The Killing Floor (2007)

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

There are some elements of The Killing Floor that are quite good. There are far more things that are solidly mediocre. Then there's stuff that gets worse and worse the more you think about it. Co-writer/director Gideon Raff competently assembles it all but fails to spice up the mediocre or camouflage the worst, producing a movie that falls just short of being okay.David Lamont (Marc Blucas) is a literary agent in New York City. He's the sort of guy who lives his life in fast forward, with no time or use for pleasantries unless he's trying to get himself laid. But he's also the sort of guy who'd never think of banging his hot secretary Rebecca (Shiri Appleby) because she's only a secretary.David has just bought himself a three story penthouse and started to flirt with his beautiful neighbor from downstairs Audrey (Reiko Aylesworth), when weird things start happening. Someone shows up claiming to be the son of the man who used to own David's penthouse, insisting that he's the one who now owns it. An envelope of photos shows up that seem to show murdered bodies in David's home. A video tape arrives that shows the police dealing with a triple homicide in the penthouse, but David can't find any other evidence such a crime took place. Then another video tape shows up, shot by someone who got inside David's penthouse and filmed him while he was sleeping.All that quite appropriately freaks David out. The only person he can turn to, however, is an oddly apathetic police detective named Martin Soll (John Bedford Lloyd). David slowly loses all semblance of control and begins violently lashing out against the mysterious forces tormenting him, leading to a deadly resolution and the even more perplexing reason for everything that's been happening to him.The Killing Floor gets off on the wrong foot immediately by establishing David Lamont as dick with no redeeming qualities. But he's not such a colossal dick that you can enjoy seeing terrible stuff happen to him. He's the sort of garden variety dick where you're simply unmoved when you watch him being put through the emotional wringer. That's unfortunate, because Marc Blucas' performance as David is pretty good. He not only perfectly portrays a dick but when the story start to tear David's life apart, Blucas responds with a weave of anger and fear that makes the character seem a lot more realistic and proactive than you usually get in this sort of movie. Aside from staying in the penthouse for too long after the craziness kicks in, Blucas gives David reactions that are much more like what a real person would do in his situation.The other exceptional thing about The Killing Floor is that it manages to keep you guessing as to what's happening to David and why. Every thriller tries to do this. This movie is one of the few that succeeds. Unfortunately, that leads you to another of the very bad things about this film. It keeps you guessing because the scheme at work is so unrealistic in every practical way that no one could anticipate it. There's also at least one occasion, and maybe more, where it doesn't provide the perceptive viewer with the information they'd need to figure things out. In other words, the movie basically cheats at its mystery.The other plot machinations, acting and direction are all relatively effective but never noteworthy, except for a stretch toward the end where David has to confront the awful things he has done in the course of the story. Powered again by Blucas' fine work, these scenes are much smarter and more substantive than anything else in the film.I do have to register one last complaint. There are two sex scenes in this R-rated flick but neither has any genuine nudity. It's all faux nudity where the naughty bits are always kept strategically covered up. I can appreciate that actors and actresses, especially actresses, may not want to disrobe on camera. However, a sex scene in an R-rated movie ought to have actual naked people in it. If you can't pull that off, what's the point in having a PG-13 rated sex scene in an R-rated movie? You might just as well take the high road completely and fade to black.With a more sympathetic main character, a slightly more believable plot and a good dose of legitimate nudity, The Killing Floor might have been trashy fun. Without those, there isn't enough right with this movie to overcome all the wrong. There's certainly lesser films out there you could have the misfortune of seeing, but there's just as many better films that deserve your attention.

I must say i enjoyed this movie from start to finish! The movies about a guy who moves into a new apartment and starts getting packages suggesting something terrible happened in his apartment, he tries to find out the history of his apartment and ends up going off the rails and getting himself in a very big pickle! the storyline is very gripping and its also accompanied by a nice and clever ending! the actors were well chosen and play there parts well, and the camera work and directing is very good as well!! this movie is a must for any thriller fan or anyone for that matter! its been a great movie to start off the day, i hope the other 5 im gonna watch are as enjoyable as this one was!

This type of movie has been done before, actually a lot. But, this movie set itself apart by the great acting, decent plot, good character building, and overall entertainment value. Marc Blucas was an excellent choice for the starring role of this movie and the supporting cast was spot on with their acting. One thing I liked about it, was that it was not overly x-rated and the women seemed classy and not the run of the mill bimbos that star in just about all movies these days, there was nudity, but, it was tasteful and not overdone. The plot was very interesting and though you could probably take a guess at who dun-nit, there where some twists through the movie to try and shake off your preconceptions till the end of the movie. I gave this movie an 8/10 because of the great balance it had and the entertainment value. This is a good movie that is definitely worth watching.

Hi there everyone, Just wanted to share some comments about this movie, i think this is a well written and well played movie from everyone involved! I like the scenes, light, manuscript, actors, characters, yeah almost everything. It was a little "amateur" in the beginning but it just became better and better, it gave me this creepy feeling inside. "What if somebody is watching ME right now" so and I always thought that i knew who the killer was, but as closer we've got to the end i was actually confused. But i think this is and will be a underestimated movie, and i would highly recommend it to anyone who are in to the Thriller genre!! If you like the Bourne Identity you'll definitely like this one as well. Note: This is my first comment made on IMDb, =)