Never Let Go review: "Halle Berry's new horror is a taut exploration of fear and paranoia"
Halle Berry brings class to Never Let Go, a taut exploration of fear and paranoia from director Alexandre Aja.
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GamesRadar+ VerdictHalle Berry is on classy form Alexandre Aja’s taut exploration of fear and paranoia.Why you can trust GamesRadar+Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about our reviews policy.Not everything seen is to be believed in Alexandre Aja’s (Switchblade Romance,Crawl) psychological thriller, a fairy tale of sorts in which the wolf at the door may be already inside the house. Or is there even a wolf at all? That’s the central mystery in a film whose grisly scares might be little more than figments of its protagonist’s imagination.That person is Momma (Halle Berry), a single parent living in the woods who keeps her two young sons in check with petrifying stories about a soul-sucking entity that has taken over the world beyond their isolated cabin home. So long as ropes connect them to their ‘blessed’ abode, no harm can befall them. But that also means they can only venture so far for much-needed …
