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The Rental – 2020 D. Franco
- The Rental is sort of half-way between The Cabin in the Woods and some of Polanski’s chamber dramas (Cul-de-sac, Death and the Maiden)
- Part drama, part horror and part thriller- the type of thriller where the vise continually tightens
- Directed by Dave Franco- brother of James- and it is perceptively scribed and lean – 88 minutes. It has modest aims and that running time suits- if this is another 20-minutes longer it may not be in the archives
- Dead Calm feels like another comparison.
- The four main cast members are fine- but I think Franco made a shrewd move casting veteran Toby Huss (Rescue Dawn, The Invitation) in a key role
- It does sort of turn into a monster movie with a Michael Myers – Halloween-type character and motivation (it would be a stretch to call this a meditation on surveillance/privacy) is a bit of an issue
- Recommend but not in the top echelon of films for 2020
Drake2021-03-17T14:07:21+00:00
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I’d like to recommend Girl on the third floor(2019). Some astonishing production design and has an unforgettable ending.Has better reviews than this flick
@Malith- thank you for the editing help
So have you seen Girl on the Third Floor?It has 3 and a half stars on roger ebert.com as well