A lot of media outlets seem to get the premise of this somewhat controversial episode wrong. This is basically saying that no matter what a white person does to a person of color, they will always get away with it and always cite black on black crime. People believe they are making fun of the whole situation, which is not really what is going on. I feel South Park's satirical way of doing it works better and amplifies just how ridiculous some people's way of thinking really is.
This movie is way too ambiguous. It doesn't explain any of the events that happen and leave everything completely open. In some cases, this would be a good thing, but in this case, it actually ruins it. I will say the one thing that was done well was the basement scene. That is the only part in this movie I can say I was genuinely impressed by as well as the performance by Larry Fessenden. He was the only interesting character and he died halfway into the movie. Lyla was probably the most unhelpful and unbearable character I've seen in a while. They added in a 4th character at the end who was completely not needed and did not add anything other than the killing of two more people. We have no background information on what these "things" are. Are they aliens? Who is this person? Is he part of the CIA? Why did he shoot and kill the two of them? Why did the "things" attack people? Instead of this, it gave shots of those that died with a cheap jumpscare-to-end-the-movie which is typically a cop-out and no way to end a movie. I would rather have seen some shots about where those "things" came from, or why they are here. They always seem to have some sort of resolution in the end, but this movie seems to be missing it.
I really like that they brought up the topic of Quagmire liking Lois again. It feels like forever since it was talked about.
Every single time I watch or think about this episode I end up crying. Just knowing the ending makes me sad.
