Review of Lakeview Terrace (2008) by Mike D — 05 Oct 2009

Jackson does his shouty bad-ass black cop dude in this pretty lame thriller.

This review of Lakeview Terrace (2008) was written by Mike D on 05 Oct 2009.

Lakeview Terrace has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Meth-Dude (745) on 23 Jun 2014

The story is not original but the movie is really suspenseful and the actors are really good.Samuel L.Jackson is just brilliant in his racist…

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By Brian B (2,161) on 26 Oct 2015

At the time this film came out (the summer before Obama was elected President south of the 49th parallel) I viewed it as an throwback to the…

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By Deborah Ross (530) for The Spectator (1,162) on 31 Jan 2018

Alas, LaBute loses it entirely in the third and final act, when he yields entirely to genre convention and allows it all to explode into a…

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By Art M (61) on 18 Jun 2014

Critics have gone hard on this movie, but I beg to differ. I liked this movie, and it def kept me on the edge of my seat…

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By Scubasteve Walter M (522) on 19 Apr 2017

Not a classic from Samuel L Jackson - wouldn't be surprised if this was a straight to DVD job…

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By David S (4,459) on 26 Jul 2015

Samuel L. Jackson being Samuel L. Jackson, a little questionable in some of the content about it's views on inter racial couples but not bad I guess…

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By Dylan G (377) on 20 Sep 2015

A nail biting thriller that leaves you at the edge of your seat from start to finish! Also having a few laughs in the mix, it's just brilliant! A+…

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By Luke A (368) on 06 Mar 2014

The performances make the film watchable, but the plot is fairly obvious and completely sells out in the final act…

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By Paula Nechak (219) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 09 Jan 2015

When a film has to blare its racially and incendiary stance as obviously as Lakeview Terrace, you know it's trying too hard…

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By Esteban G (391) on 04 Apr 2014

It's his word against yours. And he has, let's say, the color issue on his side. And that color happens to be blue…

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