Wow, this was a terribly boring experience that required the assistance of the fast forward button.

It is difficult to create a thrilling experience with a small budget and you have to rely on the actors, story and the atmosphere more. Unfortunately, when you have uninteresting characters, awful dialogues and a boring villain, the movie keeps dragging on.

The plot :

Jonathan Davenport (John Heard) is a well-off, older guy married to the young and beautiful Dana (Erin Cardillo). Their relationship seems to be OK- that’s until a guy (Brendan Sexton III) breaks into their house, ties them up and tortures them a little. He wants money, of course. But there seems to be a lot of things off about him and the situation and maybe he knows the residents somehow. We also get to see his childhood in flashbacks- when his mother (Erica Shaffer) was having an affair with a guy (Carter MacIntyre), he knew about it and what happens when his dad (Daniel Baldwin) finds out. While the flashbacks reasonably explain why our “villain” is a “little” deranged. And the twists are just so out there…

The verdict:

Just don’t watch it. I wanted to see this one to see if this could be one those exciting low-budget thrillers. It wasn’t. If you also enjoy modest thrillers that rely on the actors and the story rather than effects but actually pulls the concept off, try these: 6 Solid Films with Low Budgets and Enclosed Locations Featuring Uma Thurman, Colin Farrell and Timothy Hutton