This movie has more than enough scares and surprises to please the
average viewer. Only it could have been so much more. The whole house
arrest premise in combination with the (minimal) background story
showed promise for a chilling setup. And the movie starts out good in
building up suspense. But out of the blue the movie went from subtle to
outright ridiculous where it almost changed this serious movie into a
slapstick comedy. And then it switched back to subtle again. There are
only a few moments where the electronic ankle bracelet is truly a
handicap.(Personally I think it was an advantage because she could
alert the police much more faster than normally possible.) "Disturbia"
did a much better job in demonstrating how annoying it was to have such
a bracelet. The second thing that I missed in this movie was a decent
back story on Famke's character. Almost everybody thought that she was
a bad person even when it comes to light that she was being abused by
her husband. It would have made more sense to show some flashbacks on
his behaviour in order to make her more likeable. But this credit has to
go to Famke Janssen only because she manages to invoke sympathy even
when she is supposed to portray this stone cold tough chick. To me the
climax was very disappointing. Since I was hoping for some wonderful
twist that could have explained the subtle build up of tension and
suspense that was buried in the usual over the top special effects
extravaganza used in American horror movies nowadays. This twist never
comes. Overall this movie is quite enjoyable, only don't expect to be
really surprised in the end.
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