• This fifth installment of the "American Nightmare" saga extends the killings long after the usual nightmare night.

  • The director takes the opportunity to scratch the surface of the violence in the United States under the Trump era.

  • His film plays the card of realism in the clashes.

Renewing yourself for the fifth installment of a successful franchise is not easy.

Yet this is what manages to make

American Nightmare 5: Without Limits

.

Remember the franchise rules: one night a year, Americans can legally commit all possible crimes, which is supposed to allow them to let off steam.

"We had already covered this theme well," explains director Everardo Gout at

20 Minutes

.

When I was offered to look into the question, I wanted to go even further by asking myself what drifts could lead this surge of violence.

"Trained with series like

The Terror

and

Snowpiercer

, the filmmaker had no trouble getting in tune with the screenplay of James DeMonaco, creator of

American Nightmare

and director of the first three opus.

A message in entertainment

“James DeMonaco and producer Jason Blum gave me complete freedom to innovate,” says Everardo Gout. They knew it was time to change the scene and bring the action into broad daylight. They did not hesitate to transform the saga into a saga with strong political content. The action takes place after the night of the usual killings when the criminals simply decide not to stop at daybreak. "This idea seemed perfect to me to denounce the racism and xenophobia of certain Americans, especially during the Trump era," insists the filmmaker of Mexican origin. A refugee population in the United States in the hope of fleeing drug traffickers discovers that their future is hardly brighter on the other side of the border.

"In my opinion, the success of the saga comes from the fact that the public can identify with these ordinary people forced to face the brutalities of people who could their neighbors", explains Everardo Gout.

This horrific tale has its roots in a dysoptic Texas, but it doesn't take very far to recognize a world close to ours.

"We focused on realistic clash scenes to give food for thought, but our film is above all entertainment," insists the director.

This is what the viewer can repeat over and over again so as not to get carried away in a flood of pessimistic thoughts about the darkness of the human species.

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