Disturbia

Pros: Great acting; suspenseful thriller
Cons: Maybe too predictable of an outcome

Chalk this movie field trip as an experience. My wife and I decided that it was time to grace the theatres for 2007 and, to our surprise, there wasn’t anything we really wanted to see. Let me put it this way. There wasn’t a movie we wanted to ...

Pros: Good acting, script and directing
Cons: End a little weak

I'm glad to report that "Disturia", although advertised as "one of the most frightening movies in years" is not full of the gore of such movies as "Saw" and "The Hills Have Eyes." Instead, the tension and fright in this film is more in the nature of a ...

Pros: Great cast, good suspense building
Cons: Rear Window, anyone?

Disturbia is a very well-made movie about a young man on house arrest who discovers that one of his neighbors might be a serial killer. It stars Shia LeBeouf in what will probably be remembered as his breakout role, and was directed by D.J. ...

Pros: fun suspenseful psychological thriller
Cons: a tad predictable.

As a kid I saw James Stewart in the Hitchcock classic Rear Window. Stewart confined to his room with a broken leg believes that he saw a man kill his wife. Step into today, and the story is delightfully updated and retold in a surprisingly ...

Pros: Suspenseful, quirky, just plain fun to watch.
Cons: Doesn't do much for the privacy debate. Some inconsistencies.

As a huge fan of the Hitchcock classic < b>Rear Window, a movie for which 1000 lifetimes of nothing but shouting of its awesomeness from the highest mountaintop still wouldn't be enough, I was more than a little ...

Pros: slick, cleverly updated, with strong performances
Cons: derivative

Disturbia is a thriller about a high-school student who suspects his next-door neighbor is a killer. It's not the first time we've been down this road. The "suspicious neighbor" plot has been with us, at least since Rear Window and as recently as The ...

Pros: Interesting premise inspired by Rear Window.
Cons: Terrible decision to turn third act into a slasher movie. Logical inconsistencies. Excessive fake scares.

There's a really nice shot early on in Disturbia that provides a glimmer of hope that director DJ Caruso might have a clue. After a harrowing car accident scene, one character escapes from the burning vehicle and rushes to the other side to check ...

Pros: LeBoeuf, Roemer, Morse, Yoo. Caruso's direction. Rogier Stoffer's multi-media cinematography. Jim Page's appropriate editing.
Cons: Cliches and conventional solutions mar the last half hour of the picture.

When Daniel Brecht (Matt Craven) and his 16 year-old son Kayle (Shia LeBoeuf) are driving back to LA from a "bonding" fishing trip in the Sierras, through no fault of their own, they are cut off on the mountain highway; there is a wreck; and Dad is ...

Pros: Exciting second half, Shia Labeouf, Aaron Yoo, David Morse
Cons: Painfully boring "introductory" hour, dull ending

By now, all of you probably know that I am a huge fan of horrors and thrillers. Disturbia is basically a remake of Hitchcock's Rear Window. The result? A rather genre-confused flick that works in some aspects, and completely ...

Pros: Great movie, wonderful cast and acting, suspenseful plot...
Cons: None (read review)

It may be telling of my age when I admit that I've never seen the classic Hitchcock film, Rear Window (though, to my credit, my friends and I did try to rent it last night, but most movie rental places are closed at one in the morning). ...

Pros: Good suspense, subplots and chemistry among the actors.
Cons: Some unnecessary creepiness, a few outlandish things here and there

What happens when a teenager sentenced to house arrest starts spying on his neighbors? Well, if you are Kale (a teenager, not a vegetable) something very wrong. He sees the quirks and foibles of his neighbors outside his windows, but sees something ...

Pros: Good quality, good acting, and interesting storyline
Cons: Slow pace to climax, and a teen movie feel in a few places.

I’ll try to make this pretty spoiler free as I personally hate any spoilers. Kale (Shila LaBeouf ) is sentenced to house arrest and tragically loses his Xbox subscription and TV. Boredom soon sets in and the teen takes to spying on his neighbors. ...

Pros: The actors and characters, the storyline, the action
Cons: The ending had me a bit disappointed

After seeing the previews for the movie Disturbia, I thought it would be another one of those wannabe thrillers that don't do much to thrill or entertain. However, my impression of the movie was wrong because it actually was quite a good thriller and was ...

Pros: interesting, suspenceful, keeps you wondering
Cons: can be kind of boring, slow at times

Kale (Shia LaBeouf) and his father, Daniel (Matt Craven) are returning from a fishing trip, talking with Kale’s mom (Carrie-Anne Moss) on the phone when they come to a stalled car and a speeding SUV, which causes a huge accident, killing Kale’s ...

Pros: Fun, Suspenseful thriller. Great acting and a gripping plot.
Cons: Slow climax. Ended slightly weak.

I am a huge fan of scary and intense movies, but last night I hit my limit for the month. My boy friend took me to this awesome movie, Disturbia. Scary movie lovers look out; this movie is a seat gripper, hand crusher, (for those who have someones ...