388 Arletta Avenue (2011)

A young couple find themselves in an unnerving situation with a mysterious stalker.

Director:

Randall Cole

Writer:

Randall Cole

Stars:

Nick Stahl, Mia Kirshner, Devon Sawa

Cast

Credited cast:
Nick Stahl	...	James
Mia Kirshner	...	Amy
Devon Sawa	...	Bill
Aaron Abrams	...	Alex
Charlotte Sullivan	...	Sherry
Krista Bridges	...	Katherine
Graham Abbey	...	Officer 2
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gerry Dee	...	Boss
Kyle Labine	...	Co-Worker #1
Daniel Lévesque	...	Felix
David Reale	...	Co-Worker #2
Martin Roach	...	Officer 1

Storyline

A young couple find themselves in an unnerving situation with a mysterious stalker.

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Plot Keywords:

stalker | location in title | voyeurism | boom box | raised middle finger | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 2012 (Japan)

Also Known As:

388

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Copperheart Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Tiresome concept.

This is a movie that rides on the trend of the whole found footage/hidden camera movie sub-genre. But is it doing anything new or interesting enough with it? Not really.

It's of course hard to come up with something new and remaining fresh and interesting, since most had been done with the concept already and there is only so much you can do with it, since it's a quite restricting concept. It's restricted with its settings and movements and it is hard to keep things interesting for about 90 minutes, without starting to repeat yourself. This movie however does become a bit tiresome after a short while.

It mostly becomes a tiresome movie since it maintains its 'mystery' for its entire running time. You don't know what is going on exactly, or what direction the movie will be heading at. This all sounds like some good and positive points about the movie but it's actually more sort of annoying, since basically everything can happen at the end, when the big 'reveal' comes. The movie doesn't drop any hints and stuff just happens, without you feeling involved with any of it.

I kept thinking to myself; there better be a good resolution to all of this by the end, that explains everything as well, to let all of the events make sense. But no, in my opinion the movie takes a cheap way out and it absolutely wasn't satisfying enough and it's the sort of ending that leaves more questions than answers, especially when you start thinking back about the movie.

It of course still could had been good and worked out all if the movie was a bit more tense. For a thriller it is surely lacking some good tension at times and doesn't ever gets you involved enough as a viewer, though the movie still tries to achieve this through its concept.

The concept and camera-position are supposed to place you in the mind of the stalker. It's a voyeuristic movie but again, since you don't know any of the motivations or reasons for the events, you don't ever feel involved with it. It just doesn't do a good enough job at making and keeping things interesting and fresh enough to keep you interested in the story, its mystery and to what will happen with its characters.

I did like Nick Stahl in his role, on a more positive note. He has to carry most of the movie entirely on his own and does a pretty good job with it. Too bad that the movie didn't really knew what to do with his character.

It's not the worst thing you will ever see but it just isn't exactly a good or original enough movie to recommend either.

5/10

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