RUN!

Today, I’m bringing to you a film I personally enjoyed in 2020. COVID period was a year to remember for a lot of reasons, no less its movies. But some of them stood out to me because of their sheer intensity. I’ve said time and again that horror is not my strongest suit, and I may not thrive well with thriller if it’s too deep, but I remember being roped into this one by my elder sister who promised that even a scaredy cat like me would have a swell time with this one, and on that note of reassurance, I plugged in.

Run (2020)

The story begins when Diane Sherman (Sarah Paulson) gives birth to a child albeit prematurely and goes to see said child in an incubator. Fast forward to years later, and we meet Diane who lives a quiet life with her now teenage daughter, Chloe (Kiera Allen). Due to the complications in Chloe’s birth, she has ailments ranging from asthma to diabetes and is even paralyzed in her leg. Because of this, she has a bunch of medicines she has to take every day and is also home-schooled by her mother.

However, everything changes when Chloe discovers something weird with the medicine she has to take every day, and proceeds to find out more about the drugs. What she discovers sends waves of shock running down her spine. From there, dire questions arise till only one solution remains for the paralyzed Chloe. She must RUN… and fast.

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One of the genres used to describe this film was horror, and even though the thriller was intense, I couldn’t accurately call it a horror production. It’s just the type of film where all your emotions are heightened which scene. You feel the climax building up from the very beginning and it just runs through till the end. Or maybe it’s just me, but I felt the emotions all the way to the end. A few shrieks here and there, but altogether a worthwhile experience.

I hadn’t seen any films of Sarah Paulson before I saw this film, but when it comes to playing the role of a psychotic mom, she certainly aced it. When it comes to the whole psychotic thing, facial expressions are more or less the main ingredient. So, at every step of the way, you’ve got to embody and showcase yourself as cray-cray, and Sarah nailed it. It was rather refreshing to watch because obviously, you knew she was wrong, but she would almost gaslight you into seeing reason with her.

One of the criticisms of this movie was the lack of explanation for the things Diane did. It’s like everyone believes there should have been scenes dedicated to explaining her past and probably giving some background story that would kind of justify her actions as Chloe’s mother, but to be honest, I don’t fully agree with that. For one, trying to explore that part of the story would bring about too many subplots that would alter the purpose of the film. So, letting her past start from the day Chloe was born seemed like the best bet.

The ending could have been better, but it was satisfying to an extent. I mean it’s always one way or the other with thrillers. You really can’t have everything. So, it’s more or less a take what you can get situation, which is what I did. Run is a film I enjoyed deeply, and I’m not sure how well the trailer captured it, but it’s a fair enough recommendation for anyone who enjoys thrillers. At least I did. What do you think? Have you seen Run before?

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