You're Next (2013)
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
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Sorry, this movie sucks
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
I've had a number of people recommend this movie to me because they reckoned it would just the sort of thing I enjoy. On paper, they were right. Home invasion fought off with persistence--what's not to like? This was my second time of attempting to actually get through it because I told myself I'd not given it enough of a chance the first time around (I'd gotten to the dinner party and just curled up in a ball and died of disbelief). So, I tried it again. Got to the dinner party, ignored the stop button calling to me and stuck with it.... for another minute then watched the rest on fast forward (actually just jumping to the next bit of action). Why did I hate it so much? Firstly, where did they get these people? I won't call them actors because they weren't. My God. Wooden doesn't even begin to describe it. Then the writers. Sheesh. Have these writers actually heard anyone speak? For real? The dialogue was awful, just awful. Then there was the stereotypes. So, large family around the dinner table. One sibling is a lefty documentary maker. What was he wearing? A sort of Hezbollah scarf. One brother was a banker or something else evil, so he was in a cashmere roll neck and his wife in a frilly blouse even Mrs Thatcher would have vomited on, but the audience had to get that they were capitalists, so evil. The father made all his money... (remember wealth = greed and evil) in the arms trade. Wow. Juvenile writing. If you're going to do a home invasion movie, should you ensure that the audience actually cares about the home and the family that inhabits it? Fail.
Or so the saying goes. This film is a perfect example of that.At first we're led to believe that the people attacking this family are masked strangers, but we soon learn that this is a money grab attempt. We have Paul and Aubrey Davison, two successful people who have done well for themselves and their children. They are kind, generous, loving folks who welcome their now grown kids as well as their significant others into their home to celebrate their wedding anniversary.Personally, the blood and gore are nowhere near as gut-wrenching (pun intended) as the premise. Children who grew up with privilege and with warm, supportive parents, yet lack their talent and charisma and are failing miserably at life. It's absolutely sickening to me that these now adult children went so far as to plan these murders ahead of time in the hopes that the police would believe the killers were random strangers so that they would inherit their parents' money.These children lack so little humanity, it's difficult to believe they weren't adopted. After they murder their sister's boyfriend and then their sister, they brutally murder their own mother in her bed while she's devastated over her daughter's death.After they take out their father, the inevitable happens: They turn on each other. Not surprising after the way these grown men behaved before the killings. Spoiled and whiny, generally unlikable people which leads me to wonder what Erin ever saw in Crispian.So we have a group of wonderful people gathered together in what is supposed to be an enjoyable family event, but they are cut down in their prime by those they trusted most. For greed. All in all, I really enjoyed this film and its deeply troubling theme that leaves you wondering who you can trust when those you love turn on you. Coupled with the extremely satisfying ending where Erin delivers some much overdue justice, I give this film an 8 out of 10. The characters are very believable and the actors did a good job in their execution (pun intended). It had enough suspense and the element of surprise to keep me on the edge of my seat and I love the complexity of the villains, instead of the cookie cutter slashers of many films in its genre. I think what gets me the most about this particular film is that there is no tragic backstory on the villains' part. No catastrophic events that brought them to this point. It's simply the deeply flawed nature of the human condition.
This kind of films is usually low rated by me. It's very rare that I find one good film and that happened to be this one. I was braced for another disappointment, then I totally got surprised when it reached half way mark. Good twist too. In fact, there are many twists in the final quarters. Not like breathtaking, but very acceptable with kind of story and characters it had.Another home invasion film. A family reunites for the parent's wedding anniversary at their rural vacation house. Slowly all the children arrive with their life partners, and then suddenly while dining, the attack takes place. Creates full of chaos, the family does not know what to do. But one of the members' retaliation makes thing complication for the attackers. What follows after that, and how it all ends are the rest of the story.First of all, this is not a horror film as labelled. It is a terror. We don't have a such genre, so it comes under horror. But the best way to call it a thriller. Sharni Vinson was very good. It's because of how her role was designed. Best film so far by this filmmaker, until his upcoming big titles. A one-night-event film, and of course a limited cast. They make sequels for crap films, but this one definitely deserves one. So I'm expecting one. Thos who love this genre must see it.8/10
It's an OK movie... a bit comical almost... They never explained why the Erin character had an Australian accent... And also her shouting 'go! go! go!' in her Australian accent during the family dinner dart-attack was hilarious... The film was a bit dark in general. I mean the lighting. I had to turn up the brightness on my display.