Knock at the Cabin is the new film by M. Night Shyamalan and is based off of the 2018 novel The Cabin at the End of the World and stars Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge as Eric and Andrew a couple who take their young daughter Wen (Kristen Cui) to a cabin in the woods which is later invaded by 4 strangers (Dave Bautista, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn and Nikki Amuka-Bird) who want to them to choose which one will die in order to prevent a global apocalypse.
Knock at the Cabin is a solid effort from M. Night Shyamalan who with the exception of Glass from 2019 has had a pretty good run of films in the last few years with Split, Old and now this movie and I found myself invested in this film and the choices the family has to make lest those who came to their cabin have to judge themselves on behalf of parts of humanity and the film does very well telling this premise and bringing out the tension.
What also helps is the solid performances from the actors, Bautista has been keen to push himself since starting in movies and that is paying off here as he is calm, collected and totally convinced of what he has to ask this family to do, Grint at times overdoes the anger but he is good as well as are Quinn, Amuka-Bird, Cui and Aldridge.
But my favourite performance is by Jonathan Groff who at times doesn’t believe what he is being told but he undergoes a good character arc and it was for me the main performance that helped this movie and there are some big changes from the ending in the book but I think they are changes that worked out in the long run.
And so that was Knock at the Cabin and it’s a solid thriller by M. Night Shyamalan that is worth a watch, 3 out of 5.
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