A family vacation at a lakehouse becomes a nightmare for a mother and her two young daughters, who become part of a psychopath’s deranged fantasy.
The oversaturation got me thinking from the opening shot. “Is there a purpose”? “What does this offer to the story”? Anyway, the story itself showed signs of unoriginality since the early stages. The journey started, and they made it to the house. Thankfully, the tension started building up and becoming interesting. And then, the uncreativeness came back stronger and ruined the film with many cliches and a high improbability.
Yvonne Strahovski has proven to be a versatile actress with tremendous potential. Even in a film like He’s Out There, she’s very convincing and was the only reason I watched the film. Anna and Abigail Pniowski are not to blame for their performances here. This burdens solely the director.
It’s a shame, really, as the potential was there. “Old wine in a new bottle” doesn’t mean copying randomly (and badly) existing, successful styles, mixing them up, and pasting them into a new movie.
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