Irritating start, good finish

Rating: 6/10 (8 April 2008)

This might contain SPOILERS, SPOILERS AND SPOILERS. Sometimes I don't understand American movie makers and there visions on youth behaviour. Same goes for the judicial system. Nobody seems to care about the stupid remark of the Spanish teacher about the kids dead dad which get you suspended in the rest of the educated world. But then, a three year sentence for a deserved hit in the face is way out of proportion and then reduced to a three month house arrest sentence is even more ridiculous. And then the warning that some guys get mad about a sentence like that, like the kids these days get out of the house away from the computer anyway. That's only for the gang members.
After that then there is the unexplainable behaviour from the kid towards the mother. They behave like there on the same hierarchic level. And after she takes all kind of verbal abuse she disconnect the kid from the world by canceling his internet subscription which all of a sudden works again further in the story. No wonder there is so much violence among kids these days when this looks like normal behaviour from kids and parents.
But after that the movie improves, Morly because of the nice new neighbors. From this point on the movie fits its genre perfectly without missing a beat. Including stupid choices, stupid police behaviour, how do they show up so quickly wen the boy leafs his house. Are they waiting around the corner? And with how many units. You start feeling save again.
Some nice twist of plot at the end before everybody dies (oops gave it away, NOT).