No One Will Save You (2023)

IMDb plot summary: An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home.

Directed by Brian Duffield. Stars Kaitlyn Dever, Elizabeth Kaluev, and Zack Duhame.

No One Will Save You stars Kaitlyn Dever as a young woman who is a social pariah because of something she did when she was a child. She lives alone on the outskirts of her town, and one night, she finds she needs to fight off alien invaders, with no help. The most notable thing about this film is about how there's almost no dialogue in it, but it's still a fully coherent story. The lack of dialogue doesn't even feel like a gimmick, so much as a fully natural consequence of the story being told, and that's a nice touch. The alien design is genuinely creepy, and the film does a great job of building the tension Without giving anything away, I am going to have to sit with the ending for awhile... it's either the most depressing or the most surprisingly positive finale to a story, and I can't figure out which one. Definitely worth a watch as a more unique entry in this genre.

How it entered my Flickchart:

🎥 No One Will Save You (2023)

📊 Ranked #1044/4172 on my Flickchart

🎯 Flickscore™: 75

beat Raising Arizona (#2089 → #2090)

lost to Robin Hood (held at #1039)

beat The Brood (#1561 → #1562)

beat The Judge (#1298 → #1299)

beat Billy Liar (#1168 → #1169)

beat Robot & Frank (#1103 → #1104)

beat Jack Goes Boating (#1071 → #1072)

beat The Quick and the Dead (#1055 → #1056)

beat Fruitvale Station (#1047 → #1048)

lost to Thelma (held at #1043)

beat Kiss Me, Stupid (#1045 → #1046)

beat What Maisie Knew (#1044 → #1045)