The horror-movie sequel has bizarrely flipped the script, casting the villain of its first film—who tried to impregnate his prey with a turkey baster—as its protagonist.
Much of Don’t Breathe’s superb suspense came from director Fede Álvarez’s ability to play with his audience’s identification with—and sympathy for—his characters: a trio of thieves desperate to steal money that would allow them to escape their hardscrabble Detroit lives, and the blind war vet Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang) whose...
