By Emily-Rose Toohey
The third movie from director Jordan Peele, Nope, was released in theatres earlier this month and proves to be another entertaining, thoughtful addition to the artist’s filmography.
After breaking onto the scene with 2017’s Get Out, Peele’s interest in horror and psychological films takes a grander, bolder turn with Nope, starring frequent collaborator Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, and Brandon Perea.
Kaluuya and Palmer play siblings who, after the unexpected and strange death of their father, take over the family business training horses for Hollywood productions.
However, the characters soon discover something sinister is afoot after their horses go awry, electricity becomes unreliable, and a UFO-type shape is discovered hovering in the clouds.
The movie constantly leaves viewers with questions until a climactic event results in a horrific accident, as this creature starts attacking people within its vicinity.
Desperate to capture evidence of the anomaly, the siblings hire the help of a tech worker who installs cameras to capture footage of the incidents.
However, due to the nature of the monster, all power is cut and therefore digital cameras prove useless.
Nonetheless, it is when a Hollywood documentary creator steps into the fold with a handy film camera that a dangerous plan is concocted to drive the monster away and capture evidence.
But this is where the film loses its momentum.
An intriguing set-up ultimately ends with a confusing spectacle, which lets the film down overall.
However, Nope is consistently entertaining and proves once again that Jordan Peele is one of the most interesting and boundary-pushing working creators and the film is still a big yes.
