US (2019) Movie Review
Jeremiah 11:11 - "Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries." (NLT)
While the story reveals much about the depths of human depravity, it leaves the origins of these murderous doppelgangers open for interpretation, revealing very little about the details of the experiment that creates the doppelgangers or the people who conduct them.
What we do learn is the location in which these beings are abandoned and they are born without souls. They are mere shells of their human copies, empty and dependent. Thus, they have no conscience. The thirty years they struggle to survive underground morphs them into vengeful monsters, because they can see the happy, privileged lives of their human copies.
John 11:10 - "But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no light.” (NLT)
Despite their physical similarities, the doppelgangers are polar opposite from their counterparts. They represent a physical manifestation of humanity's darker side: brutal, inarticulate, and blissful in their violence. This is what the Wilson family must battle: the dark beings and their inner darkness.
Us bears the appearance of a no-win scenario. If they kill their physical shadows, then their souls become tainted. They become the monsters they fight. If they chose peace, then they die at the hands of the beings who then physically take their place. They cannot run or hide. Judgment comes for all.
Fortunately, it does not have to be this way. The salvation of Jesus Christ erases the dark sin that taints our souls. In Him, we are forgiven of all our sins. Believers need not fear judgment or death. We are free from the consequences of our sins.
Psalm 139:12 - "but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you." (NLT)
