{"id":53975,"date":"2024-06-27T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2063075"},"modified":"2024-06-27T18:42:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:42:51","slug":"a-quiet-place-day-one-review-a-slight-but-poignant-addition-to-the-franchise","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/a-quiet-place-day-one-review-a-slight-but-poignant-addition-to-the-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quiet Place: Day One review \u2013\u00a0a slight but poignant addition to the franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although there are some moments of mega carnage, at its heart this is a straightforward, intimate and… well… quiet affair. <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 27 June 2024 at 13:00 PM<\/p>

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<\/div> 4.0 out of 5 star rating<\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div>

A Quiet Place: Day One opens with a soundscape depicting the bustling din of a typical day in New York City. Over the hubbub, on-screen text informs us that the Big Apple emits an average of 90 decibels at any one moment in time. This is not a place, in other words, well suited to an invasion of vicious alien creatures that pounce on their defenceless enemies at the merest hint of sound.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But alas, that\u2019s exactly what awaits. The third film in John Krasinski\u2019s hugely successful horror series takes us right back to the first day of that terrifying invasion, as the city is plunged into chaos without warning and hordes of people are brutally dispatched by the bloodthirsty extra-terrestrials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the exception of a small but important role for Djimon Hounsou\u2019s previously nameless character from Part 2, the characters from the first two films are entirely absent. Instead, the story revolves around two new figures played by Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong\u2019o and Stranger Things breakout Joseph Quinn, who star as a pair previously unfamiliar to each other who must quickly adapt to their enormously altered way of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given it unfolds against one of the world\u2019s vastest metropolises, you might expect everything here to be on a grander scale than the previous films \u2013 with the action dialled up to 11 and an epic narrative to match.<\/span><\/p>\n

But although there <\/span>are<\/span><\/i> moments of mega carnage as the aliens mercilessly rampage their way through the city, at its heart this is actually a very straightforward, intimate and\u2026 well\u2026 quiet affair \u2013 an understated short-story set within the Quiet Place world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lupita Nyong\u2019o in A Quiet Place: Day One.<\/span><\/figcaption> Paramount Pictures\/ YouTube.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Essentially a two-hander, it chiefly concerns Sam (Nyong\u2019o), a woman we are introduced to prior to the onset of the invasion. She is a poet undergoing treatment for advanced cancer, and who is consequently better emotionally equipped than most to deal with the spectre of imminent death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While most New Yorkers are desperate to secure survival by any means, Sam\u2019s priority is rather different: she wants to enjoy one last pizza before she departs. And so she sets off on this modest quest with her beloved (and scene-stealing) cat Frodo, eventually encountering English expat Eric (Quinn) along the way. Quickly, the pair strike up a friendship of sorts \u2013 and he is soon aiding her in procuring the medicines she needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where the first two films explored how an existing family unit responded to the invasion, the interesting aspect here is watching a new bond form against the apocalyptic backdrop. The dynamic is poignantly handled by director Michael Sarnoski (Pig) and excellently acted by the two leads \u2013 whose communication mostly takes the form of whispers and non-verbal queues given the conditions dictated by the aliens\u2019 looming presence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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