Great set-up, lousy follow through...

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2007)

I can't understand why so many people liked this movie so much!! The movie starts out pretty well, but eventually fails to do anything but provide a mindless, time wasting movie. This is a movie that I would probably watch on a Sunday afternoon when there is NOTHING else on TV except this on Encore. The plot moves as if pulled by a string, never deviating from the obvious. There is no "twist" at the end to redeem what turns out to be a bad "re-imagining" of Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window". Basically someone wanted to get paid for a script so they stole a good one, made enough changes to avoid any problems and got their cash. The studio said "we could make this kinda cheaply" so they cast a few stars, got one teen idol and made a movie. There is no original story here. The acting is solid, they just weren't given much to work with (except a paycheck...).
Don't bother, unless it's Sunday afternoon and all that's on are Law & Order repeats.