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I love very tightly shot minimalistic thrillers. High risk with tons of reward. But it’s also very easy to slip even after a very promising start. You probably can already tell where this is headed. So why continue? Well, to be genuinely honest with you this was the only thing I managed to catch this weekend. That being said, I can’t help but appreciate some of the ideas explored on this one. Let’s see if there’s anything to save. Scalpel.

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You’ll Never Find Me (2023) was directed by Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell, who was also the writer. Patrick (Brendan Rock) keeps to himself on his mobile home located in an isolated trailer park. He stays awake in the middle of the night, with the quiet only interrupted by the kids who knock at his door. Tonight there’s a furious storm raging outside and the person knocking at his door is actually a young woman asking for help. As she is invited in, we can see she does not want to be there while Patrick seems to help but is strangely dismissive of her mistrust. Eerily, Patrick seems to have been expecting her while while the visitor seems only inclined to leave but unable to do so.

It works at the start and remains solid for about half its runtime. It sets expectations of ulterior motives from both host and visitor. Patrick is more mysterious than creepy but we have the feeling that the visitor’s guard should remain up and so does the audience. As we slowly are given hints of a reveal that never quite becomes tangible, the storytelling becomes sloppy. You almost wish the outcome would try to go for either a more grounded reveal or go for full surrealism. I don’t want the story to stop and go full exposition, but we just get imagery that would be more shocking with some sort of previous foreboding.

Maybe recommended as a background watch, if only because of a decent premise setup and some cool takes, but it doesn’t quite coalesce into a solid storyline at the end. Could have been a very good thriller but the finale doesn’t wrap things up at all. Save it for your background watchlist, but don’t put it at the top.

That will do for now.