Review of The Resident (2011) by Billy A — 07 Aug 2011

Juliet: There's something creepy about my apartment.

"She Thought She Was Living Alone".

The worst thing about The Resident is how incredibly average it is. There's nothing great about it, but there's nothing extremely horrible either. The cast is okay, the movie looks okay; but the story is dull and unoriginal. It's predictable and boring in spots. I really can't believe Hillary Swank did this movie. She isn't bad in it, but it just seems like a complete waste of time.

The movie seems to drag for it's hour and a half run time and I never got really pulled into it. The director Antti Jonkinen wants the movie to be suspenseful and creepy. But really it all feels like a lame movie your friend who goes film school would make. He takes his material very seriously and it just never gets started before it ends. I never really felt like the situation was all that scary or thrilling. .

The ending seems to go on forever. What the hell are they doing with that ending. It's so dumb and lifeless. It seems like Jonkinen watched Halloween before writing this and decided to have his characters fight it out for an eternity and have his villain keep coming back for more. .

Oh, and if you want to watch this just because of Christopher Lee; don't bother. He's onscreen for no more then 5 minutes. .