Disturbia

Disturbia opens with a nice quiet fishing trip between father and son which quickly turns for the worst when they get into a car accident on the way home. Kales father is killed and it effects kale deeply. Kale rebels against his teacher and actually even punches him in the face. When kale is forced to wear and ankle monitor and must serve three months house arrest his mother cancels his x box and his I tunes leaving him to find new things to do.

Caruso definitely got peoples pulses pounding when kale and his did got in the car accident. He could have approached this film another way but no other way would have made the audience understand how kale felt unless they have never lost someone they cared about. Caruso never lets the feelings stop cause Kale then goes into his dads study for the first time and his emotions get the best of him. Caruso uses his play on emotions later on the film to help establish a deeper relationship between kale and Ashley his new good looking next door neighbour whom he spies on to learn more about. The fact that Caruso uses emotions straight from scene one helps him bring back those emotions later on cause acting those emotions are fresh in the minds of the young actors

When Shia makes his first wise crack it makes you laugh hysterically. maybe not cause of his line in this film but all the things we said and did on even Stevens goes through your mind. Shia quickly erases that image and helps pain kale as a more rebellious and misunderstood teenager who likes to break the rules. Shia definitely made a great transformation from comedy actor to Thriller star with this film. he will be one of the most sought after young actors in Hollywood and could one day win an academy award. My hat goes off to Shia for his brilliant transformation from comedy to thriller. From young teenage funny man to serious devoted actor.

When Roemer finally goes over and actually talk to Labeoufs Character you can feel the chemistry between the two radiating off the screen. They characters bond automatically and so do the actors. As the film progresses kale and Ashley become romantically involved which is set up by the very first scene in which they meet. Labeouf almost makes himself out to be a perv, but oh well all is good when you see how things turn out for the two characters. Ashley and Kale don’t really trust each other at first cause well his rep seems bad and she just moved to town so they don’t really know a lot about each other but the whole murderer next door thing kind of brings to people together like nothing else can

Roemer is great as long as she is with Shia on screen. When she ventures out of the exact location with Shia you see her capabilities to perform drop. She goes from being hot and talented to then being just someone to look at in the scene. Her performance was great and very fun to watch if when she was with Shia and telling their characters secrets. She will be able to make it if she buckles down and learns to free herself of having to be attached to a main actor who deals with all the pressure.

Next up on the docket is the man who makes this film possible. That is a man who has had experience in films and even television. David Morse throughout this film maintains that his character is innocent. He feeds off whether or not Shia was good and because Shia was good he was able to shine even brighter and become more involved and more emotionally linked to the part and the cause. Morse was able to come of sincere and sweet and change that fast from man to murderer and help make this film all the much more suspenseful and mind-blowing

Disturbia begins as what seems to be a silly teenage drama about watching the neighbours but it quickly develops into something more, something real , something that when is thought about doesn’t really seem to farfetched at all. They take would could have been turned fake and unrealistic keep it smart and keep it simple keeping the actors thinking positive and the filmmakers with wondrous ideas and the finish product does not disappoint. Disturbia keeps the best of us on our toes and on the edge of our seats and hoping for the best for all the characters.

The setting is a small town almost like the town i live in, really to me is the strangest part. They decided not to plaster the film full of city violence, or street crimes. Caruso limited the number of different sets he used to about 6. The fishing grounds, The School, The Courtroom, Kales House, Kales Neighbours house, and one scene at the Hardware store. There may be more, but each scene centered around these 6. Like for example, Kale watched Ashley in her own home from his home. It was good to see a film that shows its audience that they cannot take for granted that anywhere is safe anymore. The young cast was meant for teenagers, but the performance from Veteran actor David Morse was enough to put a little chill into every parent that fears for their child in society. The film was realistic and it hit home for many people, because unlike most films it didn’t feature the glam of the city as well as the downfalls, it featured the low points of how having too much time on your hands can in fact nearly get you and your friends and family killed.

Labeouf , Roemer, Moss and Morse all gave performances that were good enough to get the message across to the audience. A thriller that many people will turn away, but watch it, it won’t disappoint you


8/10