Three neighbors , Grave Shaw (gorgeous Victoria Justice) ,Alex Burke (Taylor John Smith) and Aria (Devon Ross) suspect their next door guy (the already veteran and prolific Dermot Mulroney) is a serial killer and when they enter undercover his apartment they discover a fortune, all of which leads to a sadistic game of survival. But then the group of roommates accidentally kill an innocent man. Later on , two really evil criminals, Tovia (Sasha Luss of Anna) and Claude (Alex Roe), go after them in search of stolen works of art.
A below average and some claustrophobic thriller with intrigue, tense, suspense, violence, twists and turns. It results to be a run-of-the-mill thriller with some terror elements that fails to deliver the goods. In fact, everything is disappointed by the improbable events and the bombastic situations. The story is hampered by its low budget - in fact, most of the film was set in the two apartments of the protagonists - and also by the unpleasant characters that act in the film. Thus, the roles are all ambitious, evil, and selfish, all have an uncontrollable passion for money, or some valuable paintings, and all will do anything to get them, even kill. Due to being set mostly in an apartment and with some characters clandestinely entering another home, we could perhaps classify this film within the ¨Home invasion¨ sub-genre , being filmed in similar naturalist and realist style to ¨Michael Hanake's Funny Games¨, ¨Secuestrados¨ by Miguel Angel Vivas , Enric Alberich's ¨Transgression¨, ¨Trespass¨ (2011) by Joel Schumacher and Don't Breathe I and II by Rodo Sayagues.
Apparently the film was shot between Thailand (that's why it was shot by the Thai cameraman Wych Kaosayananda) and the United States, but landscape and sightseeing enthusiasts will be disappointed since hardly any exteriors are shown. The motion picture was averagely written/produces/directed by Paul Tomasy. Directorial debut of screenwriter/producer Paul Tamasy, who also wrote this script. His previous screenplays include Air Bud (1997) and its several sequels and spinoffs for Disney, such as: Treasure Buddies, Santa Buddies, Space Buddies, Snow Buddies, Spooky Buddies , The Search for Santa Paws and Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups. Paul Tomasy stands out in his scripts, such as: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, The Fighter, Patriots Day, The Outpost, The Finest Hours. However, in Depravity (2o24) failed considerably, providing a mediocre and not very interesting film whose story we had already seen many times before and better filmed. Rating: 4.5/10. A routine thriller that will disappoint because it does not give what is expected.
