“the box” is written and directed by jovanka vuckovic (“the captured bird”) and based on the enigmatic short story by jack ketchum. The nonchalant way the mother in xx is like oh, he might be trying to stay home from school, the doctor can't do anything if it's the flu seemed very odd to me Like there was a massive disconnect about the wellbeing of her children and what behavior would be normal The box seems kind of irrelevant, when it comes to the overall story. The first short in the anthology xx, “the box” begins with an eerily calm woman narrating a christmas time shopping trip with her two children While her husband is home cooking a sumptuous dinner for the family, she and her children find a seat on a crowded train
Her son, danny, begins talking to a stranger who’s holding a red package. The guy on the train showed the boy the 'present.' the box contained the bare truth of present times Having known the truth, the boy refused to participate in this immoral system I think the whole film can be explained by the scene where both children were absent at the table The man told his wife, Spoilers the box is a horror story by jack ketchum, made into a faithful adaptation for the movie xx (the only difference is that the main character and his wife are genderswapped)
He asks the man what's in the box and the man lets him peek inside. No description has been added to this video.more
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