Friday, 6 February 2009

The Strangers, 2008

Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman (who you might recognise from 'Underworld') are supposed to be spending some 'quality time' together at their holiday home. However, things don't get off to a brilliant start and when 3 masked visitors turn up, it just goes from bad to worse. Our Liv does a good job of making you feel scared and there's a really tense moment where she is basically playing hide and seek with these nutters - my heart was pounding! Overall, reasonably scary with good acting but not a very involved plot so don't watch this one if you like a good story!

SECOND OPINION: Well, right up the the very end I was hopeful this film would pull something out the bag. That it would take a turn and go somewhere dark and surprising. It rambles along with, admittedly, a few good scares, but just when it should be cranking it up a notch, it runs dry. It ended up a poor mans Funny Games, and I ended up a fan of neither. It's not as clever or twisted as Funny Games yet it somehow manages to be more pointless. Go figure.

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