Doctor Sleep

Before reviewing Doctor Sleep, Touch Cinema recommends that you should follow The Shining in advance so that you can understand the characters, story and super powers in the movie. If you have not seen The Shining, please focus on the first half of the film to be able to better understand the story that director Mike Flanagan brings.

Dreadful memories continue to be the story of Danny Torrance, but this time Danny has grown up after the incident at the Overlook hotel and became a middle-aged uncle, trying to leave alcohol to become a useful person for society. After years of using alcohol to control the power of "clairvoyance" in the body, accidentally one day Danny connects with Abra - she also possesses clairvoyance power, but abundant and stronger energy source. so many, so much.

The source of Abra's power has attracted the attention of The True Knot - a sect that specializes in hunting clairvoyant children to "eat" that energy to increase strength and immortality. Abra is forced to fight against The True Knot's gang to protect his life, and Danny needs to stand by her to pay back the debt he has carried over the past decades.

With about 2h30 minutes, Doctor Sleep makes many people afraid because the movie is too long. But with well-directed storytelling, with enough scenes to explain and explain many things, that amount of time is just enough for the audience to fully understand the story even without following the previous part. However, objectively judging, the first half of the film is a bit lengthy, which makes the viewers watching The Shining feel a bit tired, but for those who have not watched, the details are necessary to be able to get all the characters. and the story is happening.

The rhythm of the movie really became tense and nervous when it was about an hour. The journey to find each other between the two sides is dramatic and thrilling as a detective work, in parallel with that is the spiritual element of the clairvoyance of the "special person" brings feelings and anxiety at the same time. Just excite the audience.

Doctor Sleep is unlike many other horror movies, using ghosts or demons to scare viewers. Instead, the obsession that the film brings to the audience is the creepy feeling of using clairvoyance to track down the evil, chase and then be chased back, invading the mind. then their minds are bounced back, trapping each other to destroy each other's power…. The fear that Terrifying Memories brings is very real, very real life, without any choreography, making viewers obsessed and creepy when watching the movie.

Compared to IT 2 of the same author being adapted, Touch Cinema rated Doctor Sleep higher in film content. This is the trump card of Warner Bros when it comes to this moment. 

Actors and actors

On a 10-point scale, Touch Cinema gave the main actor duo of Doctor Sleep 8.5 points for his superb acting skills and extremely good juggling between two actors of two different generations.

Ewan McGregor plays Danny and he brings the image of an unemployed, middle-aged man living and drinking daily. Every passing moment, Danny becomes more and more different when there are clear psychological changes and changes in emotions. Ewan's acting ability is so impressive that even if he stays still, it's enough for viewers to ponder.

Ewan's co-star Kyliegh Curran is no less excellent when possessing the ability to transform into impressive characters. When watching her smiling brightly when trapping the opponent, Touch Cinema felt chilled because of the emotion that she brought to obsessive like watching the owner of gold statue Lupita Nyong'o acting in Us .

Sound, images and effects

Do not use jump-case situations to scare the audience, Doctor Sleep faithfully reproduces the noise in the movie such as footsteps, knocking on the door, or simply the familiar "hello" ... Combined with the multi-channel warmth system in the theater, makes the audience feel like they are standing right at the studio rather than sitting in the theater, with the feeling of being cool and wild, sometimes filled with terrible sounds. creepy.

Doctor Slepp is an attractive horror movie and surely the audience will feel sorry if you miss this movie.

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