The time it was about Black Box

Posted October 9, 2020 by Stacee in Movies | 2 Comments

Getting the invite to take part in a virtual premiere for a movie from Blumhouse was sort of like a dream. I’m a huge fan of thrillers/horror movies and I’ve enjoyed everything that’s come out of Blumhouse.

In the invite, I was able to choose between Black Box and The Lie (which I can’t wait to watch) as both were going to be streaming at the same time. After watching the trailers for both movies, I RSVP’d for Black Box.

Title: Black Box
Director: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour
Format: Digital
Platform: Prime
Time: 100 minutes
Release Date: October 6, 2020
Distributor: Amazon Video

After losing his wife and memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.

Cast: Mamoudou Athie, Phylicia Rashad, Amanda Christine, Tosin Morohunfola, Charmaine Bingwa, Donald Elise Watkins

Before we get to my top 5 reasons to watch, let’s check out the trailer.

Top 5 reasons to watch Black Box:

the synopsis — I know one sentence doesn’t seem like a full synopsis, but I assure you that it tells you everything you need to know before you go in
the sounds — the music is low and in some scenes non-existent and there’s a crackly, breaking, not-really-sure-how-to-explain-it sort of sound that I’ll probably never be able to get out of my head
the faces — or maybe I should say the non-faces. there’s definitely some great cgi at work
the memories — I loved the way the memories worked when Nolan was working in his mind. It was a clever way to unfold the story and see exactly what he was seeing
the handshake — this will make sense only when you watch the movie, but there’s a great scene with it towards the end and it was everything

This was a story that kept me thinking about it after I was finished with it and then again the next day. I know it’ll be one I watch again to pick up on the small details that I probably missed.

Huge thanks to Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Television for the invite to participate. Black Box is streaming on Amazon Prime now.