what might have been a pretty decent movie, completely ruined by awful plot twist.

Rating: 4/10 (10 February 2014)

a fascinating premise, and likely would have made a wonderful book. this film however falls short. pacing was a little slow, and plot holes a plenty. ethan hawke and lena headey are great individually, however lack chemistry on screen. the children's performance left something to be desired. as i said in the summary, the twist ending was awful, and completely unnecessary, having the bloodied stranger simply saving the family and cutting the unnecessary twist out completely would have been sufficient to conclude the story. i don't recommend spending any money to watch this one, but if you happen to have netflix already, or it happens to pop up on TV at some point, its worth checking out.