Jordan Peele has become over the years one of the most beloved directors of the seventh art and now there is a lot of waiting for Nopehis latest film that ideally concludes a trilogy that began with Escape continued with We. In the meantime, Nope has already been released in the United States where the film is achieving a great result at the box-office, proving how the authorship of this author, already winner of the Oscar for best screenplay, has managed to make its way into the American public. . For the moment, the film has obtained a 98 million dollar box-office at home, also ousting Thor from the top in the first weekend of programming, against a production cost of 68 but we are sure that with the release on the markets international the figure will be destined to rise.
Nope, the plot of the film
Nope presents itself as a sci-fi horror film in which the family of the greatest horse trainers in Hollywood, the Haywoods, are shaken by the brutal death of James and Jill’s father. The girl then decides to return to the ranch to help out, but the oddities will continue and so they will be forced to install cameras. This will lead to the discovery that aliens exist, even if in Nope nothing is as it seems, thus giving even more pathos to the film.
The cast led by Kaluuya
Nope the film reunites Jordan Peele with the Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya already acclaimed Black Panther star, which they join Keke Palmer (The girls of Wall Street, Alice) and the Oscar nominee Steven Yeun (Minari, Okja). Among the actors we also find Michael Wincott (Hitchcock, Westworld) e Brandon Perea (The OA, American Insurrection). The film is written and directed by Jordan Peele and is produced by Ian Cooper (us, Candyman) and Jordan Peele for Monkeypaw Productions.
Nope the film review
Nope brings Jordan Peele’s films into an almost fantastic division, while not losing sight of the horror matrix that has always distinguished him. If, however, in his two previous works the writing had been the real strength this time it seems that the director focuses more on the staging, with an impressive work by Hoyte van Hoytema, Christopher Nolan’s usual collaborator as regards the direction of photography which here enhances the saturation of the most splatten scenes. The actors manage to create empathy with their characters, but what is missing is a curation of the story in its main vein. Jordan Peele has accustomed us to amaze us, but in Nope we find almost a normal film. There is nothing of the twists of Noi, nor of the action of Scappa. We are faced with a beautiful film outside, but rather poor in its writing despite the density of the topics: from racism to meta cinema with the use of the film camera to be able to immortalize the flying saucer that inhibits electricity. The soundtrack is one of the strengths of the film together with the aforementioned photography, but unfortunately the horror of the summer does not fully convince. Surely a film by this great author is also worth watching, but when the expectations are so high and after two first works of the highest quality everyone had the right to expect something more.
Nope, the Italian release of the film
Universal presented the film in an exclusive preview in Rome with Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer at The Space Cinema in Piazza della Repubblica in which we at Tag24 participated. Nope will now be available in programming from 11 August in all the main Italian cinemas to see if the film will conquer the public.