Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Nope
2022
***
Director: Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea, Keith David, Wrenn Smith, Barbie Ferreira, Donna Mills

O.J. and his sister Em take over the family's horse wrangling business in California. Their father died under odd circumstances, and the mysterious and menacing occurrences continue around their farm. Jordan Peele's third feature is a horror-tinged science fiction film, which takes its sweet time to get going. It deals with the cost of animal exploitation and our obsession with capturing footage of spectacular events. In fact, it deals with many more ideas, but half of them don't seem to lead anywhere. Like Us and other intricate mysteries like Signs, Peele's latest is intriguing as long we don't know what's going on, but quite silly and underwhelming once we do.