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SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 4, 2016 UCW 49 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Zorba's Would like to thank our customers, friends and employees for making us the 2919 Raeford Rd, Fayetteville 910.484.1010 3114 N. Main St., Hope Mills 910.424.3332 TWO LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU BEST! UP & CO M I NG W EEKLY 'S UP & CO M I NG W EEKLY 'S It Will Do Don't Breathe (Rated R) by HEATHER GRIFFITHS Don't Breathe (88 minutes) was no It Follows, the last surprise hit set in Detroit. Director Fede Alvarez is poised for great things, but he hasn't won me over yet. His Evil Dead remake was certainly adequate, if not without flaws. There were plot holes, it wasn't funny enough and the film didn't really need to be remade; some even said it had too much blood (not me, blood is awesome). Interviews suggest he made Don't Breathe, at least in part, in response to the criticism he received. He wrote the completely original film to focus on character rather than effects and emphasized suspense over gore. After the 2009 recession, this film could have been set in any town hit hard by the pop of the housing bubble, but in case you hadn't heard, Detroit is economically depressed, a town once characterized as having a population of rats higher than its population of people. The have-not's are readily found, as are abandoned neighborhoods and juvenile delinquents. Rocky (Jane Levy, our designated sympathetic character), Alex (Dylan Minnette) and Money (Daniel Zovatto) are a crack team of expert housebreakers who are actually very lucky that their complete incompetence hasn't landed them in jail. Alex has a crush on Rocky, who is dating Money, who loves to break things and urinate all over the homes he is burglarizing. At least I think that's what he was doing — there was some debate. Whatever it was, it was gross and unprofessional, and unprofessional thieves motivated by anger at the bourgeoisie are more likely to get caught. Not that Money knows who the bourgeoisie are. After their most recent break-in, Money takes the goods to his fence and receives pennies on the dollar. After some back and forth, the completely trustworthy criminal gives Money a rock solid tip that a blind Army veteran (Stephen Lang) living in a completely abandoned neighborhood has a large cash settlement stuffed under his mattress. At no point do any of the characters try to figure out where this tip originated, much to the dismay of the audience who were hoping Michael Pena would stop by and deliver his Ant-Man dialogue. Okay, it was just me. I really wanted to see a montage of wackiness with Michael Pena explaining that his cousin's best friend's housekeeper saw the loot while she was vacationing on the wrong side of the Eight Mile. Anyway, Rocky is psyched to pull one last job for a huge cash payoff so she can take her little sister away from an abusive alcoholic home, Money wants, um, money, and Alex lacks any discernible motive beyond having a crush on Rocky. The three break into the veteran's home, planning to get the money, but instead … he gets them. Overall, mainstream audiences have made this tightly-paced indie horror film an unqualified, runaway success. Shot mostly in Hungary for about $10 million, within just a few weeks, it has grossed 10 times its budget. I'm not sure I can forgive the glaring plot holes, but I can appreciate the end product, nonetheless. And finally, Spoiler Alert for the animal lovers, the dog lives. Because Alvarez knows, you NEVER kill the dog. Now showing at Patriot 14 + IMAX. HEATHER GRIFFITHS, Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com. 910.484.6200. $i. 50 Drink, Every Day, All Day! $i. 50 Drink, Every Day, All Day! $i. 50 Popcorn. Every Day All Day! $i. 50 Popcorn. Every Day All Day! $i. 50 Popcorn. Every Day All Day! $i. 50 Drinks. Every Day, All Day! $i. 50 Drinks. Every Day, All Day! $i. 50 Drinks. Every Day, All Day! $2.00 before 6:00 p.m. $3.00 after 6:00 p.m. $1.00 extra for 3D MOVIES Movie Monday: $1.50 All Day(Holiday or 3D movies excluded)