With many kid actors you can tell they are exactly that. Really surprised by the acting chops of Rainey Qualle and also pleasantly surprised that they got a really good child actress to who played the daughter in this film. While I did feel, at times, that the pacing of this movie was less than ideal - the acting was superb across the board. I will say that I'm not a huge fan of the movies where the majority of the action takes place "in one room" or "in a car" - those movies never really appeal to me and tend to feel like they quickly lose steam and drag on. Super stressful but had a very satisfying conclusion. I was anxious and on edge throughout the film - a mother locked in a pantry unable to protect her children from the predator on the other side of the door. I'll be honest, with the subject matter - it was tough to watch. This was a solid movie and had a great message. Still, I'm impressed that The Daily Wire made something apolitical and competently helmed. It goes from gritty thriller to corny fairytale ending and it was kind of laughable. The ending also leaves something to be desired. Whenever the film focused on this, the dialogue was very forced. But the script also tries to give her a redemption arc, and these are unfortunately the parts that came across as really cheesy to me. The script gives Jessica just enough to do and just enough to say so that we can really understand her as a character and get to know her goals and her thought process. The perspective is constantly shifting, and it makes this location feel bigger and this story feel more eventful than they are on paper. About 50-60% of this film takes place in a pantry, with the rest happening in the surrounding single house, yet it never feels like Caruso uses the same camera angle twice. The project went on to be set up at New Line Cinema, and even got as far as starting pre-production with Jason Bateman as the director.”īut, the release continues, “The project fell apart, and after the option period ended, Sonnier chose to take the project out of New Line and over to The Daily Wire.I was actually very impressed with DJ Caruso's cinematography and how he was able to make great use of the very small location. Like “Run Hide Fight,” “Shut In” was also produced by Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk of Bonfire Legend, who acquired the script in 2018 from screenwriter Melanie Toast.Īccording to a Daily Wire press release, “Sonnier first discovered the Shut In script on The Black List website, purchased the rights, and introduced Toast to her agents at UTA. Caruso (“Disturbia” and “Redeeming Love”), it stars Rainey Qualley of “Ultrasound.” (Qualley is the daughter of Andie MacDowell and the sister of Margaret Qualley.)Ī synopsis provided by The Daily Wire describes the film as a “thriller” that “centers on a young single mother (Qualley) who is held captive along with her two children by a violent ex as she plots their escape before it’s too late.” The female-led action plot is thematically similar to Kyle Rankin’s “Run Hide Fight,” the movie acquired by The Daily Wire and launched by the conservative media company earlier this year. On Wednesday, The Daily Wire announced that “Shut In” will premiere this January as an exclusive to the site’s members before launching internationally. The partnership was announced after Disney cut her from “The Mandalorian” over a post on social media. Case in point: Gina Carano is slated to start shooting her original film with The Daily Wire in October. If they succeed, it’ll go a long way toward disempowering Hollywood’s stranglehold over our culture, showing artists there’s a soft place for them to land when they get booted from Tinsel Town over a bad tweet. “The release of ‘Shut In’ is just the next step in proving it.” “We entered the entertainment space in order to deliver a message to Hollywood: You no longer have a monopoly,” Shapiro said. In a Wednesday comment to The Federalist, Ben Shapiro made that argument. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring this tense, gripping thriller to our audiences.”
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