A horror film is at it most chilling when it feels like its atrocities reflect reality. The first hour and a half of this film felt believable. I understood how a psychotic individual could coerce a sheepish individual into actions he wouldn't perform otherwise. I understood the parallels between Nobuyuki's family life and the Murata's "parenting", and the lack of control he had in both worlds. This made for an interesting look into the human psyche, but that all went…

When this movie first started I actually thought there was going to be an anti-colonialist critique. The opening sequences seemed like it was going to focus on two historically oppressed nations who are pushed into war with one another by a colonialist superpower who use the conflict as an opportunity to extract their natural resources (vibranium). I mean the opening scene of the movie more or less has the queen of wakanda in front of UN saying (paraphrasing) “the reason…