Thursday, 3 January 2013

If it wasn't for those pesky kids


Disturbia (2007)

Directed by D. J. Caruso this film stars Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer and Carrie-Ann Moss. A high school student is stuck under house arrest for the summer but thinks one of his neighbours may be a serial killer.

Obviously the plot of this film owes a lot to the Hitchcock classic Rear Window (1954) but it does a good job of updating the premise for a modern, younger audience and is even darker. For what the film is it is good, it has plenty of tension but maybe strays a little into teen romance too much occasionally. There is plenty of tension through out the final half of the film and the performances of the cast are good too.

4/5

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