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Lakeview Terrace

What could be safer than living next to a cop?

A young inter-racial couple move into an mixed, up-market neighbourhood. The guy next door is a cop, widowed, with two kids. He takes a dislike to the newcomers, and after he and his kids see them skinnydipping in the pool, decides they have to leave the area. So he begins a campaign to force them out. Unable to turn to the police for help, the couple eventually decide to fight fire with fire, which quickly escalates out of control, just like the approaching forest fire. Reviews have been mixed.

108 minutes, No persons under 13 (Language, Violence, Prejudice)
Drama, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Ron Glass, Justin Chambers, Jay Hernandez, Regine Nehy, Jaishon Fisher

Director

Neil LaBute

Screenplay

David Loughery, Howard Korder

Music

Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna

Cinematography

Rogier Stoffers

Editing

Overbrook Entertainment, Screen Gems

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Joe Plotch

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Mild, within context
Nudity	None
Sex	Implied
Violence	Realistic, within context
Prejudice	Strong references to racial differences
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarKgomotso Moncho

Die BurgerJacques Liebenberg

Cape TimesMichael Sragow

iAfrica.comNils van der Linden

24.comNiel Bekker

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert I find movies like this alive and provoking, and I'm exhilarated to have my thinking challenged at every step of the way.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson The movie does inspire the hope that more studio thrillers will take a wider view of the world.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli It's too bad the movie's moderately intriguing qualities are buried under the final half-hour's avalanche of predictability.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers The main problem with this treatise on racial politics undercover as an exercise in suspense is that the director, Neil LaBute, didn't write the script.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Fortunately, and unlike a bad neighbor, one can easily move away from this busy but far too familiar member of the cinematic community not long after being introduced to it.

Metacritic.com28 critics

RottenTomatoes.com119 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer This thriller about a menacing cop wreaking havoc on his neighbors is tense enough but threatens absurdity when it enters into excessive potboiler territory.

Internet (IMDB)2700 Netizens Remind me never to let Samuel L. Jackson borrow a cup of sugar from my place

Average .. 53%

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