1. mako_psy

   6

   The movie is of course nothing that hasn't been done before, but I did enjoy the constant suspense and good acting. Unfortunately I couldn't stand the crack-head woman in it. I'm not sure why it's always female characters that ruin movies - but she was awful. It was like they put her in for nothing more than a tiny bit of nudity. Aside from that, it was a decent watch but nothing original. Cherry Tree Lane still remains to be my favourite hostage-in-my-own-home movie.… Expand

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2. quincytheodore

   5

   I've gotta wonder how many times more would I got suckered watching a movie that has Nicholas Cage on it. "Hey, at least it has Nicole Kidman on it," I thought to myself. She didn't help much though. Trespass is a thriller movie a la Panic Room, and not as good. It's often needlessly noisy, tiresome and slightly over-the-top. Imagine trapped inside a house and there are continuous shouting between the robbers and the victims, "I'll shoot!", "Please don't!", "I want your money, wife and daughter." repeated all over again. Its story is a wealthy family got caught in a robbing in their own mansion of a house. The robbers know that Kyle (Nicholas Cage) is a diamond dealer and living with his wife and daughter. They go in with guns and Kyle counters with his mouth. Over the course of the movie, they banter back and forth with almost the same result; nowhere. This isn't witty exchange of increasingly clever moves in one setting like Panic Room, but more of abuse of violence and screaming. The robbers are not exactly smart, I can't think of anyone who would bring delusional psycho or wrecked addict into a job. It might get away with all the screaming, shooting, windows breaking due to quite neighborhood, but it gets a bit comical after a couple of shout out exchanges. The wife (Nicole Kidman) is quite good. Her expressions are more vibrant, but the dialogues don't give her the best opportunity. Nicholas Cage is a bit unintentionally silly on his delivery and might break the pace. Still there's a bit of suspense to be had here. The characters all have emotional baggage and individual story, albeit not that well told. Their motivations are a tad quirky and the only thing you'll remember is how they use profanity to invoke emotion from audience. Don't get me wrong, a well placed F bomb can be effective, but the use here is just brash and distasteful. I don't get the lady robber character, whether she's supposed to be a comic relief or not. The things she does don't make sense, it's partially rude yet chuckle inducing. It has a bit of twists, but they are predictable. I think the director wanted to be realistic in depicting the characters, especially Cage, in a believable scenario. But it ends up the opposite, some scenes are actually not that entertaining and just funny out of context. It doesn't have much restraint and everything is full blown aggressively. If he wanted to make the audience felt like they are hostages themselves, I’d say it’s, at the very least, accomplished.… Expand

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3. Mediocre_Soul

   2

   Who said Home Invasions movies are dull and cumbersome? Well, Joel Schumacher, Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman have proven that they are. Trespass is labeled as Psychological Thriller, but it should have been put under Patience Tester, it’s also an apt title. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not in the business of patronizing Schumacher or Cage, I’m just telling you the truth. Joel Schumacher has done his fair share of thriller cinema, and Phone booth was an excellent testament to that. It’s hard to extract such fear, within a confined space of a telephone booth, but he did it. But that was in the past, Trespass just provides evidence to the fact he had fallen from grace, and is hurting (which is evident in his film making). The film starts with Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage), a diamond broker making demands, producing threats, and finally requesting, which was all too close to begging, on the phone. He seems to have got all that money offers, a fancy car, a big house, a mouthwatering wife Sarah Miller (Nicole Kidman), a rebellious teenage daughter Avery Miller (Liana Liberato) and a bad taste fashion taste. You’d think its Conair by looking at him, that’s how bad he’s dressed. Within 15 minutes, you find out he’s stressed, away from home a lot, and puts his business ahead of his family, to give his family a better life. And then bam, the perpetrators enter, with information regarding his security systems and the stupidity to bring a cocaine addict along with them. The film has a lot of stupid conundrums, intense arguments, then stupider counter arguments, and a fear of something that isn’t visible. Stories are told, tensions are assumed and the foolishness begins. If you were a burglar, and had a paralysis causing injection, and just wanted a finger print on a safe, what the hell would you do…? He doesn’t do anything that resembles common sense and that means, rationality is thrown out the freaking house. Trespass has a whole bunch of screen talent, and I don’t know why. The film may have produced the greatest screen presence of them all. Kendra (Emily Meade) portrays a thief, an accomplice, a cocaine addict, and a fashion model that randomly puts on clothes, brandishing a gun, shaking it without end. No supporting actor could have played these many roles, with such little screen time. I feel sorry for all the talent that took part in this film, along with the crew that endured this movie for the entire period of shooting. Conclusion: I give a 1.5/10 rating. Trespass is a comedy that was mistakenly filmed as a Thriller. Nonetheless, it’s a popcorn film, and you’ll love it for that.… Expand

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