Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Don’t Breathe’

Written by Scott Edwards

It seems like everyone is always trying to find the easiest way to get out of a bad situation. But when you think about it and what else you can do; the alternatives may be better than what you initially think. If there is an opportunity that presents itself to you and you continue to not take it, you may be too afraid to move on. Give yourself every chance to move on, within reason of course, or you will be stuck in the situation that you want to run away from and just remember that an opportunity passed on is one you may never get back.
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With her home life in shambles, Rocky wants to take her little sister out of her mother’s house and give her the life that she deserves. Being a small-time thief, Rocky, her boyfriend Money and friend Alex have a line on a perfect score if they are able to do things right. Reading about a blind war veteran that got a massive payout following the death of his daughter, the group believes that the money has to be somewhere in the house and should be easy pickings. But what they don’t know what is waiting in the house for them when they finally arrive.

Staking out the old man for a few days, Money and his friends take note that the neighborhood is abandoned with the exception of their target. As everything is starting to fall into place, the group gain access to the house easily and try to gas the blind man to keep him sleeping while they fulfill their nasty need of getting the cash. As Money has brought a gun on this robbery attempt, he makes sure to use it to gain access to the downstairs, but before he is able to get through the door, the blind man wakes up and is able to stop the intruder dead in his tracks. Not being able to pick up on how many people may be in his house, the blind man starts to work on disposing of the freshly killed body while Alex and Rocky make their way to the cash.

Getting in to the safe and finding that there is much more money than expected, the two are ready to make a break for it, but the blind man catches on that there are more people in his house and is ready to make them pay. Locking all of the doors, Rocky and Alex are trapped in the house and while they can just lie in wait, they decide to try and find another way out as quickly as possible. Heading down to the cellar, the two stumble upon a woman locked up in restraints and find out that the blind man is not only rich and dangerous, but trying to give his own sort of justice to those that cross his path.

This movie kind of sits in the middle of the road for me, it had so much going for it before you found out the twist about the blind man and then things just started getting strange. I really did like the premise of the movie, as you are trying to root for Rocky and her friends to accomplish their goal, but until I found out what the blind man was doing in his basement, I was going for him, because he is a bad ass. Overall, the movie played very well, even though you may not know who to root for while things spiral out of control for Rocky, Alex and Money. I will say that I am not a huge fan of the ending of the movie, because you should never set up a sequel that way, but I am sure that the studio had a hand in that. With darkness, a locked down house, lack of police, a veteran bad ass and a lack of common sense, this movie will amaze and confuse you at the same time while the robbers find out that they have bitten off more than they can chew. Stay Scared.

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