John Travolta and Vince Vaughn play a father and stepfather who end up at odds over Travolta's son. The boy doesn't like the new step-dad and tries to run away. He witnesses the stepfather murder a man and no one believes him. This one sits on the high end of this rating. It almost made it to watchable, but I just dislike how the plot developed.
Library: DVD; Bandon & Lakeside. VHS; Coos Bay & Dora.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249478/
Amazon: Domestic Disturbance
Convoluted plot very similar to Firewall where bad guys kidnap family members in order to get the father to do something. In this one Michael Douglas stars as a psychologist blackmailed into trying to get a number from a mentally disturbed girl.
Too many sub plots to make the story really flow. It's amazing how violent kidnappers end up manipulated by a little girl. I lost my suspension of disbelief at that point.
Library: DVD; Myrtle Point & Coos Bay. VHS; Bandon, Coos Bay & Coquille.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260866/
Amazon: Don't Say a Word
David Morse likes to play creepy guys next door. Teenager Shia LaBeouf gets sentenced to house arrest and can't go off the property so he starts spying on his neighbors with binoculars. He witnesses a murder and tries to get people to believe him.
Maybe my dislike of this film has more to do with the sense that peeking into your neighbors life may be just as creepy as finding out there's a murderer next door. Plus I don't like the message that strange people are automatically suspected of something. I'm strange. ;)
Library: Bandon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486822/
Amazon: Disturbia (Widescreen Edition)
A paranoid young man finds himself caught up in a strange world working for a motel owner. He hears what seem to be the voices of himself and the motel owner's hot young wife and we're not sure if these are memories or his desires. So much of the imagery flashes about like it's some kind of dream.
Toward the end of the film, elements start coming together in unexpected ways. I'd already lost interest but if they'd played it out sooner in the film it might have inspired a better rating. Lucas Black and Peter Coyote star.
Library: Bandon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383304/
Amazon: Deepwater
You would think that Anthony Hopkins could class up this film, but sadly, he didn't quite do it. Apparently it's a remake of an old Bogart film. A psychopathic murderer manipulates his lawyer into helping him escape custody. He then takes over a family's home while he's waiting for the girl to come get him.
I suppose this reminds me of a horror film without ghosties. This falls on the low end of the rating, almost earning it a dog.
Library: Bandon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099409/
Amazon: Desperate Hours
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