The Last House on the Left

This film is a remake of the low budget 1972 revenge fest of the same name, and it certainly delivers everything you'd expect from a movie with such a pedigree. The film begins with Krug being rescued from a police car by his brother and girlfriend, as they gleefully kill two cops in the process. These guys have sociopath written all over them. Meanwhile the Collingwood family, including their seventeen year old daughter Mari, is headed up to their lakehouse for a vacation. Eventually Mari and her friend Paige end up in the motel room where the gang is holed up, having been invited by Krug's teenage son Justin to join him in some pot smoking. When Krug and his cohorts show up earlier than expected back at the motel the girls quickly realize that they should have "just said no". Eventually the gang ends up at the Collingwood home where they find out that the Latte sipping crowd can be as tough as anyone. In all seriousness, I enjoyed this film a lot. I was tense throughout, even though I pretty much knew how things were going to go. I also liked the fact that the makers of this film didn't cop out and try to go for a PG-13 rating, which would have been a great disservice to it. The film needed all the graphic violence that it had in order to bring the audience from one point to the next. The actors, for the most part did their jobs well in portraying their respective characters, although the two girls in peril didn't do much more than generic screaming. An enjoyable and, cathartic film.

Rating - 3 Stars (Solid)