Home Invasion (2016)

Simply A Masterpiece

People are voting emotionally.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The setup and beginning are quite interesting as not much is being revealed. Although the 6 month flashback right after a decent opening is the first downer in a long series in this flick.The characters are unbelievable naive or overly arrogant and stupid. The only believable guy is the bank robber Esther.The home security system and company are a joke. A multi-million dollar home (more a castle) with probably a few dozen rooms and the most expensive smart home rigging installed and they can't do better than this? I expected some really good applications of what such a setting could offer to hide, set traps, escape, counter-attack or do anything to play mind tricks in the gangsters - but all they could do was hacking into the stereo system (well...don't bother) and make some noise for a moment. In the end the security company does very little to save the protagonists, everything that made a difference was done without the aid of the mike guy, who himself was pretty lost all the time.The road block and the time it took the police to reach a crime scene are so constructed - no one would build such a villa in a remote backwater place. Someone who could buy such a house and stuff would also assign at least one security guard to the building - who would have died first, but OK.All in all the story and characters are plain and lifeless, everything feels very constructed and there is never any real suspense building up.Not even worth watching on a rainy Sunday evening with nothing to do.

Not a great film by any means. But it does what it does well. There are some holes in the plot. The plot itself is predictable and a little ridiculous. But if, like us, you were looking for some diversion on a nasty November night, it kept us entertained and awake. This is a Canadian film. It was shot in British Columbia. And although they don't specifically set it in Canada, they also do not Americanize and bastardize a Canadian city as so many of these films do. We have to sell our films but we should draw the line at selling our identity. Many Canadian filmmakers don't understand that The bad guys are really bad. The kid is a brat. And they never tell us the whos and whys behind the home invasion. The acting and the camera work are very good. Good stuff if you have have a rainy evening to kill.

The only "spoiler" here is when the movie ends and you realize you have wasted 85 minutes of your life. From beginning to end there is no plot and the lack of acting should leave Jason Patric red faced. Don't waste your time. Nothing connected. There were many false starts and I hung in there because I thought there had to be a surprise ending that would redeem this film. Nope. I have no idea how this made it to a DVD. It should have been scrapped before it saw light of day. It was never made clear why her husband was away and what was in the safe. The kicker? When it took her to the end of the movie to get the gun she had knowledge of the entire time!???

Mother and son living together with a father no where in the picture. Surely this is a deadbeat father that ran with the money on his own. Not quite, instead the mother and son live a life of luxury and are trying to make ends meet in a new location away from the city. As for the father? He has been missing for eight years. Regardless of their lifestyle, someone set up their home to be protected with a home surveillance system. This is what this movie is about.The meat of the movie is about three invaders that are out to collect something from the depths of the home. The mother and son have no idea about it and are about to get caught up in the midst of it. These men are professionals - they have a fourth working on disabling a bridge to prevent the police from crossing. He also packs a gun and binoculars - so he is no stranger to this kind of work. The invaders mostly resort to classic espionage - safe drilling, tranquilizer darts, as well as scare and intimidation tactics. The mother and son on the other hand, are scared for their lives and pulled closer together as they must escape. The only thing they have is a phone, a surveillance technician, and many cameras which are slowly being blocked out.I found the movie dull at somepoints, but otherwise highly enjoyable in others. The escape aspect as well as communicating with technology is a first I've seen in a movie; moreover, having it happen within the depths of a house, with enough dialogue and cinema as well as plot to keep it going was also unexpected. When they focused on the drama and family history in the movie - clearly foreshadowing, without actually going in depth - I found it to be a bit redundant. The movie does get closure, but not in this aspect and is the only flaw I found with it.I recommend this movie as a watch, preferably at night for more effect.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/?p=10772).