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'Don't Tell A Soul'
(Rainn Wilson, Fionn Whitehead, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mena Suvari, et al / DVD / R / 2021 / Lionsgate Films)

Overview: While stealing money to help their sick mother (Mena Suvari), teen brothers Matt and Joey (Fionn Whitehead and Jack Dylan Grazer) are surprised by Hamby (Primetime Emmy® Award nominee Rainn Wilson), a security officer who gives chase and is then trapped in a well.

Over the next few days, Joey and Hamby forge an uneasy relationship. Hamby tells Joey he’ll keep quiet if Joey sets him free. But Hamby holds another secret, one that will threaten Joey and his family, in this twist-filled, cat-and-mouse thriller.

DVD Verdict: 'Don't Tell A Soul' is a quite fair psychological thriller film about two brothers Joey (Jack Dylan Grazer) and Matt (Fionn Whitehead) who break into an elderly house to steal money.

Subsequently chased into the woods by a security guard named Hamby (Rainn Wilson), in the darkness he falls into a deep hole (that we quickly discover is actually an old, disused well).

Matt, the older brother, insists they leave him there to die whilst Joey grows anxious to help and save him. That doesn't sit well with Matt who quickly escalates to becoming hostile to his younger sibling, every time Joey thinks about saving Hamby.

'Don't Tell a Soul' is a very good watch, and at no time do you want to get up and check on something, or look at your phone, or check your recent FB posts, which is rather refreshing, in and unto itself.

OK sure, there are some truly baffling character decisions made in the film, and some tempo switches along with changing motives scattered amongst it, but what worked was the plot itself - along with a truly surprising twist (that may shock you and/or make you rewatch it all over again!)

And yes, the film digs itself a bit of a hole (so to speak) early on and, personally, I don't think the writers knew 100% how to get out of it early, or realistically, but with the interesting premise set up, a pretty decent, and somewhat logical next step is definitely employed to decent success.

In closing, I sadly have to agree with a slew of other readers and writers that I have spoken to about 'Don't Tell A Soul,' and that is the character and the overall acting from Mena Suvari is, and without a shadow of a doubt, where the film breaks apart - for her acting is as ridiculous and as unbelievable as quite anything I've seen in the past 20 years on screen!

That aside, 'Don't Tell A Soul' is a good watch, even at a very short 83 minutes run time, and lead character Hamby is portrayed magnificently by Rainn Wilson - for he is always fun to watch, and dedicated to any character he puts his mind to playing. This is a Widescreen Presentation (2.39:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Feature of:

• Flesh & Blood: Creating Don’t Tell A Soul

Some secrets should stay buried when 'Don’t Tell a Soul' arrives on DVD and Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) March 16 from Lionsgate.

'Don’t Tell a Soul' will be available on DVD and Blu-ray+Digital combo for the suggested retail price of $19.98 and $21.99, respectively.

'Don't Tell A Soul' Trailer

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