“You’re okay.”

From Don’t Let Go.

Jack (David Oyelowo) is a police detective who often spends his day talking on the phone with or helping his niece Ashley (Storm Reid) while her often-troubled parents (Brian Tyree Henry and Shinelle Azoroh) miss the mark on her care.  The overworked Jack initially thinks nothing of a garbled call from Ashley, but when he can only hear bits and pieces of her screaming before the call cuts out, he goes over to their house to make sure everything is okay.  When Jack arrives, he finds his family has all been brutally murdered over a large box of drugs under the bed and Jack’s world comes crumbling down.  As his chief (Alfred Molina) and partner, Bobby (Mykelti Williamson), encourage Jack to take all the time he needs to heal, Jack find himself lost in depression when he receives a call from Ashley’s phone.  Expecting a wrong number, the person on the other end turns out to be Ashley from a few days before her murder.  Jack tries to decides to use this second chance to save Ashley, using the phone calls to his advantage as he pieces together the mystery surrounding the murders.  As the terrible day draws closer for Ashley in the past, Jack’s behavior becomes more erratic as he tries to find out not only who committed the murders, but also why it happened; Jack is in a deadly race against time to change the past and save Ashley before it’s forever too late.

This fantasy-esque thriller wastes almost no time diving into the compelling mystery that is the backbone of the film.  Filled with music, camera angles, and settings that are just creepy enough to submerse the viewer into the story, but not so much that it’s unbearable film for viewers audiences that don’t enjoy horror.  Oyelowo and Reid solidly play off each other even though they don’t share the screen together often.  The story develops nicely throughout the entire film leaving clues for the observant viewer with some definite surprises at the film’s end.  Don’t Let Go is a surprisingly entertaining story from start to finish and is definitely worth checking out.

| Rated: R | Running Time 107 minutes |Genre: thriller/mystery/fantasy |

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 5* of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 0 of 10|Gore: 5 of 10

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