what is going on to all my movie fans out there and welcome back to my channel movie files elliott
back again with a brand new movie review and today we're discussing a new thriller coming to hulu on
friday by the name of no exit which is a film based upon a novel of the same name that came
out in 2017. now i got the opportunity to check it out early courtesy of the five folks over at hulu
and today i will be sharing my thoughts about the film and letting you know if it's worth checking
out here in this spoiler free review before we break it all down make sure you're checking me
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and more importantly once you've seen the film what did you think i also want to know from the
people that have read the novel and once they've seen the movie which one did you prefer and what
were some of the main differences between the book and the movie and then if you were like me someone
that hasn't read the book what did you ultimately think about this film let's talk about your pros
your cons favorite moments were you surprised by the reveals were you disappointed by the film
let's talk about it all in the comments below so for me personally like i just mentioned i have not
read the novel i kind of stumbled upon this movie i reached out to hulu literally a couple days ago
because i saw a glimpse of the trailer i'm like okay yeah this is interesting enough i didn't even
watch the trailer i didn't even read this analysis i went into this pretty blind and i want to kind
of give you all very vague information about this plot because it's one of those films where i think
if you don't the less you know the better the experience we'll get into that here in
a second here but with all that being said what did i think about it is it worth checking out
well let's start off with my positives going back to that point i just mentioned the less
you know the better so i'm going to give you just a brief synopsis and i will say i did
watch the trailer after watching the film just to kind of see if it gave away things the trailer
does a really good job of keeping a lot of the big reveals away but basically with the film
and tackles here is this young lady by the name of darby who is in rehab she's a recovering
addict she gets a call from a family member letting her know that her mom is in the hospital
darby wants to go see her mom in the hospital but unfortunately there is a crazy snow storm that is
occurring which causes her to pull over to a pit stop and she comes across you know group of people
there is a husband and wife that are there and there are two other kind of individuals within
this resting area darby goes out to her car tries to get some bars tries to get a reception so she
can let her family know hey i'm stuck in the storm i can't get out of it i'm going to try to get to
my mom as soon as possible and as she's trying to search for reception she hears something screaming
she makes her way to this van and there is a little girl tied up in the van and now it's upon
darby to find out okay whose van is this and who are you people that's as much as i'm going to give
away and just kind of starting from that point as far as my positives go this was a movie to me
which is a perfect example as things got better as the film went on i'm talking about the story
the narrative there's a twist in the genre that the film kind of presents the performances from
our main actress gets a little bit stronger it is a film that definitely leaves you on the edge
of your seat and kind of getting back into some of those things i liked about the story
and and this kind of talks a little bit about the negatives and i'll talk about it more when
i get to that part of the the review but it starts off a little generic you know like okay
arby seems to be you know a stereotypical person that doesn't have that much depth in her character
you learn a little bit about what she's going on and you see that there's tension within her family
and it kind of hints towards her trying to get to her mom because maybe the last time she saw her
mom it wasn't like the best conversation so things were kind of stereotypical when the first like 15
minutes she makes her way to the lounge and meets these individuals and things this to me the first
half of the film almost felt like and this is no disrespect to the filmmakers but it felt very like
student film like very stereotypical very basic level of filmmaking and storytelling but then
the film to me finds his footing finds its breath really picks up his energy once she finds that
little girl in the van and from there on out we go from this again kind of stereotypical drama
of a sense and then we kind of transition into a mystery and then by the time you get to that
third act it's a full-on thriller survival film and i really enjoyed kind of going through those
elements of the film and really becoming surprised by the twist of the mystery thriller survival
aspect so i really like how the film kind of comes together because again those first 15 minutes i'm
like i don't know if i'm really enjoying this but then it kind of twists itself on its head and it
gets better as each act comes about itself which also speaking of getting better gotta say our lead
in this film havana rose lou who this is my first time being exposed to her i kind of looked her up
after the fact she seems to be like some type of social media influencer a model or whatnot
but she was pretty impressive in this film again that first half things were kind of looking a
little like men that our lead isn't really hitting those emotional beats she's not really giving me
all that type of like interesting vibes from her character but like the film her character grows
more you start to kind of get more into her head psyche you start to understand how important this
is that she's willing to do anything to protect the strangers she doesn't know so i really want to
applaud the performance by hannah havana because like i said as the film progresses gets stronger
the narrative gets more interesting the thrilling aspects get more thrilling her performance
coexists and kind of goes within the beats of the film and i thought her performance really led to
something you were rooting for you really wanted her to figure things out and make it out of this
crazy situation and also i don't want to neglect there are some veterans that make their way in
this film some supporting cast members one for example i mentioned that there is a husband and
wife in this rest stop played by dale dickey and dennis haysberg now i'm a fan of both of
their works and particularly dennis i grew up with a lot of films that he was in you
all know him as the insurance guy their roles were pretty pivotal to the film because again
whose van is that what is their back story there's a couple other individuals there's one more
individual that i wasn't the biggest fan of his performance but from the most part i thought
our supporting cast definitely complimented the story but i have to say the standout actor for me
is a gentleman by the name of danny ramirez who i've been following for quite a few years now i
remember the first time i saw danny he was in this film by sam leviston by the name of
assassination nation a lot of you all may remember him as torres he played in falcon winter soldier
and this film really impressed me in his performance all of his other roles he's
been strong he has like really good screen presence and without giving too much away
about his character like i said he's one of the other individuals in the rest area he gives you
a lot of range in his role and i'll just kind of leave it at that and like i said hollywood has got
he's going to be put on notice because not only has he been like i said he has
good screen presence he's really doing his thing in this film and i'm really looking forward to
seeing him in top gun maverick but i thought for me the standout character to stand out performance
was danny hermaira as ramirez and once you all see the film you'll know exactly what i'm talking
about so really good performances a a film that gets better as it goes on and i will say without
spoiling it there is a when a film can make me cringe and make me kind of tie myself up and kind
of watch the film like this i give it kudos and i won't say when and where and what happens but
if you all have seen mike flanagan's film that is based on stephen king's novel called gerald's game
if you remember that scene with the handcuffs and how disgusting that scene was there isn't like
this movie doesn't have a scene that's like beat for beat for that but it has something involving
someone's hand and listen when that scene comes about i was like i couldn't watch him
is it over yet because it really kind of built the tension and it really kind of made me curl up and
when the film would do that i always want to give it props there so once you see the film you know
what i'm talking about and i wonder if that scene is in the book let me know for those book readers
but getting to some of my criticisms i will say i mentioned how the film starts off a little
stereotypical a little stale a little generic some might say a little bland and boring but uh and
again it gets better but i will say as far as the mystery element the film doesn't hold its breath
doesn't hold its cards too close to the chest when it comes to it reveals something pretty big pretty
early and then i will say there is another reveal that i did not see coming but when you look at the
who what and why that actual mystery box wasn't as creative or inventive or unique as i hoped that
it wouldn't be and also it didn't make that much logical sense again once you've seen the film and
from book readers i don't know if it's the same beat by beat of like why this little girl is in a
van but i found that to be a little bit lackluster and not as interesting as i was hoping it could be
and also i will mention there was a particular performance there's another character by name of
lars who i get why they were giving him the direction to play that particular character
but i just felt like it was almost too on the nose and wasn't giving me enough from the rest
of the supporting cast he almost stood out like a sore thumb in regards to that actor's performance
and the last but not least the the actual subplot involving our main character darby
doesn't have the payoff i was looking for again i mentioned you can learn very early on this
is in the trailer so she's a drug addict and there is a a theme that goes on in regards to
her putting someone else's life before hers and i appreciated that narrative but then
it didn't have a good payoff and again when you see the film you know what i'm talking about and
i almost don't even know why that whole addiction angle was even brought to the forefront because it
doesn't in my opinion doesn't have that much of a satisfying payoff but honestly those are like
the only criticisms that really come to mind so before i give you my overall score if you haven't
already make sure to like share comment of course subscribe to the channel overall no exit does the
thing that i love about when films start off a little rocky but ends on a good note and this does
that to the t it hits so many different beats in different genres again it starts off as a mystery
who is the owner of the van with a little girl in the van and then it involves to a thrilling
survival film and i really enjoy those elements i enjoyed our performance from our main lead
danny ramirez steals the film it does have its criticisms as i mentioned as far as the actual
who what and why and it doesn't really add up and doesn't give me all the creative juices i was
hoping for and also some of the supplies didn't really give me a satisfying conclusion but at the
end of the day i was thrilled i was cringed up at points and i really enjoyed this film so with that
being said do i recommend you all give no exit a watch on hulu on friday yes i think you will enjoy
it so i'm gonna give this film a 3.5 out of five and when you want to watch the film again if you
read the book and you've seen the film let me know the differences which one would you prefer and
then again if you were like me and haven't read the book what did you ultimately think of the film
pros cons favorite moments least favorite moments let's talk about that all in the comments below
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