There’s a lot of overt Christian symbolism in the story, best optimized by the reveal of a Bible and a crucifix that Jessica has hidden in her pantry since the death of her mother. The symbolism is not subtle in this regard either. The home itself, a dying apple farm, ends up becoming a character itself, a symbol of Jessica’s rotten past that she’s desperate to get away from.
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Shut In is also beautifully shot, helped by the guiding hand of director DJ Caruso ( Disturbia, xXx) who manages to make each shot lush and full despite the film’s limited locations and sets. She and her ex-husband are revealed to be former drug addicts, and the reality and temptation of it hang over the film as her husband and his friend (played by Vincent Gallo) barge back into her life hoping to drag her back into their world.
Jessica’s story ultimately turns out to be a story about overcoming the past and becoming a new person. A young mother of two named Jessica gets trapped in her pantry and she has to figure out a way out of the house so she can protect her two children who are locked in their bedroom upstairs, momentarily safe but cold and hungry. That should be an indication that we’re not dealing with a Pureflix propaganda film.Īs I said, the film is your classic single-room thriller. The most immediate cinematic comparison that comes to mind is 2016’s brutal Green Room, about a punk band who gets locked in the back of a Neo-Nazi bar after witnessing a murder. There’s no obvious pontificating about political issues in the story (beyond the general presence of overtly pro-Trump actors and producers). It’s violent, unrelenting, and populated by foul-mouthed destructive characters.
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Beyond that though, this is a grindhouse movie on par with the likes of Standoff at Sparrow Creek, VFW, and Run Hide Fight. Shut In’s worst sin is a somewhat saccharine ending and a predilection for cheap sentimentality. I suspect if anything that’s going to be the biggest barrier to entry for this film, if only because that’s immediately going to turn off non-conservatives from seeing the movie, especially if they’re afraid the name brand reflects the movie’s politics.įrankly, it doesn’t. For one, the title “produced by Daily Wire” appears at least three times during the opening and credits.
Shut In definitely bears the marks of a film produced by the Daily Wire. Produced by the folks behind films like Bone Tomahawk and Dragged Across Concrete, Shut In is the second of four announced films to be distributed by the politically conservative media company as part of an attempt to create an independent film studio. Shut In is part of Daily Wire’s ongoing attempt to break into the movie industry. By all rights, this should feel lurid, disgusting, and a reprehensible dive into human depravity, but the film actually does manage to make a modest production out of the preceding premise. Three methheads get into a fight in a rotting farmhouse that results in one of them being forcibly locked in a pantry while her children are alone in the house with a roaming drug-addicted pedophile. Shut In has a premise that should by all rights be lurid and exploitative in the hands of a cheap director.
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Positive Content: Themes of Christian redemption and family.ĭisclaimer: This reviewer has written two film reviews that have been published at the Daily Wire in the past but has no professional connections to the distributor or the producers of this film. Other Negative Themes: Very dark themes and story that isn’t appropriate for children. Spiritual Content: Themes of redemption, rebirth, and overcoming temptation. Sexual Content: Nothing depicted, although one character is repeatedly described as a pedophile.ĭrug/Alcohol Use: Meth addiction is a theme in the story and a major plot point. Language/Crude Humor: Severe language throughout including f*** and s***. Violence/Scary Images: Some intense images several scenes of nails being driven through hands with draining blood and cries of agony, a man is set on fire, characters are shot offscreen. The second of these is scheduled to premiere this coming Thursday live on YouTube before being exclusively released on the Daily Wire’s streaming service. Their lineup of films includes last year’s Run Hide Fight, Shut In, Terror on the Prairie, and an upcoming unnamed film directed by exiled Mandalorian actress Gina Carano. In order to do that, it’s brought on the former producers from Cinestate to form a small independent studio capable of producing slick, shocking, and attention-grabbing action films and thrillers. The Daily Wire has made a major effort in the past two years to try and break into filmmaking as part of its effort to turn the tide of the culture war.
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