Kale is a high-school senior who has yet to come to terms with the fact that his father is gone, the tragic victim of a fatal accident. As Kale's mother struggles to pay the bills by picking up extra shifts at work, her son's behavior grows increasingly erratic. When an altercation at school finds Kale placed under court-ordered house arrest, the homebound student teams with newly arrived girl-next-door Ashley to investigate the suspicious neighbor whom Kale believes to be an elusive and wanted serial killer. Their attentions focused intensely on the man they believe to be a murderous maniac hiding in broad daylight, Kale and Ashley trespass down a dangerous path while attempting to discern whether his suspicions are grounded in fact or just a combination of deep depression and suffocating cabin fever.
For a suspense thriller, there wasn't a whole lot of suspense or thrills until the last 15 minutes of the film. By then, there wasn't enough time to answer all of the burning questions (even the basic "why" and "how" questions went unanswered). This film should have been billed as a teenage drama as that's really what it was - attractive neighbors strike up a relationship and do some detective work while horsing around. If they shortened the first 1 hr 15 min and extended the last 15 minutes, it could have been a really good, creepy movie. Instead, it was just an average drama.
Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer
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