‘Nobody’s Gonna Save You’ Review: Brian Duffield’s Sci-Fi Movie Calms Dialogue But Fails to Increase Effectiveness

In Brian Duffield’s latest film, Kaitlyn Dever struggles with a past tragedy and a horde of bloodthirsty, technologically advanced aliens.

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  Moorjani Rawls
  

• Hon September 24, 2023, 4:59 pm

The thought of a home invasion while you’re alone is quite alarming. Writer/director Brian Duffield adds the icing on the cake – classic gray space invaders, eagerly breaking down every door, and a sense of security to kidnap you. Ah, but imagine a little wrinkle that leaves no one to call. On this simple premise, Duffield’s article fulfills every sense of the title: No one will save you. Once the case begins, it becomes relentless and exhaustive in its attempts to excite its protagonist. These aren’t exactly alien travelers looking for friendship and a trip home.

Brynn (Kaitlyn Dever) lives a quiet, lonely life. She enjoys old music from the 1950s and re-making dresses. Outwardly everything looks normal until they show us everything visually. Brynn’s mother and sister have passed away, and she spends a lot of time visiting their graves. This is because she does not have the feeling that the cozy time in which she lives does not welcome her. Brianne waves to her neighbor and he gives her a dirty look. She goes to the website of the sheriff and his wife and writes letters to what could be called a childhood friend (a childhood photo is shown). There is very little dialogue in the film. No one will save you

but Dever expresses longing or being in the place of his grief through facial expressions and certain sounds.

This doesn’t seem as out of place as you might think because Dever is invested in the role. One quiet night is soon interrupted by the front door being wide open and a knock on the wooden floor. The big-eyed aliens have a variety of abilities, from distorting their bodies to a range of telekinetic abilities. Duffield uses the house in a variety of ways, like an invasion thriller. Tense moments occur when Brynn hides under the bed or even tries to escape outside. The only snippets of sound you hear are the aliens speaking their language combined with the irritation Brynn feels just trying to survive.

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Given their intelligence, there is something unnerving about listening and observing aliens’ communication methods and not understanding what will happen next. This is despite the fact that viewers are familiar with some of the physics of this intergalactic game of cat and mouse. This is not Brynn’s only problem: the aliens have captured many of the townspeople, rendering any possible ally useless. It’s not that she had one before (although there is a point where Duffield could have abandoned the no-dialogue method).

But No one will save you sticks to his idea with all his heart. Although Brynn fights classic flying saucers with beams that can paralyze her movement, the battle is internal. The scene at the end of the film fully reveals what this means in terms of a tragic story where this young woman became an outcast and a trip to the police station became a moment of extreme humiliation. You’ll want just a tiny piece of Brynn showing some kind of self-explanation or confidence, but she sinks into a pit of despair.

Some men (or things) want to watch the world burn. This will make life much more difficult for Brynn (if it is not difficult enough). If No one will save you if it were longer, the scene would thin out. However, this feature is perfect for jolts and character development to keep you on your toes and sounds.