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Release Date:
19 September 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
What could be safer than living next to a cop?
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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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Mary McBride's 'Everyday is a Holiday,' Featuring Patrick Wilson, Gets 11/10 Release
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Superior, old fashioned thriller with a few neat touches of it's own
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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2.35 : 1 more
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UK:15 |
Canada:13+ (Québec) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Singapore:PG |
Argentina:13 |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
Australia:MA |
South Korea:15 |
Ireland:15A |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44057) |
Denmark:15 |
Malaysia:U |
France:U |
Finland:K-15 |
Netherlands:12 |
Mexico:B |
Germany:12 |
New Zealand:R16
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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.
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References "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008)
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Never Fold Up
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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. ****