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Tiger House (2015/Magnolia/MagNet Blu-ray)



Picture: B Sound: C+ Extras: C Film: B+



A girl sneaks into her boyfriend's house for the night, but what was to be a night of fun soon turns into a hostage situation, four masked men breaks and quickly takes over everyone... everyone except her. Hidden when they arrived she must now use her wits and courage to stop the four highly trained men who had been planning for months in Thomas Daley's Tiger House (2015).

All Kelly (Kaya Scodelario) wanted to do was tell her boyfriend (who ALSO shot her in the leg with an arrow, which tells you a little on her for her choice in boyfriends) was that she was pregnant, but when her boyfriend's father is forced to help carry out a bank heist, she must somehow overpower 4 heavily armed men with only a crossbow and a single bolt! Trapped and hidden, time is running out, but fortunately for her one of her adversaries was wounded and develops a conscience and another has a father inferiority complex which she uses to her advantage. When they split up for the heist she takes the opportunity to take them out one by one, only to discover in the mastermind was her boyfriend's father.

This was your typical hostage survival situation story, but set in South Africa for a change with a thriller history of its own (hear episodes of the creepy old thriller radio drama Beyond Midnight, for example). It is fight or flight, with understanding the 'rules' of job. The smallest mistake could cause the plan to fail or even become fatal, but like life, things don't always go as planned and that when using your wits is more important than following the 'plan', improvisation to the situation is crucial to survival. Dougray Scott also stars.


The HD-shot 1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image is as good as its going to get with its darker look and lesser surveillance footage, while the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 mix has its quiet moments and location audio moments that produce an awkward soundfield. Extras include making of the movie and trailers.



- Ricky Chiang


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