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Rated: PG-13
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer, Aaron Yoo, Carrie Anne Moss
DJ Caruso, the director of Taking Lives and The Hardway is beginning to come into his own. Disturbia may be the breakthrough movie that contrasts him from other less known directors, and allows him to hang out with the big boys.
 Disturbia begins with a father and son fishing trip that goes terribly wrong, resulting in the death of the father. Son, Kale (Shia Labeouf), blames himself for the incident and consequently suffers from guilt and emotional—sometimes violent, mood swings. The story fast-forwards one year later where the once outgoing, now aloof, Kale is sitting in his Spanish class, being harassed by his insensitive teacher. An event ensues and Kale winds up being found guilty for assault on his teacher. A judge places Kale on house arrest thanks to his mother's (Carrie Anne Moss) intervention.
At first, Kale takes well to hanging out at home, playing video games, listening to music, text messaging and living vicariously through his friend Ronnie (Aaron Yoo). He even dabbles in voyeurism, checking out the new girl next door, Ashley (Sarah Roemer). Kale engages his creative side, inventing nauseating snacks that a pregnant woman's cravings would not dare venture to mix. Kale even uses the time to teach himself the art of building construction, creating the first ever leaning tower of Twinkies.
After a while, the house walls begin to close in on poor Kale, but he knows if he steps a toenail beyond the 100-foot range of the house arrest monitoring system he will spend the rest of his time in another kind of house, lacking the creature comforts he is able to enjoy in his own home.
What does he do with his time when mom is away at work? Spy on all the neighbors of course. Yeah, that sounds like loads of harmless fun, and it is until he spies on the wrong neighbor. It is at this point that our beloved, indie-music loving hero experiences a Rear Window moment.
The only difference between Jimmy Stewart's character (another nosy neighbor), who is confined to a wheelchair, and Kale, is that Kale's situation offers him more freedom of movement. It's this amount of movement that gets him into more trouble than he bargained for. Enter the wrong neighbor, Mr. Turner (David Morse). He's in his late forties, not bad looking and he has impeccable taste in cars. He doesn't seem too odd—at first; however, as the story progresses, the viewers learn something rather...disturbing.
Disturbia blends suspense and thrills with a touch of romance and humor, keeping the audience on the edge of their seat, while still having enough room to cheer on the hero. There's marvelous chemistry between Kale and Ashley, and it's this chemistry that leaves one rooting for Kale to succeed in winning over Ashley's heart. Of course the scarier moments involve Kale's creepy, mysterious neighbor, Mr. Turner.
Aside from some of the more predictable suspense scenes, and the fact that Mr. Turner behaves so mysteriously the audience is hot on his trail, Disturbia proves to be quite the spring sleeper.
The characters portrayed by Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer and Aaron Yoo are quite likable and easy to identify with. David Morse is deliciously demented and weird. This is, without a doubt, a great movie to watch with that special someone you've been spying on for so long...because you were too shy to ask them out.
Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! zolzlfpqxre i think aaron yoo- aka ronnie. is hot Shia is cute. I think I may go see this. |
