Until they open themselves up to be vulnerable, they’re completely invulnerable. Tonight I saw A Quiet Place, starring Jim from The Office. "And the other idea was also the reason why they were able to survive kind of the explosion of their planet and then survive on these meteorites, because they’ve evolved to be bulletproof. He also said that something caused an explosion on the aliens' homeworld, resulting in meteoroids carrying the aliens to travel through space and crash on Earth: They also develop a way to protect themselves from everything else so that’s why they’re bulletproof and all these things." So the idea is if they grew up on a planet that had no humans and no light then they don’t need eyes, they can only hunt by sound. "The idea behind all that is they’re definitely aliens and they’re an evolutionarily perfect machine. "I remember a terrible joke that I said was it would be-it’s disgusting and disturbing but it’s true-it would be like releasing wolves into a day care center. One of my favorite movies I love to watch is RocknRolla and they tell that whole story about the crawfish in the Thames and that’s what I mean, the introduction of something that can’t be held back." Where I developed the idea of them and what I wanted them to look like was most alien movies are about takeovers, agendas, they’re a thinking alien creature, and for me this idea of a predator, this idea of a parasite, this idea of something that is introduced into an ecosystem. A Collider article transcribed several quotes from Krasinski from the podcast, in which he described how he formed his idea for the aliens and how they evolved: That’s the story arc tying together the two movies, and it’s powerful enough.John Krasinski, the director of A Quiet Place, discussed the aliens in an April 11th Empire Film Podcast. Maybe most impressive is Simmonds, as Regan comes to realize that her deafness is a weapon against this enemy rather than a weakness. Dallas native Scoot McNairy also makes an unrecognizable and terrifying appearance as the stringy-haired, silent leader of a pack of rapist-cannibals. Maybe his character’s redemptive storyline is a little too clean, but this Irish actor brings heft and grandeur to the role. Here he’s playing a survivor of the apocalypse who’s haunted by it, and by the loss of his family in the invasion.
The casting of Murphy here is canny - we remember first seeing him starring in 28 Days Later. Regan determines that the signal is coming from an island off the coast, and with both Marcus and her mother (Emily Blunt) seriously injured, she sets out on her own toward it, taking the family’s shotgun and the audio equipment needed so she can kill the aliens. While there, Marcus hears Emmett’s radio playing “Beyond the Sea,” a sign of civilization. They make their way to the nearest signal fire, which is tended by Emmett (Cillian Murphy), a friend of the family’s who’s now a broken-down lone survivalist. Soon after, the remaining Abbotts have to abandon their farm when their barn/shelter/storehouse burns down. The film begins with a pre-credit sequence that flashes back to the day the town of Millbrook is hit by the alien invasion and cleverly ties it to the very end of the original film.
This is a worthy successor to the horror hit. John Krasinski’s command of suspense has grown sharper yet. I no longer feel silly using the characters’ names, since those names are spoken aloud in this sequel. Marcus (Noah Jupe) tends to panic in bad situations, which is not ideal because his whole life is a bad situation right now. Regan (Millicent Simmonds) can read lips and also has limited ability to speak. I learned some things while watching A Quiet Place Part II: The farm that the Abbott family lives on is in the Appalachian Ridge in southeastern New York state.