Good idea but poorly executed

Rating: 5/10 (4 November 2007)

I was enjoying the film up to half time were this far fetched idea of a killer next door that kept doing his business even though a neighbour on house arrest has been watching his every move. I ignored the obvious clichè of sexy blonde babe moving next door. But when he started to waste time in the killer's house, calling "muuuum, muuuum" as if he is somewhat hoping to find her crushed asleep on the sofa it stops being laughable, it becomes irritating. Everything was obvious about this film, even though it can be engaging, not everything is terrible. I should known was sort of movie I was watching when he started to make hi tech gadgets out of nowhere to suit his purpose. The killer is charming, as they are these days, well in movies at least, and that I can accept. I find it hard to believe instead that he should be so careless as to kill his victims in front of his windows repeatedly, with the light on at night! He should have worked for the government:) Go figure, but then what do I know, judging from the positive comments on this site, people are a lot less fussy than I thought. Hitchcock this ain't.