Disturbia (2007)

This is a play on "Rear Window" -- with a house-arrested teen acting as our eyes to the outside world.

Shia LeBeouf is an extremely charming and talented leading man here. Most of the script is recycled from other (sometimes better) films -- but he makes most of it work. I do wish that the love interest (Sarah Roemer) had a bit more spunk and expressiveness as her delivery looks rather somnambulant next to Shia's.

Now, I know this is just a silly little jump movie, but is it too much to expect that the payoff at least make some sense? I mean, if the killer has a labyrinthine catacomb underneath his house, why in the world is he stuffing corpses in his walls where they can be seen through the vents?

B-