Movie Review # 580: Knock At The Cabin (2023)

Ladies and gentlemen, today, we now have twenty more film reviews until we reach the next milestone. As for what I will be reviewing for the 600th review, let’s just say that I do at least have a couple choices in mind. I won’t give away what those choices are, but once we get closer, I’ll have my decision made for that, and we’ll just go from there. In the meantime, we review a new mystery/thriller film that was directed by M. Night Shamalayan (who, of course, directed films like The Sixth Sense, The Village, Signs, and some films like those). So now, let’s discuss his newest film, Knock At The Cabin.

Plot: When some visitors come, and intrude on a cabin that’s owned by two fathers (Ben Aldridge, and Jonathan Groff), and their adopted Asian daughter, Wen (Kristen Cui), they inform the owners that they’ll have to sacrifice one of themselves in order to stop an apocalypse from occurring. Believing this to be bogus, fights, and unwarranted sacrifices end up occurring in the process. That being said, will one of the dads, or the daughter have to be sacrificed, or will it turn out that something else is going on?

Okay, first of all, why would a director like M. Night Shamalayan have a couple of the main characters be homosexual ones? Is he one of the main characters who’s part of the culture shock, along with nearly the rest of Hollywood? such a pity, if that’s the case. It probably would have been better if the parents were a normal husband, and wife couple. But whatever. Additionally, there was a scene around the beginning of the film that, let’s just say might have been a little creepy even by adult standards. Okay, especially since this film is rated R, hardly any young kids will see this film, but still.

Aside from those items, Knock At The Cabin is a very good film. Part of me had worried that the film was going to be boring at first. Thankful, that was far from the case. The film finds ways to be suspenseful, even if most of the story takes place at the family cabin. Yes, the film can be a little too violent at times. However, whenever any potential gory scenes occur, the film, more often than not, shies away from some of the blood being shown. Yeah, after seeing too much gore in a film like M3GAN, that was most definitely a nice change, especially for an R-rated film. Oh, and did I forget to mention that the movie cast includes Rupert Grint, whose roles included playing Ronald Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise? Even though his character wasn’t in the film quite nearly as long as the others, he still did a great job in the role. And yeah, so did the rest of the cast. There were also some very interesting twists especially near the end of the film. Finally, the film was also a good reminder about how it’s good to think critically about situations, and trying to see through any potential deceptions that might occur.

And that’s my review for Knock At The Cabin. Aside from one, or two flaws, the film is definitely another good work from M. Night Shamalayan. Even if it may not be quite as good as Shamalayan’s other works, this film is definitely worth watching. Definitely see Knock At The Cabin, and see what you think!

Final Grade: A-