4Closed

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****SPOILERS**** Far out in left field movie about this nutcase of a guy Forrest Hayes, Jamie Kennedy, who goes to any lengths to get his house back from the Turner family after it was foreclosed due to failure to pay back taxes. It's Hayes' ability to be able to go in and out of the house undetected that makes him be able to drive the Turners crazy and by stealing their identity almost into bankruptcy. It's when Hayes kidnaps Christine Turner,Alex Frnka, and holds her hostage after murdering his lawyer-For failure to deliver- and a next door neighbor-for sticking her nose where it doesn't belong- that things really start to get completely out of hand. That's when Hayes kidnaps Ally Turner, Marleen Martin,and forces her to sign the house back to him who then ends up escaping and getting both her husband Jack, James Denton, and dad Bud, played by what looks like a 400 pound plus Paul Sorvino, and a squad of local police come to both her as well as Christine's rescue that Hayes plan to get his house back falls completely apart. Seeing that his goose is cooked Hayes in a desperate attempt at revenge by trying to drive Jack, a recovering alcoholic, to drink detonated-kamikaze style-the very thing that he loved so much his family house together with himself in order not to face trial for both murder and kidnapping! It was a shame that it should have ended like this when all then Turners had to do was allow Hayes to remain a tenant in the house that he loved so much in the basement and play with his toys where he spent almost all of his time anyway. In knowing just how crazy and dangerous he is that would have been a very small price to pay as well as prevented all the damage and murders-two at last count-as well as bankrupting the Turner family, by stealing their identity and maxing out their credit cards,that he committed.

The film is not as ominous as the cover. This is a brightly lit suburban home, not something isolated in the woods. The family moves in while the former resident (Jamie Kennedy) stays in a secret basement room having access to their home, learning their secrets and causing a rift between family members. This film has a brief element of voyeurism. It is a slow developing semi-home break-in movie. I thought the acting was superior to most Asylum features. The psychological damage inflicted by former owner Forest was well done. Unfortunately the writers couldn't bring it home. At times I thought I was watching a "Lifetime" film. The opening line was "based on true events" although there was nothing in the extras about said event. Marlee Matlin, who is deaf in real life, plays the wife who is also deaf. The film uses sign language whenever she is on the screen. Christina DeRosa plays the daughter Christine so I guess it is based on "true events." The extras included a "Gag Reel" which was short and not worth watching either. This might work as a cheap rental. It is Asylum. Don't expect David Hess, although Jamie Kennedy was effective. Parental Guide: No F-bombs or nudity. Brief voyeur sex scene.

Asylum films suck, I get it. But it's not like you need high budgets to make something memorable, or even with deeper social commentary. Thing is the villian could still be terrible, scary, psychotic and have the plot of blowing up the house. But the brunt of it could be the banks screwing someone over than a family. It was the bank that took his house. The family just moved in. He could harass them, but the brunt of it could be him going after the institution which makes it more nuanced, especially for an asylum movie. But they didn't do that. THey just had him bother the famly and be crazy. Nothing more.

When a family move into a foreclosed home, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back....or be in another Scream movie.... This is nothing more than your atypical psycho stalker film, starring people who you recognise from other films, an young girl who looks like Neve Campbell, and special guest star Paul Sorvino not doing a lot other than giving people disappointing looks. Jamie Kennedy has had a bizarre career just of late, and it seems that he will appear in anything. But even though he does do sinister well, the ghost of Randy Meeks will follow him until the day his agent gives up. It's straight to the point, the hearing impairment arc is an interesting angle, even when it's treated badly. For instance, the scene where Matlin is expressing her frustration via an interpreter is unintentionally hilarious, as the interpreter is over exaggerating her voice. It's well acted to a point, Sorvino is hilarious in every scene he's in, and there is the compulsory bad CG explosion at the end. It's not going to amaze people with its originality, but it follows the traditional narrative of this sub-genre.

Based on true events? Maybe a house was once forclosed on and a guy was upset. No way this was a true story.

4CLOSED is a not-bad psycho thriller from The Asylum, and thankfully one of their movies that wasn't made to rip-off a Hollywood blockbuster; it's much more interesting and fresher as a result. The slim storyline tries to be up to date with the times by featuring a homeowner who loses his home to foreclosure but refuses to get out when the new owners show up. The film is predictable and could have been made twenty years ago; there's absolutely nothing that happens that you won't have seen done elsewhere. However, I did like the cast members who bring something extra to the story. Marlee Matlin's character's deafness is an unusual and sympathetic touch, while James Denton brings his Mr. Nice family guy persona across from DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. SCREAM's Jamie Kennedy isn't imposing at all as the villain, but he is fun, and Paul Sorvino shows up in a small role.

Predictable movie. Very very boring. Waste of time.

The actors really "faked' it through out the movie. Movie very predictable. Awful acting! Don't know what happen to Marlee Marlin this was not the role for her; her acting was not so good in this movie. The movie was not real convincing. I liked the concept but some of the scenes were ridicules and horrible. The writers made all the actors have lack of knowledge or intelligence and made the actors have no common sense. Low budget movie with seasoned actors. I gather because it's low budget the actors had to act low budget.

By the way, whatever happened to the first realtor and that nosy neighbor? We know what was done to them, but how about their ultimate fate? Mother died and left sunny boy without his house. A family consisting of a father battling alcoholism buys the house and our disturbed evicted tenant seeks revenge by literally trying to destroy their lives. Naturally, the father is implicated by the police in an attempted assault on this nut-job. The daughter thinks that a guy on- line is befriending her while it turns out the guy is you know who. Paul Sorvino plays the father-in-law who is suspicious of his son-in-law and is willing to condemn him every minute. Marlee Matlin is the mother in all this. The attitude shown by the father at the end of the literal blow-up is somewhat inane. "It was just a house." No, this was just your ordinary film with quite predictable circumstances and conclusion.