Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
David Tennant | ... | Cale Erendreich | |
Robert Sheehan | ... | Sean Falco | |
Kerry Condon | ... | Katie | |
Carlito Olivero | ... | Derek Sandoval | |
Jacqueline Byers | ... | Riley Seabrook | |
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Tracey Heggins | ... | FBI Agent Olivia Fuller |
Rob Nagle | ... | Don Falco (as Robert P. Nagle) | |
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Lorraine Bahr | ... | Patty Falco |
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Jacob Resnikoff | ... | Rowan Falco |
David Meyers | ... | Nino | |
Tony Doupe | ... | Detective Wayne Bannyon | |
Lisa Brenner | ... | Helen Leyton | |
Sofia Hasmik | ... | Jocelyn | |
Delpaneaux Wills | ... | Officer Aguilar | |
Hannah Barefoot | ... | Sabine |
In Portland, the amateurish photographer Sean Falco works with his best friend Derek Sandoval as valet at a fancy restaurant. His girlfriend Riley Seabrook studies in a university and he is estranged of his stepfather. Sean and Derek are also smalltime burglars, stealing the houses of the costumers while they are eating in the restaurant. One day, the obnoxious client Cale Erendreich arrives at the restaurant driving a Maserati and Sean drives his car back to his house using the computer and Derek watches Cale in the restaurant. While snooping around the house, Sean finds a locked room and when he opens the door, he stumbles upon a woman tied to a chair with chains and gagged. He unsuccessfully tries to release her but he is forced to return to the restaurant with the Maserati. Sean decides to call the police, but Cale lures the police officers and turns Sean's life upside-down. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Over all not too shabby, definitely better than I expected. So yes its been done many times before, person (or in this case; people) break in to someones house for some ulterior motive, only to discover the home owner is either hiding something or is some sort of killer. But it throws a little extra into the formula, some works, the emphasis on the killer and his story was refreshing. But is it scary? Is it a horror movie? Because lately so called "horror" movies are indeed not scary at all. And as far as this film is concerned, I'm not sure what I want to say, because some of it was effective, and some of it wasn't. First of all, I like how they expanded on the typical story line they were telling, and without giving to much away, it creates this admittedly tense cat and mouse chaotic situation for all parties involved, so I liked how it just didn't stick 100% to the "Rear Window" and "Disturbia" formulas.
But was it scary? I'd say it was in places and was not in some, it was as simple as that for me. Some of the scenes/situations/jumps got me, and I got a little tense, but some other scenes just didn't do it for me, maybe because I'm so desensitized to brutal horror movies. The acting was also hit and miss, some actors did a fine job while others, were just... meh... And to be fair some of the good acting added to the intensity. I also didn't like some of the editing choices. I liked the color scheme of the film, the dark and deep colors, something you would expect from a James Wan or Hammer Films movies. I really want to say I liked it, because i definitely did like some of it, but some of it just didn't tickle my horror bone like it could have, but overall it was not too bad, much better than I expected.