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Open House (2010/Lionsgate Blu-ray)

 

Picture: C+     Sound: B-     Extras: C-     Feature: C-

 

 

Crossing a kidnap thriller with shades of torture porn is what Andrew Paquin tries out in his recent thriller Open House (2010), but it quickly becomes formulaic, somewhat exploitive, highly predictable and even some good actors in the mix cannot help it overcome its endless troubles.

 

In this story, a couple (Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer) on the verge of divorce are about to sell their house, but that all goes wrong when the supposedly interested David (Brian Geraghty) turns out to be a psychotic who decides to postpone their plans… possibly forever.  The rest is everything you have seen before, but with no suspense or no point.  This is a dull waste of 87 minutes (they could not even fill that up) and even Anna Paquin (she is the sister of the director) could not out act Geraghty.  If only they had tried something else.

 

The 1080p 2.35 X 1 digital high definition image is shot on the 4K Red One camera and has all kinds of issues here, including motion blur, detail issues and is far from the best use of this camera I have seen.  The DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) lossless 5.1 mix is not too impressive, not always well recorded and has a choppy soundfield.  Extras include trailer gallery, Deleted Scenes and feature length audio commentary by Geraghty and Andrew Paquin that is mixed at best.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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