Megan Fahi bears a deadly history of Blumhouse’s horror

In Christopher Landon He fallsThe mother of widows bravely returns to the dating scene only to find herself in the terrible Cat and Mouse game. In the footsteps of movies like Phone and red eye booth And recently, carryThis Blumhouse production, which was first shown in SXSW before its theatrical launch in April, balances the story of the pulp with escalating and frightening tension. Landon leadership for suspense, along with a convincing romantic thread and delightful offers from Megan Fahi (White LotusBrandon Sklinar, made He falls Solid popcorn movie.

Like her cinematic ancestors, He fallsA hypothesis depends on the technology at risk and the unknown representatives. It is better to experience a little information, so for the spoiler, it is time to give up this review.

During the first history of Henry, a photographer I met on an application, Violet (Fahy) begins to receive annoying “Digidrops” from an unknown user. The fictional program relies on Airdrop, a wireless feature that allows Apple users to send and receive files from users at a certain distance. Initially, Violet receives the strange memes she wanders to accept the received message. Henry encourages her to ignore them, and it is supposed to be a group of adolescents at a close table.

But with the increasing messages, it becomes difficult to ignore Violet. Soon you realize that the unknown sender holds her son Toby (Jack Robinson) as a hostage. If you do not do what they say, they will die.

Even before facing Violet with this horrific warning, it was a ball of nerve energy. Landon builds suspense at this moment, which is the first of many transformations in He fallsBy starting the movie with romantic comedy aspirations. We see Violet eagerly preparing for history with her sister Jin (Violet Ben), who agreed to the children of the children Toby. The single mother, a survivor for domestic violence, was not at a date since the death of her ex -husband. The relationship was offensive and her grief was characterized by complex feelings. For the largest part, He falls He deals with this part of the story sensitively, although the third confrontation did not sit with this critic.

When the violet reaches the date of history, a luxurious restaurant touched in a tall place somewhere in Chicago, wandering its nerves. She changed her clothes three times and worried that she was not at home for a tuber -before bed. Henry, the photographer of the mayor’s office, looks like a nice man, but she feels embarrassed about making him waiting for three months for dinner. Some major interactions help to put Violet at ease: you meet a RED diamond man also in the first date and bonds with the national waiter (Gabrielle Ryan).

By the time Henry arrives, Violet is clearly quieter. The husband immediately struck her-indulging in parts of each other embarrassing and interconnected by watching people. They and Sklenar are the interactions of their characters with temporary suspension and stolen looks that make synchronization of early romantic meetings very popular. The spouses’ waiter (Search party“S Jeffrey Self), is an ambitious comedy, and the clinical work helps in the task of alleviating their fears. A charming atmosphere, reinforced in a warm visual language (Mark Spicer as Dubai Ports), fills the crawl of those early drops. It calms us to a false feeling of easy, just as the meeting between Cillian Murphy and Rachel’s characters represented Mcadams in The red eye.

Landon, who works from the scenario of Jeilian Jacobs and Kristover Roche, is steadily built from this moment forward. The intimate shots, which promote early romance, are close to the vast angle and pans that transform this upscale restaurant into a doctrine prison. He falls He feels more fear when Landon is accompanied by Violet messages on the screen. There are moments when this aesthetic choice is on a way of fraud, but most often works. Susie Coleen’s production design turns typical signs of a micro-dining environment-bathroom stalls without windows; Orange mood lighting Rutik staff – in elements of a prominent nightmare.

There is a camp for He fallsThe drama that makes the whole issue a kind of absurdity, but the fun of the Fahi sells us. The actress plays the role of the first date with the same conviction as AGita caused by a person who threatens her son’s life. Even when the story challenges logic, as it does repeatedly, Fahi constitutes a convincing personality that you can laugh.