Great fun little mystery thriller

Rating: 9/10 (22 February 2004)

This is a top notch mystery thriller, with a suburb cast and great staging. Michael Douglas and Sean Penn are outstanding in their roles as two wealthy brothers, with Sean playing the quirky younger one who gives his elder brother a very unusual birthday present.
The story does play on a lot of modern suburbanite fears of home invasion, being watched, trapped by technology etc. And even if the ending feels a little too neat and implausible, it is really a great ride of a movie with some elegant sophistication thrown in.