A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

Set in New York City, a woman (Lupita Nyong'o) who is in the end-stages of terminal cancer resides in a hospice. A field trip for the hospice patients is arranged to see a marionette show and she grudgingly goes (along with her pet cat) solely for the prospect for a decent pizza. However, after the city is invaded by extraterrestrial aliens with an acute sense of hearing, it takes all her wits to survive. Directed by Michael Sarnoski (PIG), this is a prequel to and the third installment to A QUIET PLACE (2018) and A QUIET PLACE II (2020). The film is very good and well acted especially by Lupita Nyong'o who brings a quiet authority and gravitas to her terminally ill character. The screenplay is smart and the action intense but Sarnoski never loses focus on its two major characters (Joseph Quinn as a British expatriate is the other) and their humanity. It can stand proudly next to its two predecessors. With Djimon Hounsou, Alex Wolff and as Nyong'o's scene stealing cat, Nico and Schnitzel.