DISTURBIA by Kudos & Nigel Hare

DISTURBIA

by Kudos & Nigel Hare

Nigel Hare
A slow burning homage to Hitchcock. The last thirty minutes of this film are as tense and thrilling as Hitchcock but not at his best. As a movie it kept me watching but it lacked a little depth. David Morse, the serial killer lacked the menace I have come to expect of serial killers and struck me as a pale version of Hannibal Lector which was either his or the director's mistake. The moment the central character was house bound and picked up the binoculars you could predict where the movie was heading and that's where it went without diversion. Worth a watch but you could skip the middle to save time if you desire.


Kudos
The plot is a man trapped in his house and starts taking notice of his neighbours and one seems to be acting very suspiciously.

So this is a modern interruption of Hitchcocks “Rear window”, aimed at lower age and some would say lower IQ audience but I disagree, it would be pointless remaking the same movie set 50+ years on, the original is teflon and nothing new would stick, as the 1998 Christopher Reeve version proved.

Take the DNA of the original chuck in some young sexy things, inject some humour and more gore, turn the pace dial up a couple of notches and you end up with a perfectly decent “takeaway and beer” movie, The cast work well together, it even tries to put some meat on the bones of the female co star, she is no dippy bimbo but there quite a few scenes of her with her meat and bones on show

Yes it lacks the slow ramping up of tension the original did so well and a “tag” is never going to work as well to restrict the options of the observer compared to being in a wheel chair but it never let go of my attention and entertained me whilst enjoying a few beers..............sometimes that is all a film needs to do.

It is so far removed from the source code it should not offend the fans of Hitchcock and may even drag in a few to watch the original...which is what I will be doing next week

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486822/?ref_=nv_sr_5