Dale (Teresa Palmer) and Ron (Travis Fimmel), a runaway couple being sought after for murder hide out with the reclusive agoraphobic Andrew (Stephen Moyer), who lives alone in a villa living off a fund set up by his parents. In order to survive Andrew promises them 40000 dollars with 48 hours, by using the unique semblance of Dale to his ex-fiancée. Meanwhile he initiates a psychological battle, which slowly causes ruptures in Dale's and Ron's relationship...
A high tension thriller complemented by some crisp acting and strong characters. Set mostly within the confines of Andrew's villa it is however less focused on creating an atmosphere, but more on interaction and mind warfare. Throwing together three amoral people gave the necessary backbone to create a tense atmosphere, while the beautiful Teresa Palmer keeps male audiences interested by showing off a lot of skin. Nonetheless despite some very strong credentials the ending failed to entice me, as the conclusion came in fairly predictably and lacked the emotional punch (despite it's supposed shock value) after so much was promised in the build-up. The script is also rather rudimentary, which need not be detrimental, but given the capability to keep interest on high levels for ninety it would be beneficial to either cut runtime or add some side occurrences to beef up the story.
In the end it is a rather good movie, but falters by not being able to keep you involved for the long run. This in part owed to the fact that script or characters weren't really very original or unique.
A high tension thriller complemented by some crisp acting and strong characters. Set mostly within the confines of Andrew's villa it is however less focused on creating an atmosphere, but more on interaction and mind warfare. Throwing together three amoral people gave the necessary backbone to create a tense atmosphere, while the beautiful Teresa Palmer keeps male audiences interested by showing off a lot of skin. Nonetheless despite some very strong credentials the ending failed to entice me, as the conclusion came in fairly predictably and lacked the emotional punch (despite it's supposed shock value) after so much was promised in the build-up. The script is also rather rudimentary, which need not be detrimental, but given the capability to keep interest on high levels for ninety it would be beneficial to either cut runtime or add some side occurrences to beef up the story.
In the end it is a rather good movie, but falters by not being able to keep you involved for the long run. This in part owed to the fact that script or characters weren't really very original or unique.