In his follow-up to “Get Out,” Jordan Peele replaces suspense for straight-out horror in “Us” and the results are a mixed bag: while the set-up is scary, the cause for the chaos gets convoluted.
Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide Wilson, a woman vacationing with her husband Gabe (Winston Duke) and two children Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) and Jason (Evan Alex) near Santa Cruz, California. In true horror fashion, Adelaide had a traumatic event occur to her as a child in Santa Cruz and neglected to mention this to Gabe, so just being there fills Adelaide with dread. Continue reading