Spoilers ahead.
My husband was very excited to watch a film last Friday. He found out the film “I See You” was in Prime, and right away, we sat on the sofa, eyes fixed on the screen. The movie played, and it was automatically dubbed in Spanish (we’re in South America). We’re disappointed that that was the only audio available. We didn’t have any choice but to resort to other measures…
Saturday night comes, the film is loaded, now in English, and watch, we did.
All the stories of the film are depressing. Let’s start where the film started, in the Harper household. Connor, the son, has visible animosity against his mom, Jackie, who’s cooking him breakfast. Why? She’s cheating, and I don’t think any child would be thrilled with that fact.
On top of it all, Greg, the dad, is assigned as a detective in the missing children case around their town, which is stressful on its own, and on top of that, let’s add in the fact that weird things are happening in his home.
Photos are missing. Jugs are being misplaced. Men are being trapped in a closet. It must have been a crazy couple of days.
Let’s add another weird thing there: his wife’s lover gets killed in their own home. Lovely.
Jackie, the mom, and Greg decided to throw the lover’s body somewhere no man could know.
They go back to their house and find their son unconscious in the bathtub. Jackie drives Connor to the hospital, and Greg stays to see where the MF who did this is.
We then find out the creepy happenings in their house are caused by two homeless phrogs. A quick Google search told me they’re called “froggers,” but I will stick with “phrogs.” It makes more sense in my head.
If you don’t know what “phrogging” is, as I did before this film, it’s the act of living in another person’s house, consuming everything they have whilst not letting them know you’re there. Being a parasite basically.
After the incident, one of the phrogs is desperate to get out. One of the most important rules in phrigging is to live as quietly as possible, and now that it has been broken, it’s no longer safe to co-exist under one roof. The other half of the duo insists on staying because he’s still enjoying causing chaos in the family. At first I thought that is probably how sociopaths decide on things. They decide on which act causes the most anxiety and anger, and they don’t stop until they finish the job. Then I finished the film.
The second half of the film is my favourite part. From thinking the Harpers are being victimised, the latter part shows us that shitty people deserve shitty treatment.
It turns out, fucking Greg was the one who killed the lover and not one of the phrogs. Not only that, but Greg was also the one abducting boys in their town. No wonder nobody can solve the mystery; one of the main detectives didn’t want to solve it. Final twist: one of the boys he abducted in the past is Alec, phrog #2.
No wonder he was very keen on phrogging at this specific huge house, and no wonder he enjoys messing with them. Suddenly, I felt apologetic for calling him a sociopath just 20 minutes after the reveal.
I thoroughly enjoyed this thriller film. I love how it made me feel happy about the house I have right now.
Growing up, I’ve always envied movie characters who have mansion-like houses. I thought it would be great to have a room for everything, for your clothes, each of your hobbies, extra rooms for visitors, and a library. After watching I See You, it made me think how wasteful that would be of space. I don’t need that much. I barely leave the bedroom, what would I need 17 extra rooms for? It’s a hassle to maintain. Then again, I’m happy to have enough space to live. It’s a privilege, unfortunately. Not everyone could afford it.
While it gave me a legit fear of the possibility that there might be a human parasite in our home, I would absolutely recommend watching the film.
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