Rear window redone poorly

Rating: 4/10 (6 May 2007)

Philip Wagner editor of the literary magazine ICONOCLAST quotes Ezra Pound for the proposition that literature should say something new and different. American cinema has violated this injunction repeatedly. Someone ought to tell Hollywood imitation is the insincerest form of ignominy.
Disturbia is a poor attempt at remaking the Alfred Hitchcock tale Rear Window. Change the reason for remaining indoors from a broken leg to house arrest, add a cute girl in a skimpy swim suit and make the murderer a psychotic mass murderer who does not particularly hide his victim's bodies but rather keeps them for trophies and there you have disturbia.
David Morse of St Elsewhere fame departs his usual good guy image to play Mr. Turner, the superficially but persuasively reasonable neighbor. Morse's performance was eloquent by comparison to the flat and tinny lead.
Jose Pablo Cantillo plays the cameo role of a minor character Officer Gutierrez with great skill and bearing.
The performance of Jose Pablo Cantillo and David Morse saved the film from a lower rating.