Black Box
2020 · Movie · NR · 100 min · ★ 6.4 · 67% critics
After a car accident leaves a widowed father with severe memory loss, he agrees to an experimental therapy to help him function and care for his child. As the treatment pushes him deeper into reconstructed memories, unsettling visions and growing doubts force him to question his identity and what’s real.
Also known as Welcome to the Blumhouse
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-10-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (594 votes)
About
If you enjoy Black Mirror-style sci-fi thrillers with identity questions, grief, and creeping suspense more than outright scares, this may click; Not for you if you want nonstop horror or a fast, action-heavy ride.
Pros: tense sci-fi mystery; emotional grief angle; strong central performances | Cons: not very scary; pacing slows later; story feels thin
Themes
- philosophical
- loving
- serious
- suspenseful
- sentimental
- joyful
Cast & crew
Mamoudou Athie
as Nolan
Phylicia Rashād
as Lillian
Amanda Christine
as Ava
Tosin Morohunfola
as Gary
Charmaine Bingwa
as Miranda
Donald Watkins
as Thomas
Troy James
as Backwards Man
Nyah Marie Johnson
as Ashley
Najah Bradley
as Rachel
Betsy Borrego
as Assistant
Directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Jr.