Trespass

Plot synopsis:
Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage), a diamond broker, drives down a country road in his convertible Porsche trying to make a deal. He enters his sprawling, gated waterfront home, picks up a gold Zippo lighter by the pool and enters the kitchen. Sarah Miller (Nicole Kidman) and teen daughter Avery (Liana Liberato) are arguing about a party that night. The parents refuse to let her go to the party.Kyle takes an envelope from a wall safe as he will be meeting a buyer later. Sarah brings a tray of food upstairs for the daughter, she's disappointed her plans for a nice family dinner have gone off.Kyle goes to an area of the house under renovation with bare wood studs and plastic sheeting. Avery sneaks out of the house and jumps the estate fence, a girlfriend is waiting to pick her up. Kyle shows Sarah the lighter, she wants to get romantic but he has to go.The doorbell rings and they see a police badge on the security video, the police are looking into neighbourhood burglaries. Kyle buzzes open the gate. Sarah notices Avery is missing as three men and a woman in masks invade the house. Sarah tries to drive off but is stopped at gunpoint.At a large house party Avery joins in the fun. Meanwhile, the Millers are pushed to the floor, the intruders know the daughter is missing. The gang leader seems to know a lot about the Millers and demands the alarm system code. Sarah provides the number.At the party a teen male shows Avery a safe full of cash and cocaine, he attempts to seduce her. Avery calls for a taxi and leaves.The leader, Elias (Ben Mendelsohn) reveals the wall safe and demands Kyle open it. The other gang member Ty (Dash Mihok) says they have 10 minutes. Kyle stalls and refuses, the men threaten Sarah and say they know he has diamonds. Sarah huddles in fear. Kyle explains diamonds have micro laser codes so they can be easily traced as they all registered nationally. Kyle further explains the diamond business and tries to discourage the thieves. The younger thug, Jonah (Cam Gigandet) says he saw Kyle receive a lot of cash and the gang should just take the money and leave the diamonds. He eyes Sarah and she looks back. She recognizes him as a security firm tech who had done some work in their home recently.Kyle stubbornly refuses to open the safe as the men threaten a panicky Sarah, Kyle tells them to let her go first. Upstairs Petal (Jordana Spiro) watches the Miller family home videos. She undresses and puts on purple dress.
Elias pulls out a loaded syringe loaded with sux, a medical paralysis drug. As he tries to escalate things Jonah pulls a gun on his partner and forces him to leave Sarah alone, he storms off to the kitchen angrily. In another flashback Sarah, an architect, gives Jonah a tall cool iced tea and they make small talk. On his way out Jonah stops by the pool, has a smoke and looks back at Sarah.The taxi drops Avery off by the fence, she goes back in. Kyle has lost his glasses and is pain on the floor. Ty threatens to cut off his thumb to use on the biometric safe scanner.In the kitchen Elias takes off his mask and tries to get close to Sarah, since she "already f*cked his younger brother". He tries to convince her to convince Kyle to open the safe. She pickpockets the syringe. Avery comes into the house, notices the intrusion and tries to escape but is caught. Kyle pleads for his daughter's safety, the Millers huddle together in Kyle's home office. Elias gives a sob story that he needs $180,000 or a new kidney for his mother. Sarah pulls out the syringe and puts Elias in an armlock, but Ty fires his shotgun, Sarah is able to convince them to let Avery go. In charge, Sarah now demands Kyle open the safe to end this thing. Kyle opens the safe, it is completely empty.The thieves are shocked and crush Kyle's hand and demand the money. Kyle tearfully claims he put all the money into his house, mortgage and loans. He says he was fired and they are running out of money.Outside Avery gets close enough to the fence to escape but is caught once again. Elias breaks open Kyle's briefcase and finds the diamond invoices. Kyle explains he doesn't take possession of the diamonds he is only a middleman using credit. Ty's phone rings, someone is calling to see how it is going. They still have an hour.Elias whispers to Kyle they are under duress also. Elias tries to steady Petal down, she is upset and just wants to take what they can. They notice a portrait of Sarah wearing a dazzling necklace. Sarah shows them the necklace and asks them to leave as agreed. Bound and gagged on their knees, Kyle and Avery fumble for the zippo and try to burn the duct tape holding their wrists behinds their backs.In the other room Sarah pleads with Jonah to let them go, she'll "do anything" he wants. Once again the intruders confront the Millers, Jonah telling Elias no one is to touch Sarah or Avery. A flashback shows Jonah get out of the Millers' pool and kiss Sarah. Kyle tells the men the necklace is a $99 cubic zirconium fake, he sold the real thing for the cash. Testing with the butt of a gun the flashy necklace shatters. Elias tells Kyle Sarah f*cked his brother, that's why they were there.Upstairs Avery fights with Petal, in the distraction Sarah makes a break and Kyle throws a chair through the window, setting off the security system. Ty beats up Kyle as the security company phones to check in. Jonah answers calmly and buys some time. In the den Kyle is getting whupped but somehow manages to divert the syringe so Ty injects himself and drops to the floor. Kyle grabs the shotgun and staggers away. Elias recovers Sarah from the woods outside. Jonah needs the security code word and looks for Avery, she is hiding in the renovation room. Jonah sneaks up behind Kyle to recover the shotgun and Avery is forced to give the password to the suspicious security phone rep.Elias shoots Kyle in the thigh then explains his problem. He tried to sell $180K in drugs but they were stolen, now the dealers want their money back and sent Ty along. Petal finds a screenshot print from the home security video, of Sarah and Jonah kissing, Kyle had it in his briefcase. Elias beats Kyle and Sarah, Jonah breaks it up and the two brothers fight.Outside a security guard arrives and needs a signature on the alarm incident. The guard is adamant and Elias opens the gate. Sarah tries to explain to Kyle but he says it doesn't matter. At the front door Jonah shoots the guard in the head. Avery is frantic and says she knows where there is at least $200K. She will go with Petal back to the house party to get it. Jonah is doubtful but Elias agrees. As things quieten down in the house Jonah offers to take care of Sarah and Avery. A flashback from Sarah's point of view shows Jonah being overly friendly, she demanded he leave after the swimming pool kiss before anything else happened. Kyle tells Jonah to take Sarah and Avery to safety.In the Porsche Avery drives, rounding a curve she deliberately crashes into a pole, releasing Petal's seatbelt at the last second.In the house Ty rouses and stops Jonah and Sarah from leaving. In the car Avery is bloodied but Petal is unconscious. Ty beats up Jonah until Elias shoots him. Dying, Ty reveals that Jonah was behind the drug theft from Elias and gave it back already for $10K.Elias is stunned. Left alone, Kyle and Sarah make their way to the reno room but Elias catches up and starts to choke Sarah. Jonah comes to her rescue and in the mess a plastic sheet rips revealing the large stash of cash hidden in the wall. Avery arrives with a gun and in the standoff Jonah shoots and kills his brother. Sarah comforts the badly wounded Kyle. He painfully says he was hiding the money for his family. As Jonah gathers the cash Kyle ignites a pool of solvent. The flames rush toward Jonah. Kyle gets up and nails Jonah's shoes to the floor and collapses. Jonah asks Sarah for help but grabs her and wants to die together. Kyle shoots Jonah who falls into the flames and dies. Sarah and Kyle make it out alive as the house goes up in flames. The Millers hug each other on the lawn.

Tags: murder, flashback

Review:
Trespass provides that mindless entertainment in spades, with a few head-scratches along the way.The premise of Trespass is simple: Nic Cage plays a diamond dealer who lives in a beautiful house with his wife and daughter, and some thugs break into the house one day to steal his stash.
Also Ben Mendelsohn's performance as the lead maniac and his eccentric back-and-forth between Cage really adds to the gravity of the situation and makes for a gripping protagonist-antagonist dynamic.So to wrap up, this is not a thinking man's movie.
As a fan of Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman, I was also interested to see just how terrible they were.In actual fact I think the critics have been a little cruel.
Yes there is a lot of screaming from Nicole and a lot of people saying "run" and no one runs anywhere, but to be fair if I was in their position, I would likely be in a corner papping myself with fear.It seems that they follow a similar formula to Panic Room, in that the burglars are pretty brutal and one or two of them seem slightly unhinged, but this is clearly a device used to work up tension as they become more panicked and more unpredictable.
I watched this the other day with mixed expectations due to reading the other reviews on here.Don't bother wasting your time with this movie unless you like typical over acted predictable Hollywood releases.I found it your typical business man married to a beautiful wife with an equally beautiful teenage daughter living in a beautiful pad.
People break in to steal from the rich Family, and things don't exactly go according to plan.Yes,it has 2 very good actors, but the premise for the movie, home invasion, has been done to death!
Bruce Willis in Hostage is one, Kevin Bacon and the beautiful Charlize Theron in Trapped and one that I really enjoyed, Gerard Butler and Pierce Brosnan in Butterfly on a wheel.If you want to watch a good home invasion movie try the last two and forget about Trespass!.
If you thought that Nick Cage was bad in the ridiculous "Wicker Man" remake then this is certainly a close second.One reviewer called this film "subtle" and I respect all views, but I found this as subtle as a flying mallet.
Although Kyle worries about his life and his family, he decides to take action against thieves and not open the safe but his trust in Sarah is questioned when she supposedly had an affair with their employee Jonah.The movie does not live up to expectations although playing two great names of cinema.
One of the worst movies of always good Nicol Kidman and Nicolas Cage.
The robbers were quite violent and brutal the way they treated diamond trader Kyle Miller (Nic Cage), his glamorous wife Sarah (Nic Kidman) and their rebellious young daughter Avery (Liana Liberato).
It shows how stupid Hollywood can be and how people have good taste.And the kind of dumbo businessman that Cage plays would have had a daffy young blonde wife and his daughter would be from a previous marriage, but the grossly bad taste of their housing and decor rings very true, but then again the film-makers probably thought it was wonderful..
Played by someone else the character of Kyle Miller could have helped anchor this movie a little more and allow it to regain the intensity that it lacked.The supporting cast (Nicole Kidman included) worked with what they had but I just wasn't able to invest in caring whether they lived or died.
The character Avery Miller (Liana Liberato) has a couple of great scenes towards the end of this film.Trespass had the chance to go down a different route but sadly it went the safe, predictable path that we've all seen before..
This movie is not worth a minute of your time, but then you should know that already since it has Nicolas Cage in it.
I did learn a lesson though, I never cared for Nicolas Cage movies, but I thought I would give this one a chance since Nicole Kidman is in it (even though she has been in some pretty bad movies).
Between Nicole Kidman, Nicolas Cage and Cam Gigandet, I had my hopes set pretty high for a well acted movie; and I was not disappointed in the least.
Still, this is supposed to be a claustrophobic thriller and it's so bad when watching the film it can feel claustrophobic so they manage to let the audience emphasize with the characters.
The real estate agent Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage), his wife Sarah (Nicole Kidman) and their teenage daughter Avery (Liana Liberato) live in a fancy dream house.
Out of the blue, four violent hooded thieves break in their house and hold the family hostage expecting to get money and diamonds from the safe, in a tragic night of terror.The Spaniard-French "Secuestrados" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1629377/) is a brutal and bleak combination of "The Desperate Hours" and "Funny Games".
Instead of the brutally graphic and realistic home invasion with the family man needing to withdraw money from the family bank accounts of the European film, this remake shows annoying screaming and crying with the usual unrealistic exaggeration and lame heroism of the American movies, with diamonds and a huge amount.
the "Panic room" comparisons are pretty obvious, but as mediocre as that film was, it towers above this total bore.I watched this as a fan of both Cage and Kidman, but this was so ridiculous and boring I can only say the best thing about it was that I didn't have to pay for it..
For those that know me know that I am not a Nicholas Cage fan at all and I am also in love with Nicole Kidman, so this was a very personal movie for me.
As a diamond dealer, Kyle Miller (Nicholas Cage) brings his work home one evening right in the middle of an argument between his wife Sarah (Nicole Kidman) and their daughter Avery (Liana Liberto).
I don't even want to mention the actors playing burglars, except that Cam Gigandet is a talented and emerging actor, and could have really shined in this movie had it not been for the pathetic role he has had to play.Having previously worked with Cage in the exceptional thriller "8MM", this is surely not Joel Schumacher at his best; more likely his worst.
This isn't one of them.Trespass is the kind of home invasion film in which you actually hope that the entire family will be slaughtered.
Yawn.An hour and and a half of torture.Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage) is a diamond dealer who appears to have it all - a gorgeous wife (Nicole Kidman), a beautiful daughter, and insane wealth.
At first I thought this would be an interesting movie considering it starred Nicolas Cage (although he can't be too reliable lately) and Nicole Kidman, but I couldn't understand how I had never heard about this movie or seen it screen in theaters.
Karl Gajdusek was the man responsible for the terrible script, and the story is probably the worst part of the entire film.Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage) seems to be a successful diamond salesman.
He lives in a big and highly secured house, drives a fancy sports car, and has a beautiful wife, Sarah (Nicole Kidman), and a teenage daughter, Avery (Liana Liberato), who is going through her typical rebellious state.
Things seem a little shaky at home since Kyle has to travel so much and Sarah spends a lot of time on her own, and she doesn't like the fact that her daughter Avery is spending so much time with Kendra, who she considers a bad influence.
It's a shame because Nicolas Cage used to be one of my favorite action heroes, especially during the 90's with Face/Off being the highlight of his career in my opinion, but recently in the last decade he has made a lot of poor choices and it will be a pity if people remember him for these roles instead of his other greater films.http://estebueno10.blogspot.com/.
That's why Joel Schumacher cast him in 8mm and recast him as the father in his new film Trespass.In the film, Nicolas Cage plays an extremely wealthy diamond dealer named Kyle Miller.
I found the story a bit like a less interesting but more violent version of another film called Trapped with Charlize Theron, the home invasion plot is very similar, however Trapped is far more superior in many ways.
The story is about a wealthy couple who live in a tightly secured neighborhood who are invaded by a group of thugs after money and diamonds, what they don't expect is for the victims to begin to fight back, these scenes are quite tense, well acted and will have you on the edge of your seat, towards the end of the film there are slot of twists, some of them are more believable than others.Nic Cage's career has hit a major stump in the last few years, with the exception of last years Drive Angry which was too cool for words, and Trespass doesn't exactly steer away from the direction his career is headed.
Nicole Kidman is one of my favourite actresses, and she is fine as always but she certainly doesn't suit these kind of thrillers, she's too good of an actress to be in mediocre roles such as this.The surprising amount of violence in the movie surprised me, lots of guns, killing and swearing occur, It's good that it didn't go down the pg13 route though, it was quite realistic in that way.
It will take Sarah's strength of will to find her way out of the situation and save her " daughter " .Trespass is one of Schumacher's finest movies, The performances are outstanding across the board.
In fact, it is an above average movie where great performers, Academy Award winners Nicholas Cage and Nicole Kidman provide an additional value to the whole outcome.
Sometimes the grade of neurosis becomes too noisy and violent and the activities of different characters is difficult to monitor.Trespass is one of the recent movies where the plot takes mostly place within a limited space and time (such as Buried, Phone Booth, Panic Room, Stash House - to the name a few)...
However, I don't have a particular antipathy against this filmmaker, even though I can't deny his various false moves, such as Trespass, his most recent film, which is a horrible thriller.Trespass features every single cliché from the "home invasion" sub-genus, and it didn't make me feel any suspense, nor interest in the irritating characters, who suffer from the "chronic stupidity syndrome" employed by lame screenwriters when they need to advance the story, but they lack of the necessary talent in order to make something genuinely ingenious and innovative.
And worsening the situation, Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman bring poor performances in the leading roles.Schumacher's direction is completely bland and anonymous, with dramatic scenes lacking of any emotion and action sequences which only made me snooze.
If Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman had not been in this movie, it would have gone straight to video, been considered a very bad B movie, and no one would have watched it.
Unfortunately, Cage and Kidman ARE in it - and that is what caused my wife and me (and countless other viewers) to waste ninety-one minutes of our time watching this AWFUL, stupid, overacted (mainly by Cage and Kidman!), unbelievable, amateurishly-written, VERY bad B movie that SHOULD have gone straight to video.
In short, all the other actors in the film were better than Kidman and Cage.I gave the movie two stars only because it was SO bad that it kept us so riveted with incredulity that we HAD to continue watching it just to see if the ending would be as hideously stupid as the rest of the movie.
It all stumbles along painfully as we're introduced to married couple Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman who will alongside their restless teenage daughter, be held ransom throughout the movie.
TRESPASS confines us to the Miller house, where Kyle (Cage) and Sarah (Kidman) live with their daring teenage daughter, Avery (Liberato).
As they are held for ransom, a husband and wife's predicament grows more dire amid the discovery of betrayal and deception.This is the film that lost $35 million and left theaters in record time, despite starring Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman.
But as a desperate power struggle develops between the hostages and the criminals, shattering truths emerge that reveal the gang may have more ulterior motives in targeting Kyle and his family.Nicolas Cage is a name I seem to keep going to like a moth to a flame, given his name seems to have just become a by-word for crap, with each progressive film just emerging as mediocre and lacklustre as the last.
DESPERATE HOURS, PANIC ROOM, NIGHT HOLDS TERROR and recently the terrific KIDNAPPED, a real masterpiece from Spain, and not for the sissies...Yes this new Joel Schumacher film, starring Nicholas Cage with whom he made the very good 8 MILLIMETERS, excited me when I read the topic.
Personally Cage is one of my all-time favorites however Kidman is indeed a show stealer.Without over selling TRESPASS by going on and on about it, why don't I leave it to you to decide how Kyle and Sarah Miller handles the cops who are at the entrance of their estate!
Title: Trespass Directed by: Joel Schumacher Starring: Nicholas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet and Liana Liberato Rated: R for violence and terror, pervasive language and some brief drug use.
Upper-class Kyle and Sarah Miller (Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman respectively) have to deal with a typically rebellious teenager who sneaks out to go party with her vacant socialite friend, as well as a gang of thieves who wish to rob their posh luxurious house and seem to know a lot about them.Quite simply there's nothing new to see here, a standard home invasion flick that is as predictable as it is over acted, especially by Kidman whom gets rather annoying and grating after a while.
If not for the names of Nicolas Cage & Nicole Kidman, no one would probably bother to risk a penny and go to the theater to see this movie.
The reason, sadly, was that it hardly set the box office ablaze and the filmmakers were desperate to try and recoup some of the money they obviously had to fork out for Cage and Kidman.Trespass is part of this new genre of thriller/horrors, known as 'home invasion movies.' Basically, a gang of unlikeables enters a lovable family's home and threatens them/robs them etc.
It's a pretty basic film - basic plot, basic script, basic characters and even basic acting from two stars who should know better.
The two leads, Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman are the married couple who have a daughter living with them, who just happen to have some personal problems to deal with, even before the gang invade their home.
Sure, there's suspense here and some well-handled action, but it's essentially a movie which sees its cast of characters shouting and screaming at each other for an hour and a half, which is wearying in the extreme.I'm a bit ambivalent over Cage, as some of his films I love (such as KNOWING) and others I hate (THE WICKER MAN remake, obviously).
Teaming up with famed Director Joel Schumacher and the always intense Nicole Kidman, Cage stars in a type of film we've all seen before.
Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman play a couple being held hostage in their own home by masked criminals who want the contents of their safe.
I like Nicolas Cage as well, and I can understand why, as mentioned in your trivia, he was unsure of playing either the role of the husband or the robber in this film.
I like Nicolas Cage as well, and I can understand why, as mentioned in your trivia, he was unsure of playing either the role of the husband or the robber in this film.
It has a script By Karl Gajdusek with some fine lines and quality twists that keep the audience guessing and enough innovative bits of action that make the film seem fresh (even if the behavior of all concerned is not to swift!).Kyle Miller (Nicholas Cage) appears obsessed with his business life - marketing diamonds - and comes home to his mansion (designed by his wife) where wife Sarah (Nicole Kidman) seems to be needing more than an income to make her life complete.
In recent times, Nicolas Cage has been doing one ridiculously abysmal movie after another, so my expectation wasn't high regarding his choice here but I was surprised that Nicole Kidman agreed to do the movie.
This film is about a rich diamond dealer and his family being taken hostage inside their home by a group of criminals."Trespass" is an action packed thriller.
I can't count how many times someone promised to kill someone and it didn't happen.Plot/Characters: 5* - Your typical hostage/home invasion film where in this case the family has diamonds that the thieves are coveting.
First of all I'd like to talk about the casting, Nicole Kidman and Nicholas Cage were perfect in this film, they fit their roles really well.
Also the girl that played Nicole Kidman's and Nicholas Cage's daughter was very good, and displayed some real talent.
But, I must say the acting performances by Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman are spot on.
If you thought having high-profile stars like Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman feature in a film could save it, then think again.
Trespass (2011) ** (out of 4) Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage) and his wife Sarah (Nicole Kidman) find themselves being held hostage by four masked criminals who are demanding that he open the safe.
The supporting performances were mostly good but one does have to wonder why Kidman would attach herself to a film like this.