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While on vacation in Santa Cruz, the Wilson family is attacked by a family of four. They realise that the people attacking them look very much like them.

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Us is a 2019 American horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele, starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker. The film follows Adelaide Wilson (Nyong’o) and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing doppelgängers.

The project was announced in February 2018, and much of the cast joined in the following months. Peele produced the film alongside Jason Blum and Sean McKittrick (with the trio previously having collaborated on Get Out and BlacKkKlansman), as well as Ian Cooper. Filming took place from July to October 2018 in California, mostly in Los Angeles and Pasadena and also in Santa Cruz.

Us had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 22, 2019, by Universal Pictures. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $255 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million, and received praise for Peele’s screenplay and direction, as well as the musical score and Nyong’o’s performance.

Plot

In 1986, a young girl named Adelaide Thomas goes on vacation with her parents to Santa Cruz. At the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, she wanders off and enters a funhouse, where she encounters a doppelgänger of herself in the House of mirrors.

In the present day, the now-adult Adelaide is haunted by memories of the encounter. She goes on vacation with her husband, Gabe Wilson, and their children, Zora and Jason. She is apprehensive about the trip, but Gabe, eager to impress their rich friends Josh and Kitty Tyler, brushes off her misgivings. At the beach, Jason sees a man standing with his arms outstretched, blood dripping from one hand.

That night, a family of four dressed in red surfaces in the Wilsons’ driveway. They break into the house and attack them. The intruders turn out to be the Wilsons’ doppelgängers. They include Pluto (Jason’s counterpart who behaves akin to a feral dog, growling on all fours), Umbrae (Zora’s double who consistently has a sadistic smirk), Abraham (Gabe’s double who can only groan nonsensically), and are led by Red (Adelaide’s double who talks in a raspy and stunted manner). The only one who can talk, Red explains that the doppelgängers are called the Tethered, that they share a soul with their counterparts, and that they have come to “untether” themselves. She tells them the story of a girl who is loved and happy while her “shadow” remains in the dark, suffering.

The family is separated by their doppelgängers: Red makes Adelaide handcuff herself to a table; Zora is pursued by Umbrae; Gabe is pursued by Abraham; Jason is sent to “play” with Pluto. Zora evades Umbrae and Gabe kills Abraham, while Jason discovers that Pluto mirrors his actions and locks him in the closet. Red is drawn away by Pluto’s cries, allowing Adelaide to break free. The family regroups and escapes on their boat.

Meanwhile, the Tyler family is murdered by their Tethered. The Wilsons arrive and are forced to kill the Tylers’ doubles. They turn on the news to see that the Tethered have been murdering their equivalents across the United States. When Zora drives the family away in the Tylers’ car, Umbrae attacks, but is thrown off the car and killed.

At the Santa Cruz boardwalk, the Wilsons find the road blocked by their own car, which has been set on fire. Pluto has set a trap for the Wilsons, standing over a gasoline trail with a match. Jason, remembering that Pluto imitates him, makes Pluto walk into the fire. Red abducts Jason. While Gabe recuperates from his wounds with Zora, Adelaide returns to the funhouse and finds a secret tunnel in the hall of mirrors. It leads to an underground facility overrun by rabbits, where she finds Red.

Red explains that the Tethered are clones, created by the government to control their counterparts on the surface. When the experiment failed, the Tethered were abandoned underground for generations, mindlessly copying the actions of their counterparts until Red organized them to escape and take revenge. Red and Adelaide fight, with Red countering all of Adelaide’s attacks. As Red moves for a final stab, Adelaide impales Red with a fireplace poker and breaks her neck, before rescuing Jason from a locker.

Adelaide drives the family away in the ambulance and recalls the night she first met Red in the hall of mirrors. The doppelgänger choked Adelaide unconscious, chained her in the underground, and secretly took Adelaide’s place in the world above, while the real Adelaide became Red. As Adelaide recalls this, Jason looks at his mother suspiciously, hinting he is aware of his mother’s true nature. Across the hills, the doppelgängers join hands to form a massive human chain.

Cast

Performer Main character “Tethered” character
Lupita Nyong’o Adelaide Wilson (née Thomas) Red
Winston Duke Gabriel “Gabe” Wilson Abraham
Shahadi Wright Joseph Zora Wilson Umbrae
Evan Alex Jason Wilson Pluto
Elisabeth Moss Kitty Tyler Dahlia
Tim Heidecker Josh Tyler Tex
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Russel Thomas Weyland
Anna Diop Rayne Thomas Eartha
Cali Sheldon Becca Tyler Io
Noelle Sheldon Lindsey Tyler Nix
Madison Curry Young Adelaide Young Red
Ashley McKoy Teenage Adelaide Teenage Red
Napiera Groves Dr. Foster Amethyst
Duke Nicholson Danny Tony
Kara Hayward Nancy Syd
Nathan Harrington Glen Jack
Dustin Ybarra Troy Brand
Alan Frazier Ferdie Jeremiah
Lon Gowan Don Joseph
Jordan Peele Dying Rabbit/Fun House Narrator N/A

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