A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.
Direction
Koepp's debut shows a screenwriter who knows tension.
Acting
MacLachlan's unraveling suburban dad hits uncomfortably close.
Director
David Koepp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Koepp wrote Jurassic Park and Mission: Impossible before directing this; the efficient dread shows his screenwriting discipline.
The film channels specific mid-90s anxieties—Northridge earthquake PTSD, LA riots aftermath, Y2K brewing—into one claustrophobic suburban pressure cooker.
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