UHD Review Knock at the Cabin – UHD review (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

In Knock at the Cabin a gay couple, Eric (Jonathan Groff) and Andrew (Ben Aldridge) are vacationing with their adopted daughter Wen (Kristen Cui) when their picturesque lodge is approached by four strangers.  Led by Leonard (Dave Bautista) and all of them carrying what appear to be homemade weapons fashioned from long handled tools with blades and blunt object attached, the new arrivals announce that they are not there to hurt the family but to help them make a terrible decision: They must decide to sacrifice one of the three in order to prevent a global apocalypse from occurring. Eric and Andrew obviously refuse, but as the siege goes on more evidence is shed that the interlopers might not just be crazy or delusional.

Knock at the Cabin (2023)



Released: 03 Feb 2023...

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[Malcolm R]

At least there was an attempt at an ending. In the book, I believe:

Spoiler

The daughter is killed accidentally during events at the cabin, so that does not satisfy the need for a voluntary "sacrifice", and the two dads manage to escape and just drive away. So nothing about the situation/plot is resolved at all. The end.

 

[Sam Posten]

Thanks Malcolm that sounds like a huge frustration

 

[JimJasper]

↑↑↑ Exactly why I didn't see this film, based on my hunch after seeing some trailers and skimming reviews, as expected, Sam mentioned: "No examination is ever given as to what their sacrifice means or whether anything really changes other than the sacrifice itself. The world will never know of it, and it does not appear to have changed the surviving family members in any way." ....uuuggh. This result is so cheap, vacant and dumb even if you believe a strange supernatural apocalypse, or deranged cult/ religion instigated this, or none at all. Uggh.

.....once again, the otherwise talented Shamalan has all this wonderful support with a great production team/ budget/ locations/ sets/ actors, yet he creates and kindles grand dissatisfaction. ...proving again, half of his film catalog is enjoyable and half is junk. Shamalan can seem coddled for any and all of his unstringing ideas, surrounded by too many ass-kissing sycophants.