Zoë Kravitz’s “Blink Twice” is a radical blend of trippy and unnerving social satire and blood-spattered horror, with Kravitz taking a big swing in her feature directorial debut and connecting with bone-rattling impact. It is a film that takes one big leap after another and sticks the landing far more often than not. With Kravitz also one of the producers and co-writing the screenplay with E.
T. Feigenbaum, “Blink Twice” could be described as “Don’t Worry Darling,” let’s look at “The Menu” and see if there’s a “Glass Onion” and then we’ll “Get Out.” Kravitz is a showbiz legacy kid who grew up loving movies and has turned in fine work in the “Divergent” and “Fantastic Beasts” series and “The Batman,” as well as TV projects such as “Big Little Lies” and “High Fidelity,” and her love for striking visuals and bold editing, as well as her appreciation for juicy-smart dialogue — it’s all evident here.
This is a great-looking film, even when things get memorably, horrifically ugly. Naomi Ackie is Frida, an aspiring nail designer who is working a gig as a server at a lavish fundraiser when she has a rom-com meet-cute with the dashing and handsome tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum), who has been on an Apology Tour and is trying to rehab his image after being “canceled” for unnamed act(s). Claiming to be reformed and turning over a new leaf, Slater has purchased his own private island with a farm-to-table meets �.