Disturbia (2007)

• Year: 2007
• Released: 13 Apr 2007
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 5 wins & 7 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486822/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Disturbia
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/disturbia
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, Spanish
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
• Runtime: 105 min
• Writer: Christopher Landon, Carl Ellsworth
• Director: D.J. Caruso
• Cast: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss
• Keywords: serial killer, kidnapping, neighbor, voyeurism, girl next door,

	6.8/10
	62/100
	69% – Critics
	77% – Audience

Disturbia Storyline

It’s been one year since seventeen year old Kale Brecht’s father, Daniel Brecht, died, and Kale isn’t coping well since he largely blames himself for the death. An incident associated with that inability to cope leads to Kale being sentenced to three-months house arrest for assault, he adorned with an ankle monitoring bracelet to ensure he does not step off his mother, Julie Brecht’s, property. Bored, especially as his mother cuts off many of his privileges, Kale largely spends his time spying on his neighbors, most specifically his new classmate, the pretty Ashley Carlson, whose family just moved in next door. Ashley, who ends up introducing herself to Kale in her own boredom in needing to get away from her parents, and Kale’s best friend, Ronnie Chu, join Kale in watching the goings-on of their neighbors. At first, they somewhat jokingly muse that one of the neighbors, seemingly fastidious Robert Turner, may be the culprit responsible for the recent disappearance of a woman in Austin, Texas based on a circumstantial piece of evidence they see. But the more and more they watch, the more and more Mr. Turner’s activities seem to be suspicious in actually being able to commit violent crimes against women. Just when Kale believes he has the first solid piece of evidence – enough at least to delve into it further – Mr. Turner enters their lives in a more personal manner. For Kale, this becomes a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Mr. Turner, he believing that Mr. Turner not only is killing women, but that he knows they have been spying on him. To some extent, Ashley and Ronnie are willing participants in the game, understanding the dangers, but Kale’s mom also becomes unwittingly embroiled in the danger, that danger especially if Mr. Turner is indeed what Kale thinks he is. Through it all, Kale is placed in the disadvantage that it is his word against Mr. Turner’s – he convicted of a violent offense – and that he is confined to his mom’s property, more than ten seconds outside the perimeter which alerts the police.

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Disturbia Movie Reviews

Best thriller I’ve seen in a while.

Disturbia tells the story of a teenage boy named Kale who is sentenced to three months house arrest after punching a teacher in the face for making a comment about his recently deceased father. When his mother takes away his TV and his computer, he resorts to spying on the houses surrounding him. Things begin to get frightening when he begins to suspect one of his neighbours is a serial killer. He gets his friends involved with his impromptu investigation, and soon the neighbour realizes he’s being watched…And he’s not too happy about it. Disturbia is loosely based off the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window, but it is still a film all in itself, and it is the best thriller I’ve seen in a while.

What makes this movie better than most horror movies that are released today is that is doesn’t rely on excessive gore and gross out tactics to frighten you. It relies on mood and suspense, and that works so much better. As the film went on, the tension got so high that I was literally on the edge of my seat rubbing my hands together because I was so anxious to see what was going to happen next. I actually felt the adrenaline rush that the characters in the film must have been feeling when they were snooping around in the neighbour’s garage. The movie has a realistic feel of how creepy it would be to have a serial killer living across the street from you and you had no way to prove it. Everything in this movie is done well. The writing, the directing, the way it all pans out. I was actually shocked when I left the theatre over how good this movie really was.

The acting was very good from everybody involved. Shia LaBeouf has come a long way from Even Stevens. Something tells me that he has a nice career ahead of him. David Morse is perfectly sinister as the neighbour. He’s just one of those actors that you might not know who he is to hear his name, but he pops up here and there and you always say, “Cool, it’s that guy.” Overall, this was an amazing thriller, and I’m glad I went to see it because I really wasn’t expecting that much. It leads me to wonder why Hollywood continues to pump out absolute garbage like the Saw trilogy, Hostel, and Dead Silence when they could be making movies like this instead.

8/10

Stylish and well done

There have been inevitable comparisons to Hitchcock’s Rear Window, and there are those who call Disturbia a rip off of the Hitchcock classic. While I personally wouldn’t go as far to say that, I can see some uncanny similarities. If I were to compare the two, I think Rear Window is a masterpiece, but I liked this very much and feel that it may perhaps appeal more to some.

I do think though Disturbia does have a slow start with not a lot standing out really. However when it gets going, it does get very suspenseful and the rest up to the exciting finale is an entertaining mix of suspense, thrills, mystery and comedy. The story may have its predictable twists and turns and the odd crack but overall it is entertaining and slow start aside well-structured and slickly paced.

Visually Disturbia is stylish, with some nice shots and lighting which add to the atmosphere and great sets and location shooting, the direction is taut and the dialogue is on the whole witty. The acting is fine, Shia LaBoeuf and Sara Roehmmer are likable in the lead roles and show a good chemistry. Carrie Ann-Moss is also good, though I would have liked to have seen more of her, but David Morse in a shy, quiet yet altogether sinister performance is the one who steals the show.

Overall, a stylish and well done film and worth the watch. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Superficially enjoyable, even if it does copy Rear Window

DISTURBIA is a big generic Hollywood film that tells a story that’s already been told in cinema. This time around, REAR WINDOW is the film that’s being ripped off, except the story is reinvented for the teenage crowd with a young leading characters, lots of teen stuff going on (romance, parties, chicks in bikinis, mobile phones, etc.) and a villain straight out of a horror movie who gradually becomes more involved in the actual plot as the story carries on. For the most part this is a slick and efficient example of film making, a film with a fast pace that keeps you watching. Sure, it’s full of clichés and unbelievable situations, and a plot full of holes when you think about it too much, but that’s pretty much par for the course in modern Hollywood productions.

There’s something about Shia LaBeouf I just don’t like. I hated his character in TRANSFORMERS, and the way he’s portrayed by Spielberg as some kind of golden boy. He’s a little better in DISTURBIA, even if I couldn’t bring myself to actually “like” him. One interesting thing is that the script portrays his character as a real voyeur, getting his kicks watching his sexy female neighbour undress every night. However, LaBeouf isn’t condemned for this behaviour, it’s just presented as the norm…boys will be boys, and all that. The whole sub-plot involving the killer neighbour seems fairly extraneous to the main story of the romance, and there isn’t a great deal of spying going on.

It’s a shame, because there’s a brilliant and underrated actor playing the bad guy: David Morse. Morse is equally at home playing both good guys and bad, and he fills his character here with a real sense of menace. He needs more screen time and more roles. The rest of the cast list, including an almost unrecognisable Carrie-Ann Moss, just don’t cut it, although I will admit that Sarah Roemer is cute. In any case, things play out well enough, and there’s not really anything to dislike. Things end in one of those 20-minute hero vs. villain finales, full of jump scenes, death, rotting bodies, and a villain who just won’t stay dead. I would have preferred a little more wit with the script, but this movie manages to get by without that. I enjoyed it, even if I don’t want to see it again.