Disturbia is shockingly great!

Rating: 9/10 (6 May 2007)

Disturbia revolves around Kale (Shia LaBeouf; Holes, Even Stevens) who's put on house arrest for assaulting his teacher. The reasoning for assaulting his teacher was for the opening scene to the movie, where his father suffers a tragic death.
After being put on house arrest, Kale looks to his neighborhood for entertainment. He begins spying on his new 'hot' neighbor Ashley (Sarah Roemer) and eventually begins to date her. When they begin dating it starts out as a joke to spy on Mr. Turner (David Morse; The Negotiator. The Green Mile) - who Kale, Ashley and Kale's friend Ronnie (Aaron Yoo) all believe he's a serial killer.
As time goes on, Kale cries wolf twice and the cops don't believe him. His mom (Carrie-Anne Moss; The Matrix) can't stop blaming Kale and no one will believe him. When Ronnie accidentally leaves his phone in Turner's car, their lives turn for the worst and go into a spiral nightmare for which none of them were prepared for.
I expected this movie to be freaking scary much like Dead Silence and once again, I wasn't scared in the least bit. If anything, the majority of this movie is centered around the romance of Kale and Ashley, and with a cover of suspense you'd walk out thinking you just saw a horror, but you didn't. The trailers also tricked you to thinking it would be scary and a horror film.
Overall, the movie was shockingly great and there's a reason it was number one in its debut. The best performance was Shia, and it's noticed because he gets the most screen time. If he was a nominee for the "Best Breakthrough Performance of the Year" I'd vote for him.
If you wanted to see this movie, but were waiting for a review, then go see it, because my review is: "great movie, shouldn't be missed."