Another banger from mr. Peele. He’s challenging himself and the audience once again with his latest effort, this time focussing on themes such as [spoiler] the relationship between humans and animals, consumerism, grief and fame through the lens of exploitation [/spoiler]. It’s probably his most technically proficient, truly excellent cinematography and music. The characters and actors all hit their mark, the tension’s very well built up, it’s genre bending and unique; the man knows what he’s doing. I have some minor problems with the writing though. The Daniel Kaluuya character figures out a pretty major twist during the second act, which is a major turning point for the story ([spoiler] the ufo is an animal, and you shouldn’t look at it [/spoiler]), but I’m a bit fuzzy on how he arrived at that conclusion. It sort of makes sense if you consider his profession, but I still thought it was a little thin. There are also a few characters that show up in the third act that feel either unnecessary, or share the same purpose in the story. For example, you could’ve cut the tmz journalist (who by the way looks a lot like one of the Daft Punk robots) out entirely, it wouldn’t make much of a difference. Still, my quibbles with this are pretty minor, mr. Peele has a great trilogy under his belt now. A trilogy of auteur driven studio films, quite the rarity in the current Hollywood system. Is he the new Denis Villeneuve/Chris Nolan? Time will tell, but I wouldn’t bet against the guy at this point.

8/10