Sunday, April 15, 2007

Movie Review: Disturbia

The Good-Guy Peeping Tom

7.5 / 10
For a movie that didn't look too appealing on its preview, Disturbia really takes you by surprise. This movie seems at first to be the classic teenager horror flick, and for good reason. The plot consists of a high school kid, recently dad-less, who is on house arrest after punching his Spanish teacher out. After a while, he gets bored and begins to watch the neighbors via some high powered binoculars. The mom is none other than Carrie-Anne "Trinity" Moss (Although she tends to get lost within the movie). The villain is played by David Morse, who you may remember from the classic Tom Hanks flick The Green Mile. He plays a decent villain. Not to spoil the movie, but it provides great horror and does what it intends to do-entertain.
The movie is not without its flaws, as it caters to the young kids, with the goofy Asian kid played by Aaron Yoo, and of course, less than stellar acting. The ending is quite abrupt as well, and some people live who you otherwise were lead to believe they were dead. In all, it is a good movie to go see if you've already seen Pathfinder or you want to share the theater with a bunch of obnoxious teenagers. I'd give it a mid week matinées "Go".

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good for people to know.