Review of Lakeview Terrace (2008) by Shawn W — 16 Oct 2012

This was a thrill ride. Samuel L Jackson is a really scary person when he wants to be. Now, I am not racist and am not against interracial marriage, so this film wasn't a life lesson or something, but while this film might be a really exciting thriller it could also be defined as a documentary of sorts.

I noticed very early on that the script was very well written, it was smart, fast and even funny of all things. And I guess it had to be for what it was trying to accomplish for about 40 minutes it is just a series of events of men trying to one up each other in terms of making one another mad.

The explanation of why, Abel (Jackson) is racist isn't the best of explanations but it is suitable and atleast they did explain it. And some of the residents' relationships seem to be really fake- as in a white man with an asian and another white man with a black woman. It was really noticeable that the relationships were mad like that on purpose, or not, depending on how you look at it.

The ending got me yelling at the screen and after it happened, I really didn't know how or what to feel- and you'll know what I mean if you see it. It's really under-appreciated.