Beneath Us (I) (2019) User Reviews

Disturbed reality.

[Samthesham67 · 5/10 · 28 April 2019]

This films takes a real life scenario, undocumented immigrants working for below minimum wage to scrape a living, and turns it into a disturbed thriller. I won't go into details about the content, but I will say that the female lead is a total nut job! The scary thing about this film is the fact that it could happen, maybe even has to some degree. Reason for the 5 stars? Slow start, lack of depth in the "immigrant" characters and a poor finale. The film deserved more... a good story, but needed more.

Intriguing

[nezbitkn2 · 6/10 · 6 July 2019]

Aside from the political stance some people are taking about this film ("they took ourrr joooobbbssss"; South Park) it's actually a film you think you'd just watch but not be too bothered about it's got this strange pull which keeps you increasingly intrigued with what happens next. Very dark, very tongue in cheek at times but all the same worth a watch. Happy watching.

Slow.

[kryptonarie · 6/10 · 9 August 2019]

I don't know, the acting was good, the cinematography was good, but the story lacked any real depth, and unfortunately the characters were also severely under developed. I actually didnt care for the whole premise of this film, because it was about a well off narcissistic white couple, who flips properties using undocumented Latino men to do the work. But instead of paying their hires, they imprisoned them, they terrorized and tortured them, and when the work was finished, they killed them and left their corpses to rot under the houses. One can see here why racial hatred is such a cancer on society, because it's things like this movie that help to desensitize people and perpetuate pigeonholing a group of people based solely on their race. Prejudice is a sickness of fearful, narcissistic, self entitled, elitists; it's weak minded people who take all they can when it serves them, no matter who's left drowning and destroyed in their wake.

Worst ending ever!!

[lashaea · 5/10 · 7 March 2020]

Ending sucks!! Younger brother escapes and is killed in a neighbors' house because the neighbor thought that he was an intruder. The older main character ends up killing the wife and husband and actually ends up escaping. Nobody ever found out what the wife and husband had done. Was that the purpose of this movie?

Hey, not bad !

[jeremieschuler · 7/10 · 13 July 2019]

Leave aside the overuse of "Thrilling Sound effects" it's a good Indie movie. The cinematography is great, the tension is present all over the movie - you really wanna kill that woman- and the message is good. It's good to see something new is the thriller scene, which became sadly empty the last couple of years in my opinion. It won't mark me, but it's just a bit of fresh air.

Awful movie. Lacks everything, from talent to originality

[dctr666 · 1/10 · 31 August 2019]

The movie is dull... Another torture porn movie, where the victims are illegal immigrants, and the torturers are a couple of american sellers... The main actress sucks, is dumb, no real talent there... The same to the actor portraiting the husband... Stupid script, bad acting...

Not bad

[garyphillimore · 6/10 · 10 July 2019]

Not a bad film, acting very good plot line good, main actress a bit of a dominatrix type and quite scary. Lots of better horror films out there but give it a go.........

Torture porn under disguise.

[Patient444 · 3/10 · 4 July 2020]

Gosh I really wanted to like this one. It sort of had that Platform vibe, so I was really looking into it, in what it might develop. Indeed the action develops slowly but the pacing is quite alright, yet as the minutes go by you start to realize that the movie is more focused on ways to torture people, than an actually horror plot. If you compare this to As above so Below you start to understand what went wrong. Because one is a horror, the other I guess tried to make a statement but failed and miserably so. Whenever a horror movie can't truly deliver it relies on nothing more than 2 main things: either torture or gore.

Gore is something we got used to, but torture porn sadly still appeals to some, thus many such productions will go this way in order to close the deal. Like someone once said, a horror with jump scares, is like a comedian that goes around tickling the audience: you laughed...so...I did ok.

Same goes with torture porn, a sad excuse to make a movie, because most people will think perhaps the movie was too smart, too complex, thus let's not think it over and just go out and straight declare it a victory. Luckily, things don't work like this and Beneath Us is overall a waste of time. I would never recommend such a movie because it has little to do with cinema and more with...lack of imagination. And if some of you will decide to declare that...well it was natural and powerful, Ok, sure, but I'm watching a movie. Show me something different.

Anyway Beneath Us is a pass for me.

Cheers!

Worth it for Lynn!!

[KolobosRexx · 7/10 · 8 January 2021]

Lynn "Goddess" Collins is the main reason for watching!

Garbage

[LaverneandShirleysucks · 1/10 · 18 February 2022]

I turned this on not knowing much of the plot and it turned out to be the most inhumane racist trash i've ever seen put on film. This is NOT entertainment in any sense of the word. Whoever wrote this has severe psychological problems.

The plot is basically a couple of rich psycho white people torture and kill illegal Mexicans looking for work. And they do it just for kicks and fun. Zero stars for this disgusting trash.

Completely different than every average "horror movie" you've seen before

[monnetmarie · 8/10 · 22 July 2019]

I wouldn't describe this movie as a horror film though, it's a well directed thriller with interesting choice of music and some scenes turned out to be really mesmerizing as well as spooky. Sure it's political but it's done in a good way, the actors play their role pretty well and the story is intriguing, not boring even for a second. The storyline evolves in a quite realistic way, you don't notice at fist glance that the characters are being trapped in this house. Oh and of course I have to say that it's worth watching for the two main actors who are quite handsome (Alejandro and Memo).

Entertaining film

[effdubb · 7/10 · 22 August 2019]

This was an entertaining film. It wasn't deep or too difficult to understand. It shed light on the evils of human beings. It showed how all things that glitter ain't gold. It's worth a watch.

Dragged down by its pathetic political message

[mkivtt · 4/10 · 3 October 2020]

You know, they could have just made a movie about two psychos who hire day laborers and taunt/torture/kill them. It could've been entertaining. Instead, the director/producer/whatvever decided to add this ridiculous notion that somehow all white folks are scared, bigoted racists who hate illegals. It seeps through in everything, e.g. the way the third guy is killed and the laughably stupid talk show at the end where some white guy asks "well what's wrong with slavery?"

Thumbs down for another stupid SJW piece of garbage from the hypocrites in Hollywood.

So political 😒

[skk-83348 · 1/10 · 8 July 2019]

Just when you finally think you can watch a movie that isn't political, you're watching a movie that political. I'm not saying this doesn't happen, might be very rare at best, but even with the suggested possibility, way too political. The title should read "white privilege vs illegal immigrants"... Would be more fitting. I wouldn't be surprised if this was produced by CNN or MSNBC... ALL THAT ASIDE, the actual movie, acting and story/plot was mediocre. The " White supremacist" podcast at the end was a nice touch *insert sarcasm here*.

Realistic and Disturbing.

[DuskShadow · 6/10 · 11 October 2019]

The only thing I can say without giving away the spoilers, is that I have no doubt that something similar like this happened to people unfortunately. And the fact that we know how many folks think and feel in modern america, it makes this film all the more disturbing. To put it into perspective as best I can: I saw Get Out, and that movie was dumb, predictable and unoriginal. I saw Beneath Us, and this film was almost like a documentary or recreation of some likely, highly probable scenarios. It was not low budget, but the majority of the money was for the look of the film, lighting, and few makeup effects. Yet still it was good. 6/10 for this underrated thriller.

Sounds like slavery

[nogodnomasters · 4/10 · 22 July 2019]

Four undocumented day workers are hired to build a home. They get treated worse than a four year old in a Trump concentration camp for asylum seekers. Seems the second amendment couple takes delight in abusing the help and then they get buried under the house they complete because undocumented immigrants only smell when alive and not when they are dead and rotting.

The film just didn't work for me. I didn't care for any of the characters. The buried scene should have been intense, but wasn't. Why was there no smell? If you ever had a dead rat under the floorboards, you tear the house apart to get at it, but a dozen dead humans?

Guide: F-word. Male butt nudity.

The issue of immigration is uncomfortable

[jabandrade · 6/10 · 4 April 2021]

This movie focuses on the serious social and political problems arising from illegal immigration in the USA. There is no escaping this analysis. From there, each draws their conclusions according to their point of view. I believe it will affect even mood when giving a rate. White conservative Americans will love the way Latinos are treated, Latinos and liberal whites will revolt, and so on. Everyone knows that the problem exists and, despite the exaggeration, the movie portrays, in an alternative way, the reality.

Sadly , some americans would love to enslave illegal immigrants, especially latina, since most Americans don't wann do the work that Latinos accept to do cheaply out of necessity. The immigration problem will continue to grow no solution.

As for the movie, the production is poor, the interpretations almost amateur. But that is what matters least, because the matter is real and very serious.

The ending is redemptive for Latinos and should bother conservative whites.

The painful reality in American society

[ahmedyo · 5/10 · 3 January 2021]

The embodiment of the truth about the division occurring in American society in recent years. The absence of law left the borders and then implanted racism in the hearts of American citizens, so this kind of unfortunate incident occurs. A movie that tells the reality that it is good!!

Simplistic, but grounded in reality

[tiffanyedwardsbristol · 7/10 · 23 January 2020]

This 'America' horror has been done before and arguably better in the likes of Get Out. It's also not a very original kidnap movie -the plot is straightforward and the 'cat and mouse' plot is very predictable.

It's saving grace is that Beneath Us strikes a realistic chord, making it a worthwhile watch. Lynn Coles' dramatics aside, this could genuinely happen. Even some of the reviews on IMDB indicate some of the issues in society (how can human slavery ever be branded 'too political' and 'boring'?!)

All of above aside the film has passable direction, shocks and acting. It's not worth owning the DVD but you should watch it if it's on the TV.

Minor League Grindhouse

[LiveLoveLead · 5/10 · 27 October 2020]

This B-movie thriller's title is more clever than the movie itself but it does have an interesting plot: a rich white couple who flips houses hires 4 Hispanic day-laborers to do all their upgrades but, it's not long before the men discover how twisted and racist the couple are and that they have more in mind than just cheap labor. The main problems with this film are the heavy-handed political messaging, over-the-top acting of the rich couple, and a poor script. The movie has failed attempts at dark comedy/morbid satire but it also has some tension to pull you along into wanting to see how it all plays out. Some people hated the ending but for a thriller/horror film it was satisfying enough for me. It definitely could have been a better film altogether but, IMHO, I've seen worse! 10/2020

disgustingly sadistic

[nanettemeau · 8/10 · 7 January 2022]

Really? Why would they make such a vicious gory violent movie in the middle of an ongoing USA-border crisis stereotyping races and scaring the heck out of undocumented workers?

In addition painting whites as sadistic cruel people which isn't true. ALL PEOPLE MATTER and this movie - while edgy and suspenseful - adds salt to the wounds of political divide. There are good and bad in all races. God help us all.

Most people when they think of illegal immigrants they think of criminals

[chrang-50015 · 7/10 · 3 April 2020]

And here it's not the case, since in this movie that stereotype is shattered like a castle made of sand. Here, four illegal immigrants who are out each and everyday purusing their daily wage are becoming victims of a deranged racist and rich couple. Watching this movie one can understand why people who try to make a living while they're undocumented in the US are completely unprotectable and so easily they can be manipulated and victims of exploitation by "descent" and "legal" citizens. In this movie you'll find: action, violence, suspence. You will not find: suberb acting or direction, innovative scenario. But it's a decent movie which can keep you entertained.

Please don't watch this

[jasp-official · 4/10 · 21 January 2021]

Major waste of time. Not really too much positive things I would say about this movie. Bad acting. Plot executed poorly. There was this one scene when the 2 main characters can easily overpower the woman by the pool. For some reason they just keep casually talking about how they need to get out. I guess they weren't very smart.

An undocumented Puertorriqueño??

[iancosta333 · 3/10 · 31 January 2021]

Roberto Sanchez can't hide his puertorican accent. Didn't fit in with the undocumented Mexicans. 🤣

Horror brings social awareness

[ks-60500 · 6/10 · 25 July 2020]

I thought it's pure horror but it brings people aware of undocumented workers in American. 1 point added cuz of it. Very thoughtful of director, wealthy people be nice please.