Good premise, terrible protagonists

Rating: Null/10 (18 June 2017)

This film has a solid premise for a horror thriller, and at times it's fun, but it also has major flaws. The characters are unlikable and 2 dimensional. A greedy thug, a whiny guy who spends the whole movie saying "gosh I don't think this is a good idea", and the female lead, who ends up being the hero of the film, is essentially worthless and literally watches as everyone around her does all the fighting and dying until the end when she's finally forced to take care of herself.
The villain (sort of) is by far the most interesting feature of this piece. His blindness, a result of an explosion during the Gulf War, is of course the crux of the film as once the former soldier realizes he has intruders in his home looking to take his inherited money, the tables turn and they have to sneak around hoping he won't hear them. Blind Man (seriously, that's the only name he is given) has some dark secrets to defend but there is also a rationality, albeit cold and brutal, to his actions, and he has an intriguing backstory that explains his motivations.
This film would have been considerably better with a little more love had been applied developing the characters we're supposed to like. One is left identifying with the villain more than the protagonists in this film, which would be fine if that were intentional, but it seems like an accident.