A Review of Blink Twice... Blink Blink
Only a movie can tell you about problems coming from money… and maybe that Biggie song.
There might be nothing better than a movie with a message that you don't need a degree in film criticism to understand. A movie you watch for a bit and get it, before any of the characters in the film get it. It makes you feel brilliant regardless of how non-brilliant you might be. That is the feeling that Blink Twice gave me. I'm curious if it will do something similar for you.
What is Blink Twice About?
Blink Twice is about two women trying to make it. Frida (Naomi Ackie) and Jess (Alia Shawkat) are doing their best to make it work in the big city. They're both working as part of a catering company that serves billionaires. Frida can't stand these people but she needs to give Jess her half of the rent.
Not wanting to be left out of the billionaire bash, Frida and Jess "leave" work, slide on their hottest dresses, and glide into the richie rich party they were just working. Frida does not want to be invisible anymore as her job demands. During this "off period," the women meet Slater King (Channing Tatum), a billionaire of epic wealth. Slater takes a particular interest in Frida and introduces women to all his buddies and employees. Frida sees this as her chance to make it out of the doldrums her life has become, so when Slater invites them to get on his plane and take a trip to his private island with all his friends, the girls have no choice but to take the chance and chill with the billis (that's short for Billionaires).
A short nap later, the women can see the island outside the windows. The party is going to keep going and for the first time, Frida and Jess get to be a part of it. That's where we meet Vic (Christian Slater), Cody (Simon Rex), Sarah (Adria Arjona), Tom (Haley Joel Osment), Camilla (Liz Caribel), Lucas (Levon Hawke), Heather (Trew Mullen), and Stacy (Geena Davis). Once they land, Geena Davis has to collect everyone's phone. Jess isn't feeling “not having her phone,” but Channing Tatum says they don't have to do anything they don't want to, so Frida, Jess, and everyone else put their phones in Geena Davis' bag.
Once that's done, it's all the best champagne and raspberries, it's all the finest food, it's all the drugs, sunshine, and freedom one could ask for. It's much better than the life Frida and Jess were living that's for sure. Everyone is having so much fun! Channing Tatum keeps making eyes with Frida. He's so cute and it's not her fault she's attracted to a man with so much money. Money is hot.
All the fun is great, but soon it starts hitting the women that they don't know how long they've been there. As Jess said, "Something feels... wrong." But what is it exactly? This is where they've always wanted to be - in a tropical place, being waited on hand and foot by (who we assume are) natives, having a bacchanal with a literal billionaire. Jess thinks it’s time to go, but Frida starts crying using that feeling of invisibility to convince Jess to stay longer. It takes a snake bite before the mystery of this island begins unraveling itself.
Should I See Blink Twice?
Check the rest out over on The Dynamoverse.
As always: If you like it, share it. If you love it, subscribe. If you can't live without it, put a few dollars on it.