They Will Kill You wastes no time dropping its lead into chaos. The story revolves around Zazie Beetz as ‘Asia Reaves’, an ex-con trying to rebuild her life who takes a housekeeping job inside a Manhattan high-rise known as The Virgil. However, things take a turn when she finds herself trapped in a closed community where people do not stay dead.
What began as a job quickly turns into a survival mission with one crystal clear goal: find her sister and get out. However, when ‘Asia’ arrives at The Virgil under heavy rain, a visual cue that mirrors her past, running from a violent home and leaving her younger sister behind, irks the guilt that has lived inside her since that day. That guilt drives everything she does.
They Will Kill You begins with a building that feels awfully wrong
The building itself is immediately off, there are locked exits, ritualistic decor and residents with strange behaviour. They are more like watchers than neighbours, signalling that something terribly wrong is happening to the people there. ‘Asia’s’ first night further confirms that the theory, after a masked intruder breaks into her room, including figures played by Tom Felton and Heather Graham.
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