Russell Crowe steps out of his box and plays an over-the-top villain. Caren Pistorius plays the protagonist and her son is played by Gabriel Bateman. There's no other big names attached, and the movie is too fast paced.
Tom Cooper is poorly written. Opening sequence before opening credits shows how strong he is. We didn't need to see this, because mystery of a villain is scarier. Rachel is written even worse. We are set off the bat to not root for her. She backs down too easily.
The film quickly ramps up the ridiculousness and it trends upward. Rachel allows for too much to happen, people react horribly -- almost as if they aren't human beings -- and the end makes Tom to be like Michael Myers. Police work is questionably written as well.
I'm not even gonna mention the terrible car chase sequence -- oops. This film is okay, it's a good popcorn flick. But you cannot sit there watching and attempt to suspend disbelief for this stuff. Everything that happens would not happen in real life. It's so over-the-top exaggerated. This is a real fear for a lot of people but this film would just not play out like that in real life.
As good a premise as the film was and the trailer to entice audiences to check it out but it's better on paper than in film. Russell Crowe keeps the film from being one of the worst films made.
Tom Cooper is poorly written. Opening sequence before opening credits shows how strong he is. We didn't need to see this, because mystery of a villain is scarier. Rachel is written even worse. We are set off the bat to not root for her. She backs down too easily.
The film quickly ramps up the ridiculousness and it trends upward. Rachel allows for too much to happen, people react horribly -- almost as if they aren't human beings -- and the end makes Tom to be like Michael Myers. Police work is questionably written as well.
I'm not even gonna mention the terrible car chase sequence -- oops. This film is okay, it's a good popcorn flick. But you cannot sit there watching and attempt to suspend disbelief for this stuff. Everything that happens would not happen in real life. It's so over-the-top exaggerated. This is a real fear for a lot of people but this film would just not play out like that in real life.
As good a premise as the film was and the trailer to entice audiences to check it out but it's better on paper than in film. Russell Crowe keeps the film from being one of the worst films made.