Set in a mysterious post-apocalyptic world, a man protects his family from the dangers of their surroundings. When another young couple with a small child comes across their secluded and well-fortified house, the family realize that they must open themselves up to outsiders in order to better protect their home and acquire their needs for survival. But is this the right decision?
Before I get started, one of the things I would stress, if you’re planning on seeing this movie, is to avoid the trailers. Before seeing this film, I had only seen the teaser. I heard the first full trailer might have spoiled a little too much of the film, so maybe just check out the teaser, which is a teaser in the truest sense as it gives nothing away. I actually really enjoyed going into this movie knowing next to nothing, which is rarely the case these days, especially with the constant media bombardment of the mega-budget blockbusters.
There was some great buzz for this movie coming out of some of the film festivals at which it has been shown, but truth be told, I was sold solely by the fact that this was an A24 film. With such terrific films as “Moonlight,” “Room,” “Ex Machina,” “Green Room,” “The Witch,” and even Kevin Smith’s “Tusk” (a really bizarre film which, as a huge fan of Smith’s films and podcasts, I totally got and loved) among the relatively new studio’s more notable credits, they just keep proving that they’re completely fearless in the types of unique stories they’re looking to tell. That’s exactly what I was looking for with “It Comes At Night.”
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