When this movie came out, everyone praised it as a Halloween-esque suspenseful home invasion movie. I saw it and I hated it. I've been known to come around to a movie after some space, so about 15 years later, I gave it another whirl, and it still sucks.

I'm not crazy about Liv Tyler to begin with. Something about her is awkward to me and I can't pinpoint it. The other lead Scott Speedman is an incredibly dull actor as well, so what does this movie have going for it besides a few well dressed villains?

Well, it has Glenn Howerton for some reason. He's the needy friend who doesn't mind his own business and causes our protagonists to make rash and stupid decisions.

What can I really say about this movie? It's a lot of ineffective tension and buildup to a lack of any real conclusion, and it tries to play upon that whole "based on a true story" angle with TCM opening narration, but it doesn't quite work. This movie is overrated.


Fortunately for everyone, the sequel is a LOT better. However, it seems to have wrapped up its killers in a nice little bowtie/bodybag, but wait a second... Renny Harlin just directed a new trilogy? WTF? Fingers crossed it copies part 2 more than part 1.