#Phylcia Rashad

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Black Box - 2020

Mamoudou Athie, Phylcia Rashad, Amanda Christine, Tosin Morohunfola, Charmaine Bingwa, Troy James

Review: Black Box is a physiological thriller/horror, and is based on technology that allows amnesia patients to relive memories to try to regain their memory.

This movie was honestly great, and I'm going to spoil most of the important parts in the review, so if you want to watch it I probably wouldn't read this.

I really liked the slow reveal of what's going on as the movie plays. We slowly start finding out details, and are able to put the story together as it goes. Some parts are quite predictable, but I liked the big twist that she transplanted part of her son's brain into this man's body.

I liked the dynamic of the two men fighting over the body's consciousness, and the doctor's son's growth as a character in just a short period of time on screen. He got to see what a terrible person he was, and want a fucked up thing his mom did, and made the conscious decision to leave the body.

I don't think I would consider this movie to be a horror movie. It was definitely more of a physiological thriller then anything else. The acting in the movie was fine, usual the Achilles heal for horror movies are the child actors, and I thought we might have this problem at first but enjoyed the character of the daughter a lot by the end.

I enjoyed the movie a lot. I would definitely recommend this movie, but not if you're looking for a straight horror movie.

7.2/10