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By Monique Jones
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Decent action thriller has gun violence, brave female lead.
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Unit 234
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What's the Story?
UNIT 234 follows a woman named Laurie (Isabelle Fuhrman), who runs her family's storage unit facility and is living with the grief caused by her parents' deaths. After canceling her trip to meet up with her boyfriend, Jordan (Anirudh Pisharody), in Nashville because she needs to run the facility for the weekend, Laurie ends up embroiled in a deadly fight for survival. Dying businessman Jules (Don Johnson) has a secret in one of the facility's storage units: a kidnapped man named Clayton (Jack Huston), from whom Jules plans to harvest organs and blood. Laurie must live through the night to get to safety.
Is It Any Good?
This is pretty standard, serviceable action-thriller fare. Unit 234 isn't a bad movie; it's an entertaining, mid-budget film that has the potential for fun, turn-your-brain-off viewing—it's the kind of thing that may spark nostalgia for fans of the workaday action fare of the 1980s and '90s, especially with Johnson co-starring as the film's predictable-but-menacing big villain. Just don't go into it expecting deeper meaning or inventive character development.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about Unit 234's violence. How did it make you feel? Was it exciting? Shocking? What did the movie show or not show to achieve this effect? Why is that important?
How would you describe Laurie's relationship with grief? Why does her boyfriend believe that she's stuck in the past?
How does Laurie demonstrate courage? Why is that an important character strength? How does Laurie grow from her harrowing experience?
Movie Details
- In theaters : May 9, 2025
- On DVD or streaming : May 9, 2025
- Cast : Don Johnson , Isabelle Fuhrman , Jack Huston
- Director : Andy Tennant
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Actor(s)
- Studios : Brainstorm Media , Falling Forward Films
- Genre : Thriller
- Character Strengths : Courage
- Run time : 86 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : May 15, 2025
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