A Quiet Place: Day One
Movie, 2024, The invasion, Set in New York, day one
A Quiet Place: Day One is #3 of 3 in release order and #1 of 3 in chronological order in the A Quiet Place.
The story
As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.
A Quiet Place: Day One recap
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) follows Sam, a terminally ill former poet on a hospice trip to Manhattan, on the day blind creatures attack New York. Michael Sarnoski writes and directs from a story he devised with John Krasinski. Samira (Lupita Nyong'o), who has terminal cancer, goes to a marionette show with her nurse Reuben (Alex Wolff) and her cat Frodo when objects fall from the sky. She wakes in the theatre among survivors, including Henri (Djimon Hounsou), as military helicopters order silence and jets destroy the bridges out of the city. Reuben is killed, and Sam heads uptown to Harlem for a last slice of pizza from the place her father took her. The military begins evacuating people by boat, since the creatures cannot swim. Eric (Joseph Quinn), an English law student, follows Frodo to her and stays with her through flooded subways and a ruined church. It is a prequel to the first film, set on day one.
A Quiet Place: Day One ending explained
A Quiet Place: Day One ends at the river, where Sam gives Eric her sweater and Frodo and sets off car alarms to draw the creatures away while he swims to an evacuation boat; Henri is on it too. Eric finds a note from Sam thanking him. Walking a deserted street with Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" in her headphones, Sam unplugs them so the music plays out loud as a creature appears behind her.
Post-credits scenes
No. A Quiet Place: Day One has no mid- or post-credits scene.
Where to watch A Quiet Place: Day One
A Quiet Place: Day One is streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, and Paramount+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%
Where it fits
- Release order: after A Quiet Place Part II, the latest.
- Chronological order: first, before A Quiet Place.
What to watch before A Quiet Place: Day One
In release order, the essentials before A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) are A Quiet Place (2018) and A Quiet Place Part II (2020).
Cast
- Lupita Nyong'o as Samira
- Joseph Quinn as Eric
- Alex Wolff as Reuben
- Djimon Hounsou as Henri
- Eliane Umuhire as Zena
- Takunda Khumalo as Osahar
- Alfie Todd as Max
- Avy-Berry Worrall as Young Sister
- Ronnie Le Drew as Marvin Monroe
- Benjamin Wong as Cashier
- Michael Roberts as Dwayne
- Gavin Fleming as Businessman
Directed by Michael Sarnoski.