A Quiet Place: Day One has already sparked discussion about the military's actions against the creatures. The frightening prequel, directed by Michael Sarnoski, follows New York City on the first day of the infamous alien invasion shown in the previous accredited films, a global disaster that wiped out humanity. The conquest is immediate - and terrifying - and the world is hysteric, since the creatures are going for anything that makes a peep. Each film in the A Quiet Place franchise timeline portrays the lengths people will go to ensure their and their loved ones' survival.

The chaos that ensues on day one causes worldwide panic, and the dire threat that the aliens pose brought in the military to attempt to eliminate the jarring problem. The drastic actions that they took emphasize the desperation of the situation, as the world faces an unprecedented event of fear, loss, and hopelessness. Seeing the invasion unfold in A Quiet Place: Day One illustrates the catastrophe of the conquest, portraying the fine line between the ruination of humanity and its survival.

New York's Bridges Were Destroyed To Keep The Aliens From Leaving

Eliminating Options For The Aliens' Spread

In the film, New York’s bridges were destroyed to keep the aliens from leaving - which seems random - but each film reveals what the aliens can and cannot sustain. It was revealed in A Quiet Place that the aliens have ultrasonic hearing and are susceptible to high-frequency pitches, whereas in A Quiet Place: Part II, the characters and audiences learn that the creatures also cannot swim - making islands and boats safe from their terror. Since they cannot survive in the water, destroying the only path that enabled the aliens to spread and expand was necessary at the moment.

The motive behind the military demolishing the bridges in New York City was to trap and contain the monsters in one sector - Manhattan - instead of allowing their spread. There was an announcement throughout the city that warned citizens about the bridges’ demise, portraying the invasion as an imminent threat the military could not completely vaporize at once, but instead a challenge that requires strategic planning. In the panic and chaos that ensued in A Quiet Place: Day One, everyone was hailing Mary in desperate attempts to stop the alien invasion.

A Quiet Place: Day One Destroying New York's Bridges Was Pointless

Destroying The Bridges Made Everything Harder For Everyone

Despite the military’s effort to contain the aliens to one space, the film's destruction of New York City’s bridges was pointless in hindsight. When looking at the bigger picture, the destruction was absurd because the military already knew the aliens landed in other places around the globe, not only in NYC, so all the demolition did was limit options for people to get away safely. The bridges would’ve helped survivors access boats and other methods of aquatic transportation to escape from the chaos ensuing on land, but the military’s response to the alien invasion turned NYC into a trap.

The military destroying the bridges makes sense in an alien invasion scenario, since they would attempt to isolate the threat to one space and then take it out - but this tactic would only work if the aliens solely landed in NYC. The creatures’ global spread brands the demolition pointless, as it not only made everyone's lives that much harder, but it didn’t matter in the end since the creatures were worldwide. The end of A Quiet Place: Day One added conflict for the characters by destroying the bridges and creating a whole new set of problems.

A Quiet Place: Day One follows the carnage of a sudden alien invasion that sends the globe into a fear frenzy, causing everyone to do whatever they think is necessary for their survival. The military’s act to demolish the bridges made the lives of many much harder to have access to the water, deeming the gesture pointless in its attempt to keep the aliens from leaving New York City. The horror franchise’s expansion of narrative adds depth to the entire story, and it may develop even more if more films are released through different perspectives.