I LOVE LIV TYLER SINCE I SAW HER IN ARMAGEDDON. I AM A HORROR BUFF. NOW BRING THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER. ITS HEAVEN!!! OR SO I THOUGHT. BUT IT JUST FELL SHORT OF ITS TARGET I GUESS. HAVING SEEN FUNNY GAMES N KIDNAPPED BEFORE I DIDNT LIKE IT AS MUCH. I THINK GORE IS IMPORTANT COS THATS REALITY. ABSTAINING FROM SHOWING TOO MUCH VIOLENCE N SAYING THAT ITS INSPIRED FROM TRUE EVENTS IS CRAZY. BUT IT TOOK A MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL ROUTE TO THE SAME PLACE. AND IT DID CREEP ME OUT BUT DIDNT FUCK WITH MY BRAINS A LA KIDNAPPED.
SYNOPSIS: After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.
HOME INVASION MOVIES ARE OR SHOULD BE SCARY COS IT SHOWS HOW WE ARENT SAFE IN THE PLACE WE CONSIDER THE SAFEST. AND THATS A TRUE STORY. HOMES ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE BEING BURGLED. OLD PEOPLE KILLED OFF. N THEIR JEWELLERY N MONEY STOLEN. SOMETIMES BY THEIR OWN CHILDREN. SO HOME IS NOT SWEET HOME ANYMORE. IT COULD BECOME YOUR GRAVE. SO THIS MOVIE HAD PRETTY FRIGHTENING PREMISE. N IT DID GOOD THE FIRST THIRTY FORTY MINUTES OR SO. N THEN I FELT IT STARTED SAGGING A LITTLE. N PICKED UP IN THE LAST FIVE TEN MINUTES. LEADING TO AN END WHICH I LIKED IMMENSELY.
BRYAN BERTINO THE DIRECTOR HAS DONE AN IMMENSELY SATISFYING JOB. IT WAS HIS FIRST MOVIE AND HE COMES OUT WITH FLYING COLORS. HIS CREATIVE DIRECTORIAL SENSE PLUS SCREENWRITING HELPS THIS MOVIE TURN INTO JUST ANOTHER HORROR MOVIE. HE KEEPS THE DREAD FLOWING ALL THROUGH EXCEPT THE MIDDLE PARTS. THE BOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND STORY DIDNT STRIKE A CHORD BUT DID ENOUGH. THE NATURAL FEAR HAS BEEN PREYED UPON NICELY BUT WITH A LITTLE LESS BRAWN N MORE BRAINS :)
A VERY SPARSE ACTING CAST OF WHICH I SAW ONLY THREE PEOPLE SHOW THEIR FACES HAS DONE TREMENDOUS WORK. SCOTT SPEEDMAN AS THE SPURNED BOYFRIEND N LIV TYLER AS THE SPURNER HAVE DONE A FINE FINE JOB SHOULDERING THE MOVIE. THE THREE MASKED ASSAILIANTS HAVE BEEN ACTED OUT WITH GREAT CREEPINESS BUT HAVE VERY LESS TO DO. SO BASICALLY ITS JUST A TWO CHARACTER MOVIE. AND THOSE TWO ACTORS ROCK :)
SPECIAL MENTION TO THE VETERAN CINEMATOGRAPHER PETER SOVA WHO HAS WORKED FOR MOVIES LIKE GOOD MORNING VIETNAM N DINER. WHAT BRILLIANT WORK IN CREATING ATMOSPHERE. WELL DONE. EDITING WAS DECENT. AND BACKGROUND WAS PRETTY AMAZING. THE SOUND REALLY PLAYED WITH MY NERVES.CREEPY!!!
ALL IN ALL A HOME INVASION MOVIE WHICH TRIES TO CREEP YOU OUT INSTEAD OF SHOCK YOU. SO THAT MEANS LESS VIOLENCE MORE MINDGAMES. I DONT MIND BUT I NEED VIOLENCE COS THATS THE TRUTH.
HighTension Meter- 7/10.
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