"Get Out," released in 2017, became an instant classic. Director and writer Jordan Peele uses jaw-dropping horror to critique racism and white supremacy. The movie's impact is so wide that "the Sunken Place" — a concept from the movie — quickly slipped into parlance. Plus, Daniel Kaluuya delivers a star-making performance as Chris.
But the movie is not without humor, and those moments almost always come when his friend Rod (Lil Rel Howery) calls and drops a little meta commentary on the narrative. He warns Chris against going to the house, freaks out when Chris tells him he was hypnotized, and when things start to really hit the fan, he screams at Chris to leave. Rod has a genre awareness that brings a lot of heart to the film.
