What a wasted opportunity... Rear Window this ain't...

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2007)

Well, new nothing of this film, watched it and wish I hadn't and what a complete waste of David Morse's talents (who's now looking a little heavy by my books).
The acting is poor, the story weak, but do-able if they created ANY kind of tension which they don't.
There's 45 minutes before anything builds up... and then just when you think all hell is going to break lose, NOTHING again, until the last 5 minutes of the film, which is such an anticlimax.
The major problem is the film makers weren't sure what way to go... horror/action/physologcal... and doesn't manage to do anything... it's filmed like it's a made for TV... and the premise of the boy getting such attention when there's nutters on the loose is ridiculous.
Shame, as we could've done with a film with the idea of this, but with a proper script writerr.
Why Ivan Reitman had anything to do with this is beyond me.
Very Poor indeed.
Cheers Pug