*movie review* Dream House

Last night we watched this:

it was by recommendation from Afiq Shukor, after watching this trailer:

it stars Daniel Craig, whom of course you know well through the latest James Bond installment(s), (unless you're undergoing training to make roadside bomb from a CIA-trained pseudo-extremist in an intricate cave network in Hindu-Kush) as the main character, Will Atenton

(picture related but irrelevant)

The movie revolves around James Bond Will returning to his (supposedly newly-bought) home from an espionage mission after quitting his job as a publisher.

as the story unravels, Will, his wife Libby (played by Rachel Weisz) and two daughters soon discover that there was a cruel murder involving a whole family had once occurred in the house. Shockingly the suspect was the man of the family himself, and he was later caught and sent to a mental institution due to the fact that he wasn't able to stand trial. Crowd may begin to experience shivers (really? idk. i don't) when Will later found out that the man, identified as Peter Ward, has been released by the institution and now roam free.

Will, hellbent on curiosity (like the bunch of Emo-Goth punks you'll see in the early third of this movie) went on to seek truth behind the whole incident shrouding the house, audience will be introduced to his new neighbor from across the street, Ann Patterson (Naomi Watts) who herself apparently facing troubles with her ex-husband over the custody of their teenage daughter. She however was not keen to discuss about what has happened in the house, although appears to be friendly and approachable to Will.

(Did I mention that she also looks hotter than Will Attenton's wife? Somehow she is, yeah. This fact may be important, folks! :7)

Halfway through the movie, you may relate it to any other psycho-thriller you've watched; but there are twist and turns that'll keep you guessing till the end.

The main drawback however was that the movie was quite short, not much character development was seen. and also the fact that MBO Kuching started showing it five-God-damned-minutes-earlier-than-schedule.

if you are into psycho-thrillers, this may be one of the movie you want to "download and watch with friends on your laptop" (according to Teo Sir Kit). but it might help keeping your mind rolling should you are currently doing psychiatric posting. #LOL

Syafiqah and Renuka, don't worry, no flesh-eating psychopaths found their way into the plot. Because the only one that we knew is this guy:

"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti, and topped it all up with your good-night's sleep as dessert"

"Berapa bintang ko bagi Megat?? :D"
"3.5/5"
"oh..erm..ok la tu"

P/S: Afiq, don wory, it still is a nice movie. hehe