This is an almost inspired remake of Rear Window. The acting is top notch, and LaBeouf certainly nails his character. All the acting is excellent.
I'm not entirely sure the lengthy prologue was really needed. It does serve to show LaBeouf's character Kale isn't a thoughtless brute. And, frankly, it does show he wasn't entirely unjustified punching his Spanish teacher who dared mention his father as a manipulative tactic. I would have decked that mother too.
Anyway, this is obviously an updated version of Rear Window. It really does a pretty good job, except the ending. It's one of those cases where what came before was so good... you're disappointed by an ending that just seems so generic. Could the killer behave so foolishly?
MAYBE, but it doesn't seem likely. Rear Window had an "action" sequence at the end, but it was 2 minutes tops. This kind is material works because it's psychological, not physical.
I'm not entirely sure the lengthy prologue was really needed. It does serve to show LaBeouf's character Kale isn't a thoughtless brute. And, frankly, it does show he wasn't entirely unjustified punching his Spanish teacher who dared mention his father as a manipulative tactic. I would have decked that mother too.
Anyway, this is obviously an updated version of Rear Window. It really does a pretty good job, except the ending. It's one of those cases where what came before was so good... you're disappointed by an ending that just seems so generic. Could the killer behave so foolishly?
MAYBE, but it doesn't seem likely. Rear Window had an "action" sequence at the end, but it was 2 minutes tops. This kind is material works because it's psychological, not physical.