Knock Knock [DVD] [2017]

Good

Real mind blowing plot twist which turns you on at one minute then has you shocked and speechless.The reason why this man was targeted was never explained but leaves you with the thoughts - ‘What would I do?’ and ‘This could happen to me!’Worth a watch.

Arriving out of sequence (The Green Inferno was filmed first, but released late due to distribution issues), Knock Knock could be mistaken for Eli Roth, the gleeful master of gory thrillers, softening.Such an impression would be a mistake. While the blood and gore are barely present, Knock Knock is chock full of Roth's usual twisted humour, sexually charged scenes, almost perversely hard to escape predicaments, and nuts characters.Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas play the lost partiers who knock on Keanu Reeves' door, soaked by a storm and in need of help. Uncertainly, Reeves' architect lets them come in to dry off and call a cab, explaining that his wife and kids are at the beach for the weekend. But soon the girls surprise him with their forthright, intimate conversations and suggestions, and begin to put temptation in the way of the dedicated family man...Despite the trailer giving a great deal of the plot away, I'll still try to avoid spoilers. Suffice it to say that the two girls are a couple of bunnies short of a Fatal Attraction, and make it their personal business to terrorise the befuddled architect.The rest of the story is essentially a home-invasion movie crossed with a will-they-won't-they suspense thriller, as we start to wonder just how unhinged the girls will become in their twisted games of emotional torture. That's right - the man many accuse of 'torture porn' in his Hostel films is at it again, but on the emotional level this time, and you do feel for Reeves character as they begin to mess with his head and his home.Lorenza Izzo, despite having a couple of very brief 'stagey' moments, is brilliant, and Ana de Armas is mesmerizingly convincing as her partner in crime, who seems milder but may be even more unhinged.Unfortunately, Reeves is the weakest link. It's quite possible that the film would never have been made without a big star like Reeves to put his name above the title as a selling point, and it's a brave and challenging role for him to have tried, but unfortunately he falls flat on his face relentlessly for most of the film, coming off as a befuddled blank slate, or a shouty dazed surfer dude, when the role needed an actor who can portray a far greater emotional range in their face. Somebody like Ewan McGregor would have been far more appropriate. Reeves' attempts at playing 'monster' and chasing his kids come off as just plain creepy, and his whole family seem stilted and weirdly unlikeable - there is no family chemistry or believability at all. Worse - we are supposed to feel bad for him having to stay behind and work while they're away at the beach, but his home seems so luxurious, his 'job' so easy, and his wife so self-indulgently arty and entitled, that it's difficult to feel anything but surprise and a bit of naughty joy when the two nymphettes start trashing their place. His 'free pizza' speech is absurd and does little to swing us to his cause, but at least it does allow him one of his only moments of animation in the movie.There are great moments, and it remains tense throughout, but the major mis-casting and some missed opportunities to ratchet up the tension make this a rare misfire for a director who usually producing nerve-shredding tension.

Good sexy little thriller

I've been trying to get this film for a while now, so pleased you had it on stock thank you so much ,

This film is unrealistically portrayed. The main idea behind it is thrown bluntly in front of a viewer leaving them confused about the whole principle of revenge with no respect shown to the main character and their clear moral intentions. The two psychopathic female characters basically forced themselves on him physically and mentally so to speak for no apparent reason other then that to show or prove that all men are sick?? the fundamental truth for the animalistic traits in humans is the difference between how male and female brain is wired. That is, of course, if there is a healthy mind at both ends. A natural reaction is to do what he did, given the circumstances. The only time the situation he found himself in could have been prevented is if he picked up on the flattery right in the beginning When he perceived it as something more or less innocent. He should then straight away took control over the conversation and End it there. Failing to pick up on this would be the only thing He could be blamed for. The rest is simply a male biology and a clear disrepect to another person through psychopatism with no concern for the genuine intentions. The director had no idea how to work it and did not give the viewer a substantial understanding to built the plot upon. Give it to Tarantino, please. The only reason I am giving it one star is because I feel for Keanu because he knows that taking part in this was a Bad decision.

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Knock Knock is not perfect - it goes on for a few minutes too long and sometimes Reeves reads lines as if he'd just shot up heroin, but it's intriguing and truly captivating once it gets going and becomes a psychological horror house in its finest moments. Callously covering up a dead body with papier-mâché? That's chilling. Being buried alive? Macabre. It's nice to see Roth hasn't lost his touch, and the humor is definitely there intentional or not. I highly recommend this movie to fans of home invasion thrillers. Just don't go in expecting a polished masterpiece; Knock Knock is depraved, raw and filthy in the best ways possible.