Love thy neighbour...unless there's something fishy about him.

Rating: 9/10 (24 August 2007)

Man, this movie was a total shocker. I never saw it coming. It's easily one of the sleeper hits of this Summer and it's oh-so good. Shia LeBouf is on a roll here, Transformers was excellent and Disturbia is also on the money. Disturbia is an interesting combination of a teen comedy with the making of a suburbian thriller with a good concept. The tragic death of his father has put Kale(Shia) in a state of deep depression which leads him one day to punch his own Spanish teacher(a very shocking scene) when asked about his father. He's put under house arrest complete with a device on his ankle that tells him if he's left the house. This is for 3 months and it's gets worse once his Xbox Live Account and iTunes membership are revoked... so he resorts to spying on his neighbours carefully, especially with a new girl that just moved in. If at this point, it sounds like a teen comedy, yes, it does. But things start to take a more serious turn, when one of his neighbours, Mr. Turner starts doing suspicious action. Could there be a real murderer in Kale's neighbourhood? Or is it just Kale's imagination. It's a pretty good thriller that only sometimes bogged down by shameless product placement(I mean when Kale and his dad are fishing they don't even bother hiding the cola logo).