Movie Review: The Silence (2019)

The Silence

Plot: The story of a family struggling to survive in a world terrorized by a deadly, primeval species who have evolved for millions of years in the pitch darkness of a vast underground cave system, hunting only with their acute hearing ability. As the family seeks refuge in a remote haven where they can wait out the invasion, they start to wonder what kind of world will remain when they're ready to emerge.

Internet Movie Database: 5.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 29%

Metacritic: 25/100

Information

Runtime: 90 min

Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Awards: N/A

Director: John R. Leonetti

Writer: Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke, Tim Lebbon

Actors: Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto

Language: English, American Sign

Country: United States, Germany

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my rating

Trigger Warnings: Death, Gore, Sci-Fi/Horror Violence, Some Language, Animal Death

Did you like A Quiet Place? You know, the movie with the monsters that would come and get you if you made noise? Yeah? Then I think you’ll like The Silence. It has the same concept – monsters that attack when you make noise, but it’s not the same. Not even close.

Honestly, if I’m comparing the two movies, I like The Silence a lot better. For one, the plot makes more sense. They’re trying to get away, not just hunkering down and hoping for the best as I recall them doing in A Quiet Place. There’s also a lot more people involved. You actually see other people, not just the family that you’re following around. You even get a creepy cult to spice things up.

It was extremely well done. I give huge kudos to the people handling the CGI for this movie because it is excellent. The effects are really awesome looking¹you actually get to see the creatures responsible for the chaos and very interesting.

While there are a couple of places that I couldn’t understand exactly how things worked²moving through a metal pipe soundlessly, finding a pharmacy that hadn’t been completely ransacked and pillaged, it didn’t detract at all from the movie experience. They were just a couple of odd blips and that was that.

If you’re looking for more of a sci-fi/horror combo and you liked A Quiet Place, I honestly think you’ll love The Silence. I gave it 4 stars because it’s a damn good movie, even if it does copy A Quiet Place on a few counts.