Allegedly, Sharon Stone has an IQ of 154. Not that you'd know it from some of the dodo-dumb thrillers she's signed on for: Sliver, The Specialist, Diabolique... but this is her most moronic choice yet. Still, it provides her best comedy role in ages.
Supposedly intelligent people move to an unwelcoming new home and allow an unhinged ex-con/ex-inhabitant to roam around freely. From this wobbly foundation, it becomes clear very early that this is going to end up in a heap of cinematic rubble.
There is some fun to be had with the increasingly obvious 'twists' ("Aw, what a lovely pet pony"; "Wow, Mr Psycho knows all about snakes!") and laughable behaviour of the characters ("My husband's got the jitters so I'll repeatedly sneak up behind him"), but ultimately both viewers and participants should be ashamed of themselves.
Supposedly intelligent people move to an unwelcoming new home and allow an unhinged ex-con/ex-inhabitant to roam around freely. From this wobbly foundation, it becomes clear very early that this is going to end up in a heap of cinematic rubble.
There is some fun to be had with the increasingly obvious 'twists' ("Aw, what a lovely pet pony"; "Wow, Mr Psycho knows all about snakes!") and laughable behaviour of the characters ("My husband's got the jitters so I'll repeatedly sneak up behind him"), but ultimately both viewers and participants should be ashamed of themselves.