Returning home from a night out, a group of friends at a remote house in the hillside find their festivities interrupted when a group of deranged psychopaths invade their home and begin killing them one-by-one, forcing them to try to fight back to save themselves.
For the most part, this one wasn't really all that bad. One of the more enjoyable elements present is the fact that there's quite a nice atmosphere present throughout here which is quite fun. From the opening which features the first failed ambushes on the first house that immediately sets this one in motion to the first few hints that something's wrong within the house, there's a rather nicely-accomplished sense throughout here that doesn't feel right and really generates a suspenseful atmosphere. This carries into the actual attacks on the house later on, where they ambush the lone victim outside the gates in his truck to the stalking by the front door and that leads into the group finally breaking into the house which has some dark and brutal efforts with the intensity of the attacks here. Given the true-life happenings of the situation, there's a fine series of intense brawls throughout here as they deal with the intruders which manage to hold this one up quite nicely. There are a few rather large flaws here, the biggest of which is the fact that there's just nothing told here about what the intruders are doing there. It's obvious based on the historical connection as well as the epilogue, yet in the film itself, the sheer randomness of the whole affair simply leaves this one confused more than anything. Likewise, the film seems to believe that being a recreation of the actual events means that plenty of utterly despicable decision-making occurs throughout here, from failing to understand the concept of strangers who aren't supposed to be there which doesn't set off any kind of alarms about the situation to completely letting themselves into the danger by not taking advantage of them having the upperhand the few times it happens as the group has the opportunity to beat back the intruders without it happening so that it can deal with the actual events of the real incident. The last big problem here is the overall length, where it's way too short to mean anything and then just ends on an abrupt sequence that just peters out without any kind of meaning. Lasting barely over an hour with all the interludes, an overlong and unneeded introduction that doesn't do anything for the film and then gets the tacked on ending which really has some pretty big problems. These few issues here lower this one significantly.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language and intense themes involving a pregnant woman.
For the most part, this one wasn't really all that bad. One of the more enjoyable elements present is the fact that there's quite a nice atmosphere present throughout here which is quite fun. From the opening which features the first failed ambushes on the first house that immediately sets this one in motion to the first few hints that something's wrong within the house, there's a rather nicely-accomplished sense throughout here that doesn't feel right and really generates a suspenseful atmosphere. This carries into the actual attacks on the house later on, where they ambush the lone victim outside the gates in his truck to the stalking by the front door and that leads into the group finally breaking into the house which has some dark and brutal efforts with the intensity of the attacks here. Given the true-life happenings of the situation, there's a fine series of intense brawls throughout here as they deal with the intruders which manage to hold this one up quite nicely. There are a few rather large flaws here, the biggest of which is the fact that there's just nothing told here about what the intruders are doing there. It's obvious based on the historical connection as well as the epilogue, yet in the film itself, the sheer randomness of the whole affair simply leaves this one confused more than anything. Likewise, the film seems to believe that being a recreation of the actual events means that plenty of utterly despicable decision-making occurs throughout here, from failing to understand the concept of strangers who aren't supposed to be there which doesn't set off any kind of alarms about the situation to completely letting themselves into the danger by not taking advantage of them having the upperhand the few times it happens as the group has the opportunity to beat back the intruders without it happening so that it can deal with the actual events of the real incident. The last big problem here is the overall length, where it's way too short to mean anything and then just ends on an abrupt sequence that just peters out without any kind of meaning. Lasting barely over an hour with all the interludes, an overlong and unneeded introduction that doesn't do anything for the film and then gets the tacked on ending which really has some pretty big problems. These few issues here lower this one significantly.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language and intense themes involving a pregnant woman.