span class="italic"><em>Us</em></span> stands out in the horror genre. The underlying concept is thought-provoking, and to understand it, every scene and dialogue requires undivided attention.</p>
<p>Us</p>.<p>English (A)</p>.<p>Director: Jordan Peele</p>.<p>Cast: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss</p>.<p>Rating: 3.5/5</p>.<p>Plot twists, dark identity, humour, thrills — these make up Jordan Peele's second directorial venture 'Us'.</p>.<p>The film starts with a prologue set in 1986 where a young Adelaide wanders off on a beach in Santa Cruz and witnesses something terrifying — a girl who looks just like her. Cut to the present, adult Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o) still experiences the trauma of the bone-chilling incident. The bad memories resurface when she comes back to the same beach on a vacation with her husband and two children.</p>.<p>Here, the Wilson family is attacked by their doppelgangers — the Tethered, but they manage to escape. They take cover at their friends' house, but what happens there poses a bigger threat. Who are the Tethered? What is their motive? How do the Wilsons escape? Answers to this form the rest of the story.</p>.<p>The narrative is interesting and keeps you at the edge of your seat. The last 20 minutes of the film are especially thrilling.</p>.<p>Peele's excellence shines in the way he weaves the story. Having tackled racism in the US in his previous work <span class="italic"><em>Get Out</em></span>, the director traverses inside the deeper and darker aspects of human beings with <span class="italic"><em>Us</em></span>, also highlighting oppression and revolt. But what is unsettling is the explanation of the concept of the Tethered. The question of their backstory is left lingering in one's mind.</p>.<p>All the actors deliver brilliant performances as the 'real' people and the Tethered. Lupita is a treat to watch. While Adelaide is an anxious, terrified and protective mother, her alter-ego Red is angry, scary and wounded. Lupita pulls off both these parallel identities with perfection. Winston Duke as Gabe Wilson is comical; Shahadi Wright Joseph as Zora Wilson/Umbrae and Evan Alex as Jason Wilson/Pluto are excellent.</p>.<p>The music score is captivating and the use of human voice complements the thriller.</p>.<p>With its unique narrative, <span class="italic"><em>Us</em></span> stands out in the horror genre. The underlying concept is thought-provoking, and to understand it, every scene and dialogue requires undivided attention.</p>