No One Will Save You (2023) follows an exiled anxiety-ridden homebody who must battle an alien who's found its way into her home. This film has a slow start, but by the end I found it to be very enjoyable. Despite the inconsistent pacing, the film manages to build up tension with impressive sound design, and a great performance from the lead.
One of the film's strongest points is the cinematography. The movie uses great mood lighting, paired well with strong colour palettes and nice camerawork that make for a lot of pretty shots. I love the creature design as it's fairly simple yet extremely eerie and reminiscent of Lovecraftian imagery. Additionally, the CGI looks good and is used tastefully along with some very skilful editing.
The sound design is unbelievably effective and creates such an unnerving and spooky atmosphere. The sound is also mixed well, and the score is very fitting. Furthermore, I really like the creative decision to have minimal dialogue in the film as it adds to the sense of mystery.
Kaitlyn Dever gives an outstanding performance as Brynn, she shows so much raw emotion and her character has an impressive level of depth making it easy to sympathise with her. She's an extremely mysterious character that I enjoyed following along. Also, the one line of dialogue was so hard hitting and emotional!
The film is hard to stick with at first and takes a while to get going, but it quickly picks up in the second half and I grew to really enjoy it. It has some predictable moments but they're played off so well that it isn't really that much of an issue. My main problem with the film is that the aliens are revealed way too quickly, destroying any mystery surrounding them.
One of the film's strongest points is the cinematography. The movie uses great mood lighting, paired well with strong colour palettes and nice camerawork that make for a lot of pretty shots. I love the creature design as it's fairly simple yet extremely eerie and reminiscent of Lovecraftian imagery. Additionally, the CGI looks good and is used tastefully along with some very skilful editing.
The sound design is unbelievably effective and creates such an unnerving and spooky atmosphere. The sound is also mixed well, and the score is very fitting. Furthermore, I really like the creative decision to have minimal dialogue in the film as it adds to the sense of mystery.
Kaitlyn Dever gives an outstanding performance as Brynn, she shows so much raw emotion and her character has an impressive level of depth making it easy to sympathise with her. She's an extremely mysterious character that I enjoyed following along. Also, the one line of dialogue was so hard hitting and emotional!
The film is hard to stick with at first and takes a while to get going, but it quickly picks up in the second half and I grew to really enjoy it. It has some predictable moments but they're played off so well that it isn't really that much of an issue. My main problem with the film is that the aliens are revealed way too quickly, destroying any mystery surrounding them.