Very dumb thriller

Rating: 4/10 (8 December 2013)

I haven't actually seen Rear Window, but I am aware of the premise. This is a similar idea - a teenage boy Kale (played by Shia Laboeuf) just short of 18 is confined under house arrest and suspects his neighbour may be a serial killer.
Firstly, the whole thing shot from the perspective of the teenage boy verges on soft porn the whole time as he spies on his female next-door-neighbour, Ashley. The story is very clumsily delivered and every setpiece is one you've seen before in this type of movie.
The boy's mother is played by Carrie Ann Moss - a very good actress in my opinion who is given absolutely nothing to work with.
But pretty much all the other characters are badly drawn and annoying. The big romantic scene between Kale and Ashley made me cringe and laugh at the same time.
The only positive side is that a lot of it became unintentionally funny - unfortunately not quite funny enough to fall under the "so bad it's good" category.
You're better off seeing Rear Window, Psycho or watching episodes of Dexter. In fact, I just remember thinking of the villain, "Dexter he is not!".