The standout performance comes from Dave Bautista, in his most tatted-up teddy bear mode possible, wearing glasses like he did in “ Blade Runner 2049” to suggest the gentle boy inside his grizzly physique. It’s a striking ensemble piece by design, and creates some promise early on, but Shyamalan’s larger intent doesn’t give “Knock at the Cabin” nearly enough resonance. And the performances have enough uniform intensity, even when the writing is only playing games. It looks about as realized as a movie like this could be. Meyer (“ Thunder Road”), who turn many scenes of characters standing in mostly the same living room into striking studies of pleading faces in close-up. It’s a shame that the story isn’t so good, because the film has a rich and earthy Kodak-shot presentation from co-cinematographers Jarin Blaschke (“ The Lighthouse”) and Lowell A.
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