4Closed (2013)

Memorable, crazy movie

Admirable film.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Oscar winner Marlee Matlin is one of my favorite actresses.She was definitely worthy and deserving of her Academy Award for Best Actress from the 1986 movie Children Of The Lesser God.Too bad that I rarely see of her movies these days.That is why I was fortunate to see her once again when I was tuning in at the Lifetime channel and see her in Foreclosed,also known as 4Closed.Jamie Kennedy,James Denton,Paul Sorvino-stars with Marlee in it.The story of the movie directed by Nick Lyon is about a family who is currently shopping for a new and cheap house and decided to buy on a foreclosed home.Unfortunately,the former owner would not take "no" for an answer and would not want to let go of his previous house.He keeps close to the new owners by life close by.When he could no longer bear not living in it,the former owner apparently happens to be a psychopath and decides to kill each member of the family.He does that through manipulation by setting each one of them with each other.And just like any typical movie from Lifetime,the family eventually finds out and brings the previous owner into justice as always.No question that we have a common storyline here from Lifetime.The only difference is this time the villain could not let go of his former house instead of having someone who could not let go of someone he/she is involved with in an illicit and adulterous affair.But in spite of it,it was nice at least to see the beauteous and talented Marlee Matlin in another fine performance.Added to that,the suspense and thrilling scenes were fair enough for entertainment.

****SPOILERS**** Far out in left field movie about this nutcase of a guy Forrest Hayes, Jamie Kennedy, who goes to any lengths to get his house back from the Turner family after it was foreclosed due to failure to pay back taxes. It's Hayes' ability to be able to go in and out of the house undetected that makes him be able to drive the Turners crazy and by stealing their identity almost into bankruptcy. It's when Hayes kidnaps Christine Turner,Alex Frnka, and holds her hostage after murdering his lawyer-For failure to deliver- and a next door neighbor-for sticking her nose where it doesn't belong- that things really start to get completely out of hand.That's when Hayes kidnaps Ally Turner, Marleen Martin,and forces her to sign the house back to him who then ends up escaping and getting both her husband Jack, James Denton, and dad Bud, played by what looks like a 400 pound plus Paul Sorvino, and a squad of local police come to both her as well as Christine's rescue that Hayes plan to get his house back falls completely apart. Seeing that his goose is cooked Hayes in a desperate attempt at revenge by trying to drive Jack, a recovering alcoholic, to drink detonated-kamikaze style-the very thing that he loved so much his family house together with himself in order not to face trial for both murder and kidnapping! It was a shame that it should have ended like this when all then Turners had to do was allow Hayes to remain a tenant in the house that he loved so much in the basement and play with his toys where he spent almost all of his time anyway. In knowing just how crazy and dangerous he is that would have been a very small price to pay as well as prevented all the damage and murders-two at last count-as well as bankrupting the Turner family, by stealing their identity and maxing out their credit cards,that he committed.

*** NO SPOILERS ***The idea behind the whole movie is great: someone gets evicted from their home, because it was foreclosed by the bank. A great setup that appealed to me, so I decided to watch it.You know, when I watch a thriller, I want the actors to act like a normal person would. That makes the movie believable, and contributes to the entire story line. What I don't like, is certain events that move the story line into a particular direction, but are on completely unrealistic behavior. This movie is literally packed with those. There are more than a dozen of these scenes that will make you stand up and shout: "Who does that!".Some examples*** SPOILERS ***The girl is meeting the weird Forest Hayes in public, and he's touching her face and hair. She is not creeped out, and doesn't mention it to anyone. "Just another day of the weird guy touching and threatening my family lol".Someone has made 10k+ fake transactions from your bank account. Better not inform the bank, money doesn't matter.The police, looking for Forest Hayes in regard of a murder case, yet take the husband under arrest for a bar fight, but Forest is not a priority.Everybody enters the house one by one, notice a BOMB on the kitchen table, and don't call the cops. "cause you know whatever, bombs yolo"The mom just zapped Forest Hayes, taking control of the situation, as he is half passed out on the floor. Instead of tying him up or zapping him some more, they leave him alone and start looking for an exit, so he can recover and blow up the house. Because the guy LOVES his house so much that he wants it back to BLOW IT UP.

It was amazing watching so many ridiculous scenes in this movie. Right from the start the guy starts killing people that just "disappear" from the story line like they never happened. When you watch a movie you expect to people react to situations just like you would, these people reacted like they were mentally challenged. You spend your whole time thinking: why didn't they do this or that, why can't they tell why all this is happening to them? I mean, you your whole bank account disappear with all kind of strange charges couldn't your first thought would be to call or go to the bank? Nope, they just start arguing about his "gambling" and "drinking" habits. Anyway i just finished watching since i had it taped and was able to fast forward at the end.