Cast: Natasha Henstridge, Jason Patric, Scott Adkins, William Dickinson, Kyra Zagorsky, Michael Rogers, Christian Tessier.
Summary: When a wealthy woman and her stepson are targeted by a trio of expert thieves in their remote mansion, her only from of help comes from a call with a security systems specialist. But as the intruders becomes increasingly hostile and the connection wavers, will she trust him to be her eyes and navigate her to safety.
Genre: Thriller
Watched: July 23rd, 2017
Chloe (Natasha Henstridge) is a lonely housewife who is now responsible for looking after her stepson following her husband's decision to go AWOL and after an evening at home the two are specifically targeted by a group of expert thieves Heflin (Scott Adkins), Victoria (Kyra Zagorsky) and Astor (Michael Rogers).
I really liked the opening scene especially when the trio finally enter the house, but that was pretty much where it ended for me.
Firstly the acting was incredibly questionable especially when it came to Henstridge, everything she did felt way too over the top, especially when she's on the phone to Mike (Jason Patric), the security operator at the home security company. She speaks way too loudly for someone who's trying to escape a group of burglars in her house.
Then there's Jacob, a massive brat who deserves more then the slap Chloe gave him, preferably a swift kick up the backside.
The thing that really annoyed me though was the macguffin. A macguffin is a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that is pursued by some of a films characters, often with little or no narrative explanation. We're told that Chloe's husband stole something from the trio and it has been hidden in a safe somewhere in his house, eventually they find the safe and begin cracking the code to get in... but then the film finishes before whatever it is in the case is revealed.
This is used in tons of films and tv shows but unfortunately here it doesn't work and it makes it feels as though the writers didn't actually think that far ahead to decide what was actually in the safe.
Rating: 4
One Final Word: Rubbish
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