A serial kïller abducts this victim, injects her with a “special relaxant” and tells her it would take a while before it starts to kick in and when it does, she has just twenty minutes before her entire body completely shuts down!
WHAT CAN SHE DO? Can she run and hide from her abductor before the worst happens? Is there any point in running at all?
Such was the unfortunate predicament of Iris (played by Kelsey Asbille) in this 2024 Netflix’s psychological survival thriller titled “DON’T MOVE."
PLOT SUMMARY...spoiler alert!
Iris wakes up next to her husband and sneaks out, leaving her phone behind. She’s still in grief, anguish and acute depression following the loss of their son Mateo from a hiking accident.
She drives to the exact same spot where it all happened recalling the event as she finishes off the initials they were carving on to the tree at the time.
Iris is seen at the tip of the cliff, suggestive of süicide. Just before she takes 'the last step' a male voice starts to talk softly to her.
Richard saves the day as he skilfully de-escalates the situation with a touching story about his own past.
Going back to her car to drive back home, she’s then abducted by her captor. And that's where it all began!
MY THOUGHTS
The runtime of 1hour 32minutes as well as the sound score which sets the pace and mood are quite impressive.
The cinematic elements were somewhat good but that’s not the point here, right? So, let’s stick to the material, shall we?
Kelsey gave a class act especially when she had to resort to eye movements. That was superbly believable! The part where ants crawled into her nose...gosh! I sneezed, it made my skin crawl and I felt some level of discomfort. I kid you not.
This movie draws you in and makes you put yourself in the shoes of the victim. It keeps you mapping out strategies of what you’d do in the unlikely circumstances that it happens to you.
While the story builds up, paces quite nicely and climaxes, it gave me a kind of déjà vu feeling …pretty much like I’ve seen this kind of movie before...
…an on-the-road and in-the-woods sort of setting where the psychopathic serial kïller and victim play cat and mouse. Well, except that in this one, there’s an injected substance and timing involved of course and that the mouse cannot exactly move at some point.
The lawnmower man gave a pretty good fight considering his age and state of physical health. Although he was eventually subdued as expected, just as with most movies of this genre and plot, he however gave Iris’s abductor a run for his time.
When this film ended…phew! Thank goodness it did, rhe one question that kept ringing in my head was and still is, "what happened to Iris's husband?"
The only time that we saw him was in the beginning of the film, lying next to his wife. Okay, did he wake up? Did he start to look for his wife?? Or did I miss something?
That part was totally obliteratedand I so much wanted to see it. The writers prolly didn’t feel the need to include it but it was essential to the plot, right? Well, maybe not.
Another part that was equally silenced is the rationale for the serial kïller’s actions and sickly habits. He got a call from his wife and daughter who apparently are completely oblivious of his dastardly hobby/sports in a weekend cabin somewhere in the woods where he often spends an alone-time. And that was it!
Was it down to childhood traumas? What are his trîggers? This was not explored, developed nor properly laid out in the plot. The directors sort of left it out for viewers to figure out.
We never even got to see his wife and daughter not even his evil lair - the cabin!
Overall, besides some few technical glitches and certain misgivings, this was nevertheless a good watch by the way. It is also a good weekend adrenaline shot...lmao!
Thanks for stopping by.
SOKA 🖤
