A gem, a tense thriller about homeless young squatters who break into a rich couple's home and squat and steal from them while they are on vacation. The movie takes place in Venice Beach, a couple of young drug addicted homeless squatters break into a wealthy house off the beach where the squatters sleep under the life guard station. The leads are great Thomas Decker plays an amoral mercenary drug addict who is out for himself. Gabriella Wilde plays a lost homeless girl who still has a conscience which alludes to her previous life before she became homeless and addicted to drugs. Some of the extras seem as though they are real street toughs which gives it a cinema verite quality. The makeup is effective and realistic as they are very dirty. Reminiscent of other drug movies and film noir. The film makers accomplished a feat which is to get the viewer to sympathize with both the homeless squatters and the family that they have taken advantage of. Early scenes of the young homeless couple having things they were cut off from such as taking a bath, wearing nice clothes and going to a restaurant are poignant, these scenes made me root for the squatters even though they were criminals. A gem, I recommend watching this, it's both touching and effective.
