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Before the Cynics come out to play saying it’s not out yet I went see this film whilst on holiday in Orlando.
Film Only Review.
Plot Summary – The film starts with kale(Shia LeBeouf) and his father fishing to a backdrop of rolling mountains and lush fields.
Kale loses his father in a car crash returning from the said fishing trip and over the next year goes into melt down which culminates in him punching his Spanish teacher and Kale being put under 3 months house arrest.
Whilst on house arrest his mum Julie(Carrie-Anne Moss) cuts him off from his Xbox 360 and iTunes forcing him to venture around the house and even the garden.
Whilst on one of his visits to the garden he notices the new very good looking girl next door this would be Ashley(Sarah Roemer) and sets upon spying on her with best buddy Ronnie(Aaron Yoo).
Upon spying on her while she works out and swims he notices another neighbour with
the same car that is linked with the abduction and murders of young women in Texas.
After Ashley figures out that Kale is spying on her she goes around and joins in kale and Ronnie on spying on the other neighbours, this where the flirting and teenage hormones kick in and the obligatory side love story starts.
Things start to heat up when Kale sees the neighbour Mr Turner(David Morse) return from a night out with a young women and after whiles see’s running frantically around Mr Turners house in a state of panic, after trying to film this happening Kale accidently flashes a camera after hiding looks out of the window to see Mr Turner looking straight into his room.
Kale then has the shock of his life when awaking the next morning to find Mr Turner has helped his mother at the grocery store and then proceeds to play mind games with the young Kale.
Kale, Ronnie and Ashley’s suspicions are aroused even more when they see Mr Turner Pulling a bloodied bag into his garage.
This gives the friends a brain wave of breaking into the garage and finding what’s going on.
Form this point the film go’s into a sort of A-Team montage of Kale getting and setting up electrical equipment to catch Mr Turner. I will leave the plot there so not to spoil the film.
My Opinion – D.J. Caruso does a good job with this suspense thriller and never really gives anything away and when he does there’s always something to take it away, never letting slip if Mr Turner is a killer or not or if Kale has just been wanting something to happen to take away the boredom of being kept under house arrest for 3 months.
The feel of the film is claustrophobic keeping in with the house arrest plot and how everything revolves around the two houses.
Shia LeBeouf who seems to be everywhere at the moment(Transformers, Bobby, Surfs up and the new Indiana Jones Movie)Plays his part well, playing the geek turned paranoid, angry teen who happens to be in love the girl next door but is still likable and you want him to succeed.
Carrie-Anne Moss is criminally under used has Kale’s mother and you have to wonder where she is all the time Kale and his friends are spying and doing their best inspector Morse impressions.
David Morse is great as Mr Turner his performance is dark and has that slightly unhinged look about it and also come across like there’s something strange about him but you just can’t put your finger on it type of person, is he the killer they all think he is or not?
The girl next door Ashley is played by Sarah Roemer and really could have been played by a host of good looking Actresses and doesn’t really enhance the story apart from what she’s there for to be spied upon until Mr Turner’s involvement in the film.
Overall – I enjoyed the film although it lags a little during the set up of the teen love story which really the film could have done without if it had a better script.
So then this film is for a rainy Friday night when bright lights of the pubseem far away.
Director – D.J. Caruso
Run Time – 104 Minutes Approx
Main Cast – Shia LaBeouf - (Kale) David Morse - (Mr. Turner) Sarah Roemer - (Ashley) Carrie-Anne Moss - (Julie) Aaron Yoo - (Ronnie) Jose Pablo Cantillo - (Officer Gutierrez)
Official Release Dates – 7th August Region 1 DVD 7th September UK cinema Release
Prices – 15.99 for region 1 DVD from Playusa.
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This has been posted in the category for the HD DVD, but mentions nothing about the new HD format. Given that this has been posted in this specialised category, I would like to know about the quality of the new format.
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