The Get Out Review
The Get Out (2026) Film Review, a movie directed by Derrick Borte, written by Derrick Borte, Thomas Perry and Daniel Forte and starring Russell Crowe, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer, Daniel Zovatto, Josh McConville, Benedict Hardie, Nina Dobrev, Aaron Paul, Kartiah Vargara, Steffi Gil, Nikki Shiels, Yasmin Kassim, Ever Love Hope, Cory Beeston, Christian Perez and Jamie Timony.
Derrick Borte is an earnest filmmaker whose great 2010 David Duchovny/Demi Moore film, The Joneses, is probably one of the best films of all-time. Borte re-teams with his Unhinged star, Russell Crowe, for the crime picture, The Get Out, which is clearly inspired by the likes of Elmore Leonard, no matter how hard it attempts to be unique in its own right.
Crowe plays an Albanian business owner named Manco Kapak who turned a strip club into a popular nightclub. When the status of his health comes into play, Manco tries to get out of the biz, which is going to be a problem in a crime picture such as The Get Out. Why is it so difficult? Manco isn’t as innocent as he seems as things have been going down which weren’t always exactly legal at the club.
This film’s plot shifts into gear with Crowe’s Manco having sex with his younger significant other, Sunny (Teresa Palmer). He’s taking too much Viagra and his physical health soon needs to be attended to or he could die as per the words of the local doctor. Joe Carver (Luke Evans, never better) could snatch up the club and Manco could move on to another state in another movie fairly easily, but not this particular film. This picture’s storyline is further advanced when a large sum of money is taken from Manco at gunpoint by a cash drop-off.
Enter Jeff (Aaron Paul), a colorful professor character who writes essays for students looking to get into particular colleges. Of course, Jeff has another side hustle (who can make it as just a college professor when the first side hustle gets you in hot water?). Jeff’s past times include taking Manco’s loot and, soon, he’s blackmailed -again- by a bank teller with a Point Break admiration, Carrie (Nina Dobrev, totally enjoyable to watch in the movie) when Jeff makes the mistake of depositing a seriously large amount of money.
Don’t say the “T-word,” please. That “T-word” is Tarantino. Borte doesn’t have the skill set of Tarantino to pull off this particular story line showcased in The Get Out even though Borte’s The Joneses is, arguably, more downright brilliant than anything Tarantino has ever written or directed before. Borte’s forte is his characterizations and they shine through in the new picture despite its flaws. Crowe is a blast to watch and this is something of a humorous comeback of sorts for the actor who has played very serious roles in his recent past. This movie reveals Crowe can do just about anything. He also recently successfully tackled horror film roles as well.
Another interesting performance is that of Danny Zovatto as Rodriguez, the key heavy of the film. In fact, many of the turns by the supporting players in The Get Out are solid. It’s just that all of this could have worked better as a straightforward crime picture. Instead, the movie gets cutesy with too many ridiculous subplots which aren’t realistic, however quirky and entertaining they try to come across to be.
Dobrev has a good time and the parallels to Point Break are genuinely clever. Palmer is also effective as Crowe’s younger girlfriend and the twists of the plot aren’t without intriguing developments. Borte could have driven this plot showcased in the new movie home had some of the characters been toned down a bit. Since it’s based on a book, Strip, it can only be changed from the source material so much and that limits what Borte can truly bring to the table, given the brilliance the filmmaker obviously possesses.
The Get Out is what it is. It’s in the vein of Get Shorty from 30-something years ago only it’s actually a bit better than the John Travolta disappointment in some respects. The Get Out does have the markings of a really good film, but the characters are often too broad to really allow the picture to excel to the fullest.
Crowe is, without a doubt, having a good time proving what he’s capable of as an actor in terms of his creative performance in The Get Out. Aaron Paul is decent, Evans shines, but at the end of the day, Tarantino movie wannabees are sort of fading into oblivion. When was the last Tarantino movie anyway? Does Tarantino still even want to make more movies? The Get Out proves others will make movies for him while he’s figuring out his next career move.
Rating: 6/10
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