Review of Tiger House

Initial Thought: The premise here caught my attention. It's not necessarily original or anything. It just sounded like a fun take on the idea. I'm hearing a lot of mixed feelings about it though. Most people aren't liking it. Some say it's very slow and boring. While others say it's pretty intense in some areas. So I had to check for myself.

Characters/Acting: The casting here is pretty interesting. I don't think I've seen Ed Skrein play a villain yet so that should be interesting. I'm also not a huge Kaya Scodelario fan like a lot of people these days. I just kind of find her slightly above average. Good ole Dougray Scott is here most likely playing the lead robber. I mean it's surely not often he is anything other than evil. I really liked his character here to be honest simply for the personality he gives. Ed Skrein is an interesting villain type. It kind of reminds me of a mixture of some others I can't quite think of at the moment. Kaya puts on a decent performance, but she is definitely not the most interesting character of the film.

Story: An injured gymnast must defend her boyfriend's house from a gang of armed robbers. It's a fairly simple plot, but I'm hoping everything plays out rather intensely. Well with a beginning like that how can you be bored? It's kind of slow moving, but it manages to keep you invested. I kept wondering what would happen next. There were a few things that were a bit cliched and expected, but it did have some originality to it. Wish the death scenes were a bit more interesting. Here they were pretty casual and tame. That was a pretty nice little twist at the end.

Directing/Writing: This is the only film from director Thomas Daley. As for writer Simon Lewis he has a couple other films under his belt included The Anomaly (as one I've heard of).

Final Thought: It was a fairly good one time watch. The characters were interesting. There was a nice tension throughout the whole thing. It may not be for everyone though. It wasn't boring, but it wasn't all that brutal either. I say give it a shot. It's far from bad.