AVClub: “Just because he’s blind, it doesn’t mean he’s a fucking saint, bro.” So says tattooed burglar Money (Daniel Zovatto) to his teenaged accomplices while casing the home of some lonely, sightless old man they’re planning to rip off. Money won’t know the half of it, though, until the three have broken in and discovered that their mark is no helpless geriatric, but a merciless military veteran whose loss of vision hasn’t entirely diminished his skills as a killing machine. Half a century after Wait Until Dark pitted a blind Audrey Hepburn against the three crooks trying to get into her apartment, along comes Don’t Breathe to successfully invert its scenario. This time, the criminals are the terrified good guys, hiding in plain sight from a madman they shouldn’t have crossed. Their main obstacles: creaky floorboards, narrow hallways, and the telltale giveaway of their own ragged, unsuppressed breathing.
Speak No Evil is a bone-chilling experience, one of the only films in recent memory that can make even the most ordinary poolside and family holiday moments feel ominous and haunting, you will not forget this one. It will stay with you way past watching the film. Speak No Evil is not for the faint of heart, especially if you have children, James McAvoy's performance is spectacular at making you feel uneasy and makes this a must-watch psychological thriller.
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