Cast overview: | |||
Famke Janssen | ... | Marnie | |
Bobby Cannavale | ... | Shanks | |
Ed Westwick | ... | Joey | |
Michael Paré | ... | The Ghost - Mike | |
Patricia Charbonneau | ... | Frances | |
John Fallon | ... | Jimmy | |
Kevin Geer | ... | Priest | |
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Tibor Pálffy | ... | Homeless Man |
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Kembe Sorel | ... | Patrolman |
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Evelyne Kandech | ... | Patrolwoman |
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Ken Kelsch | ... | Garbage Man |
A young woman, Marnie Watson, is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter (killing her husband - a violent NYC cop - in self defense) on condition she wear an electronic ankle bracelet and remain within her home, effectively under house arrest, for the remainder of her sentence. Her late husband's partner keeps tabs on her from a patrol car parked across the street, hoping she'll violate probation and he can send her back to prison. But the 100-foot radius her ankle bracelet allows isn't the worst of her problems. Her dead husband --now a malevolent ghost--is still in the house, where he died -- intent on savage revenge. Written by Grand Ilusions
The story starts with an interesting premise but soon goes overboard in depicting some gory scenes of a ghost's vengeance during which time much blood is shed for the sake of horror fans who like this sort of thing. It's well acted and tense with some quietly underplayed opening scenes, but once the ghost starts wreaking the place all hell breaks loose and the story loses a great deal of credibility.
The acting is fine, with Famke Janssen giving a strong performance as a woman forced to wear an ankle bracelet and kept under close watch by a suspicious policeman who was her husband's partner. But the tension doesn't become tight until the last third of the story and then it goes way over the top in depicting violence.
Scary enough but midway through, the story loses a lot of credibility despite the high quality of the performances.