A widowed father takes a job as a building super in the hopes of stabilizing the lives of his troubled daughters following the death of his wife. The body count rises as the building's tenants are picked off one at a time for the most anti climactic reasons ever.
The most disappointing thing about the movie is how much potential it wasted. What starts out as a suspenseful tale of a newly single dad trying his best to protect his family quickly degenerates into a cheap, gory mess of a movie that seems like it was written by two different people. It ultimately reaches its climax with bad voice overs, nonsense motivations, and what might probably be the stupidest decision made by any woman in a horror movie in a decade.
With the exception of the oldest daughter, the acting is quite good, including a creepy turn by Val Kilmer, and the big bad, who does a great parody of Patrick Bateman. The poor man's Laura Linney does well with what she's given, but I spent a good portion of her scenes wondering what her point was. Ultimately the shift in tone is too glaring, and by moving the focus away from dad as a protector only kills the momentum.
This is one of those movies that could be a fantastic entry into its niche genre given a more coherent script and better direction. While I wouldn't call this a time waster, I will have forgotten about it pretty much right after I click the SUBMIT button.
The most disappointing thing about the movie is how much potential it wasted. What starts out as a suspenseful tale of a newly single dad trying his best to protect his family quickly degenerates into a cheap, gory mess of a movie that seems like it was written by two different people. It ultimately reaches its climax with bad voice overs, nonsense motivations, and what might probably be the stupidest decision made by any woman in a horror movie in a decade.
With the exception of the oldest daughter, the acting is quite good, including a creepy turn by Val Kilmer, and the big bad, who does a great parody of Patrick Bateman. The poor man's Laura Linney does well with what she's given, but I spent a good portion of her scenes wondering what her point was. Ultimately the shift in tone is too glaring, and by moving the focus away from dad as a protector only kills the momentum.
This is one of those movies that could be a fantastic entry into its niche genre given a more coherent script and better direction. While I wouldn't call this a time waster, I will have forgotten about it pretty much right after I click the SUBMIT button.