It started out like you would want to see an origin story start out; strong entry for our monsters and strong character introductions with solid acting. You have a mystery surrounding her drive to get... well.... pizza. It sounds weird but you can assume there is a story behind it. Unfortunately, it becomes the only story as the movie progresses. The monsters and their catastrophic effect on the world start out beautifully. They bombard Manhattan and begin their attack. The city is full of dust from the impacts making it more terrifying because all you hear is screaming. It's scary and tense up through the next big scene with the people quietly walking the streets. Sadly, this is where things start to go wrong with the script. The aliens attack, of course, but it's glossed over. Frankly, the story of the aliens is completely ignored from here on out which is the rub. The aliens are left to uselessly run around chasing helicopters which are often times off screen. They struck me more like dogs chasing ambulances than the monsters we feared during the first two movies. Everything that happens with the aliens after the initial invasion exists only to further our main character's story arc; to get pizza. When you have an origin story, it has to be about the origin of the main story. Not about some character that has no history to the main story. The monsters and the world as a whole take a huge back seat halfway through the movie and that is where they are left. They become useless props that ultimately have no real effect on the story. There's no revelation to the story which this series is known for. This movie simply borrows on what has already been revealed in the first two movies and gives nothing in return. Honestly, the characters in this movie could've been cut and pasted into any other movie and nothing would've changed for them. Like I said before, the acting was solid and I was invested in the characters (yes, especially the cat). However, I was looking for an origin story to A Quiet Place, not an independent drama where the monsters are left to their own quiet place in the background.

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