Having destroyed the Batman franchise and whatever was left of his critical reputation in the process of making Batman & Robin, Joel Schumacher has kept his work relatively low key ever since. Tigerland and Phone Booth were quiet but effective and his work since then has had its moments, even if little of it can be said to be an unqualified success.
His latest outing pulls in some heavyweight acting talent in Academy Award winners Nic Cage and Nicole Kidman as a couple terrorised by home invaders, who are looking to gain entry to a secure vault in their home. From the trailer we’ve added below, it can seen that there is a certain sheen and polish to the film, rather than the grit and grime of others within the genre, though the on-screen titles do suggest that at some point Cage and Kidman will fight back.
Will the end product be derivative and predictable, or will we get something more edgy and unconventional? One can only assume there will be a pull-the-rug-out twist thingy, such is the norm for thrillers these days, but we’ll have to reserve judgment until this one sees the light of day – 14th October 2011 in the USA, presumably elsewhere shortly afterwards.
Thanks to Rope of Silicon for bringing the source for this one.
