The Resident (2011)

When a young doctor suspects she may not be alone in her new Brooklyn loft, she learns that her landlord has formed a frightening obsession with her.

Director:

Antti Jokinen

Writers:

Antti Jokinen, Robert Orr

Stars:

Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hilary Swank	...	Dr. Juliet Devereau
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Max
Lee Pace	...	Jack
Christopher Lee	...	August
Aunjanue Ellis	...	Sydney
Sean Rosales	...	Carlos
Deborah Martinez	...	Mrs. Portes
Sheila Ivy Traister	...	ER Nurse (as Sheila Traister)
Michael Showers	...	August ER Doctor
Nana Visitor	...	Real Estate Agent
Arron Shiver	...	Architect
Michael Badalucco	...	Moving Man
Michael Massee	...	Security Tech
Penny Balfour	...	Drug Addict
Mark Morocco	...	ER Surgeon (as Mark Vincent Morocco)

Storyline

In New York, Dr. Juliet Bliss Devereau of the Brooklyn General Hospital has ended her relationship with her boyfriend Jack and is seeking an apartment in Brooklyn to live alone. She finds a bargain in an old apartment building owned by the handsome and lonely Max and one night she misinterprets his signals and dates him. However she concludes that it is too soon to have a love affair and she asks Max to leave her apartment. However she does not know that Max is a deranged man obsessed on her and that he spies her from secret openings in her apartment. Further, Max is drugging Juliet every night and sexually abusing her. Juliet has troubles to wake up in the morning to go to the hospital and decides to install a monitoring system in her apartment. She learns the truth about Max but how will she escape from the insane landlord?

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Plot Keywords:

landlord | face slap | hotel room | bare chested male | woman in panties | 

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Taglines:

She Thought She Was Living Alone

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 March 2011 (UK)

Also Known As:

Invasion of Privacy

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque Studios - 5650 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hammer Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Antti Jokinen told in an interview for Finnish television on June 19, 2010 that Jessica Alba was at first attached to play the role which eventually went to Hilary Swank. Jokinen also told that at one point Maggie Gyllenhaal was attached to the role.

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Goofs

(At 19.28) Juliet and Max sit down on a bench in a park to talk and Juliet crosses her legs, but a second after her legs are not crossed.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Juliet Devereau: [receiving ER patient] Okay. We're going to intubate this guy and fix the hole in his heart.

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Connections

Featured in Projector: The Resident (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Double Dare You"
Written by Katherine Liner, Chris Johnson
Performed by Katherine Liner
Courtesy of Ivy Lane Music

User Reviews

Hilary makes this Hammer flick

I have put this flick on my list for my birthday but I received it a few months later for Xmas. When opening the package I saw the DVD sleeve and thought, what the hell is this, this isn't horror but when I turned over the box I saw the name Hammer. Then I knew why I asked for this flick, face it, Hilary Swank isn't a name that you came across in the genre.

I think that I don't have to explain the history of British horror in particularly Hammer Studio's. They were broke back then in the days when Gothic horror was over and the slashers came in. Hammer was known for Gothic and after a while nudity. Hammer was also known for a few names, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Cushing past away in 1994 but Lee is still alive and let him be in this Hammer production. So the link was pretty quick made, this could be a new Hammer classic.

Naturally people think that Hammer would go back to memory lane but they didn't. It's an up-to-date flick that deliver some creepy moments. It isn't bloody at all but it is something that could happen to you. But what makes the movie is indeed the face of Lee. He isn't that much in it but his face still can deliver some nasty looks. On the other hands the main parts were played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan who we knew from Watchmen (2009). He really did an excellent job and was believable but the biggest surprise came from Hilary Swank. I only have seen her in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004) and the flop The Black Dahlia (2006) and by that she wasn't really knew to me as a scream bird. But look what she did here, she's playing the naive bachelor coming out of a relation and moving into the big city NY. She falls in love with her landlord but after a while she guesses that things aren't what they look like.

The first half hour is really getting to know the characters and again Hilary surprised me by going full nudity. There is even a close-up of her underwear were it was clearly to see how she shaved her pubic hair. Just when she's going for it with her landlord the movie flashbacks to the beginning of the movie and from that point it goes wrong with her.

It's a bit low on everything but the acting makes it watchable. It's a flick that goes from a love story were you really get involved with the characters towards a nasty flick. There is a bit of blood in it at the end but don't think that you will see a slasher or a return to the old Hammer flicks. It's a bit like The Stepfather or Single White Female.

I won't forget this flick due Hilary's performance and naturally as Hammer putting themselves back on the map.

Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 1/5 Story 3/5 Effects 2/5 Comedy 0/5