Blink Twice

The new production Blink Twice directed by Zoë Kravitz is a lavish tale about rich men, their female visitors and the beautiful setting of a private island, but there are also matters such as sexual injustices, trauma, recovery and extremes of justice that need to be addressed.

If you or a person you (or someone you are seeing the movie with) know has dealt with sexual assault for example out of respect do not watch this film as the pictures and messages of this movie will haunt you long after the credits have run.

Therefore, if you have been in a scenario wherein a person makes you believe that your account of events either did not take place, was not so horrible or oriented blame on you, watch this film for I promise you Amazing Grace you will about to feel the superlative anxiety.

The plot is rich and touches on all themes within its scope while also making sure that the characters are developed well. This is a very good effort in terms of writing, directing, editing and acting as well. But, for reasons that I will state of these It was a difficult movie for me to watch and to review. I’ve been at a loss for words or rather in how to word it because this film caught me off guard.

It is something I saw coming, as I knew that there will be some sexual violence perpetrated when I saw it, but the extent of it and how much of this film’s story hinged upon sexual violence concealed and unbridled against women escaped me.

There is subtlety and nuance to the films depiction of violence against woman. It may seem like a radical notion, but trust me when I say that I am a reformed victim, inadvertently playing the role of sjw as people say. So, please bear with me on this one because it was tough.

Summary

The movie’s title itself, ‘Blink Twice…’ should give one a hint. It is also a call for women to learn an ancient method: abduction victims only need to blink, and their abductors will know that they need help. Essentially, the story is about a woman called Frida who dreams of becoming a ccordon blue and ends up in a catering business where she is hired for a high-end gig at Slater King’s event.

This is a little off the ground so they chanced upon each other and decided there was chemistry so they spent time together during his working holiday and he invited her and her friend Jess to his island. This is the place where he goes on a little break with his friend and a few others in order to focus on the direction of his life because of some bad things he has done in the past that made him do public apologies to quite a number of people.

The island proves a safe space for him to deal with these issues and even seek help from his doctor. When Frida, Jess, and other couples land on this island, they are presented with their respective rooms that are brimming with stylish clothes, expensive gifts and some lovely perfume. The uninitiated party opens with a drug filled banquet that is accompanied by wild dance and euphoria among the guests.

The days are fun, filled with adventure, relaxation, swimming, and everything one may wish on an island, accompanied by a rich man and his friends, but there are these strange places in time where one suddenly finds themselves in different moments without as much as an explanation, one that makes sense, and while everybody appears to be in a good mood, there is this unexplainable attitude from them that tells you something is out of place.

Odd First Impressions

Considering how Blink Twice might be a spoiler sensitive movie, I will avoid revealing too much. She finally gets what is going on, but then the film changes from an innocuous romantic getaway to a disquieting psychological thriller.

And within the movie, that is the critical moment where we latch on to the strange upward frame story since the bizarre time moves take on much more significance, it is at this time that we see how the strange shifts in time, the bizarre body language, and the strange physical forms are within the context of the violent evening functions where families gather but parade semi-innocent clumsy decorative accidents that hold deeper grudges.

The understanding of what is happening is brutal and quite chilling, and it changes the course of the film completely to an entirely different one which has some gruesome scenes both on screen and off screen.

Beyond the Violence

More sophisticated than the violence of the film, there is the question of justice and whether an apology can in fact make amends with all the injuries, be they physical, psychological or emotional. Or is there a better way of dealing with trauma, and the answer is yes?

It is when it comes to the question of “how to heal trauma?”, the film Blink Twice steps it up more than a notch, especially in the genre of social and psychological horror as it switches perspectives throughout the film. We step into the shoes of the oppressed and how they are made to believe that everything is alright.

We understand how victims of violence can be made to unmake even their most firmed realities in their own minds, that nothing happened at all. And then we look at what means, the abuser does take up to rationalize what they do, to persuade themselves to dispose of their accountability for their wrongdoing.

And the film even puts in the picture how the past of the oppressor affects their future behaviors when it’s evident that they used to be a victim and are now the aggressor? Is it a fair exchange, is it revenge dressed up as justice or rather as a treatment, attempt in vain for the victim who can recall no hurt? Or is the only conclusion something more sick and insidious?

Blink Twice is an example of a psychological thriller where one gets to be engaged for most of the movie and it is really only hours later when one appreciates the depth and intricacies of the story and that any sense of peace that has been attained by Frida starts to fade away once the viewer begins to comprehend what all the people involved in the story both on the island and off have experienced in the course of the story. Then, all of a sudden, the ending appears to be much less appealing due to the thought of the cycle of violence.

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