Review of Neighbor (2009) by Emalee A — 19 Jan 2011

Though the blood and gore were very realistic, and the acting was pretty decent, that still doesn't make up for the shitty writing and useless plot. Some things the characters said in the movie was just so stupid. Like I couldn't imagine anyone saying that in real life. I'd give examples, if I could remember any.

The plot was probably the worst thing about the film. So a crazy girl goes around and torture/kills people..........and? what? That's it? It was so shallow. Clearly she's a psycho, but was she always like that? Something a little deeper into her background would've satisfied me. She didn't even have a motive. I would've been interested in why she did the things she did. It seemed kind of pointless. Why is she killing/torturing people? She enjoys it........okay...but are there any other reasons? It was just a plain & simple idea that anyone could've come up with.

The next thing that bothered me was the fact that she kills all these people, and she doesn't get caught. Really? People see her around, no one has suspected her? In the one scene where the psycho girl is sitting on the bench with the mother talking. The mother realizes she's a bit off, and leaves the park with her child. There's also a dog walker there, who is kidnapped by the psycho. The dog walker was the mother's neighbor....so wouldn't the mother realize she was missing? And wouldn't the mother call the police and give a detailed description about the psycho girl she saw at the park? I mean the movie let's her get away with so much, and the psycho isn't even very good at hiding up any evidence she leaves behind. I just couldn't believe that she hadn't been caught yet. The movie also doesn't show how the psycho girl kidnaps any of her victims. She's a scrawny girl, how can no one stop her? Are they really [I]that[/I] weak? It was just so unbelievable. The gore and violence were actually pretty impressive, but that doesn't excuse the god awful plot. And for the record, the guy she was torturing for 2 days, would've died from loss of blood much sooner than that....and she kept him conscious for the majority of it, so he probably would've died even sooner. Duh.

Don't watch this movie, unless you're watching it for the blood/gore.