Salvaged by Shia & Morse (JUST)

Rating: 5/10 (29 March 2008)

Inside this mess of a film there was an interesting idea, taken from Hitchcock's Rear Window, of a house bound teenager discovering his neighbour's dark secret. Instead of making the most of the two male leads, the film makers concentrate most of the film on a soppy love crush between LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer.
The film is not shockingly bad and remains at least, watchable to the end. David Morse had a cool menace as the neighbour but is not given enough screen time to be a really scary villain. Too much time on the unbelievable love story, which consists of 'Kale' stalking/spying on the gorgeous neighbour girl and her finding it irresistible (worst part being the speech, to which the she replies "That's either the creepiest... or the sweetest thing I have ever heard." Trust me, its the former).
In summary, not bad enough to condemn it but there's not much for thriller fans - definitely for ages 15 and under