Knock Knock

Saturday 27th June - 21:10pm - Leigh

It is a shame when your most famous actor, probably the one selling the film, is the worst actor by far!

When Evan's (Keanu Reeves) family leave for the weekend to go to the beach, he is able to focus on his current architectural project.  Listening to music on full volume and thinking of partaking in a little recreational drug he is disturbed by a knock at the door.  Stranded in the pouring rain, with mobile phone issues and a lost address, are two beautiful and flirtatious teens.  Evan is convinced to let them in to dry off whilst he rings a taxi for them.  Their intentions are a little more maniacal than there looks perceived.t

Eli Roth's name strike fear into me when I see him credited with a film.  Hostel and Cabin Fever gave him a little push into the regular cinema going minds, but he doesn't seemed to have developed much since then in ways of variety.  Knock Knock has some real uncomfortable parts, but the delivery is pretty samey.

The two lead seductresses are very well played and their deceitful nature had me questioning motives, but Keanu is just terrible, just absolutely terrible.  He starts well enough, but then just gets worse are the film progresses.  In one scene, he has earphone on whilst the sirens torture him with loud feedback noise.  Keanu then shouts and screams in pain, it is one of the worst acted scenes I have had the displeasure of seeing. "Oh, I'm going deaf!", "My Ears!", yes, it is as bad as you just read!

There are some good little sections, and the two girls are completely bonkers, but there are far better films of a similar ilk out there, one I kept thinking of throughout was Hard Candy, which is an absolute gem and far better than this installment of torture porn from Mr Roth