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Lakeview Terrace (2008) -- Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, and Kerry Washington star in Neil LaBute's thriller, Lakeview Terrace.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
David Loughery (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
19 September 2008 (USA) more
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What could be safer than living next to a cop?
Plot:
An LAPD officer will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door. full summary | add synopsis
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Superior, old fashioned thriller with a few neat touches of it's own more (103 total)

Cast

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Samuel L. Jackson ... Abel Turner

Patrick Wilson ... Chris Mattson

Kerry Washington ... Lisa Mattson
Ron Glass ... Harold Perreau

Justin Chambers ... Donnie Eaton

Jay Hernandez ... Javier Villareal

Regine Nehy ... Celia Turner

Jaishon Fisher ... Marcus Turner
Robert Pine ... Captain Wentworth

Keith Loneker ... Clarence Darlington

Caleeb Pinkett ... Damon Richards

Robert Dahey ... Jung Lee Pak

Ho-Jung ... Sang Hee Pak

Bitsie Tulloch ... Nadine
Michael Sean Tighe ... Manager
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Rated PG-13 for intense thematic material, violence, sexuality, language and some drug references.
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110 min
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At one point Abel jokingly asks Chris if he's a superhero. Patrick Wilson will go on and play one in Watchmen (2009). more
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Factual errors: Per LAPD grooming standards, beards and goatees are specifically prohibited while on duty. In every scene depicting Abel Turner on duty, he is shown maintaining a goatee. more
Quotes:
Chris Mattson: Did you see anybody?
Abel Turner: No. I just see you.
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Never Fold Up more

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Superior, old fashioned thriller with a few neat touches of it's own, 16 September 2009
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Author: davideo-2 from United Kingdom

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning

Chris (Patrick Wilson) and Lisa (Kerry Washington) are a young, mixed race couple who have brought their first house in a nice little suburb in Los Angeles. However, one of their neighbours is strict single father and veteran police officer Abel Turner (Samuel L. Jackson) who is one of a few who takes oddly to their inter-racial coupling and who is also carrying his own demons. As he becomes increasingly aggressive and anti-social towards them, it plunges them all into a deadly game which could destroy all their lives.

This suburban thriller by Neil LaBute appeared out of nowhere towards the end of last year with little in the way of publicity. But it's made an impression on a lot of other critics and I was pleasantly surprised too. It's an old fashioned sort of thriller, in the vein of films like Pacific Heights with Michael Keaton or Single White Female, that of the warped stranger who starts to interfere psychotically with the lead characters. Blissfully free of any modern fast cuts or flashy editing, it takes you back to a time when thrillers had a dash of inspiration and flair.

As the man carrying the film, Samuel L. Jackson turns in an excellent performance as the protagonist of the tale, constantly giving his victims flourishes of false hope then unnervingly reverting back to his unpleasantness and conceitedness. This may not make it the most pleasant of films to watch, but the film never lets up on the suspense and keeps you hooked till the end, eager for a revelation of what motivates Jackson's hatred and how it will impact on his victims and what it will drive them to do. ****

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