An average movie

To be honest, I had no idea what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Samuel L. Jackson, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it wasn't really good, I'm afraid. The first issue I had was with Luke Wilson. Indeed, even if he did look the part, he gave a rather weak performance and he was never convincing. Another thing that bothered me was that the whole thing looked so fake, especially Luke Wilson's house. For a very long time, I was wondering if the general fakeness was by design, if it was some kind of Twilight Zone deal, but it was apparently giving this movie way too much credit. Indeed, the 3rd act finally gave some kind of resolution but it was a really weak conclusion to an already rather underwhelming movie. Eventually, the only thing that worked was Samuel L. Jackson. Indeed, it is not very often that he gets the opportunity to play a lead character and, in contrary to Wilson's really limp performance, he was pretty badass and really convincing. Anyway, to conclude, I think I was actually rather generous with my rating here, the damned thing was pretty much a waste of time and I don't think it is really worth a look.

5/10