Stranger Danger: Roth & Amoedo Unveil Derivative Inclinations
Director Eli Roth continues his collaboration with the South American crew from Aftershock (2012), by producing writer Guillermo Amoedo’s sophomore directorial effort, The Stranger. The title is the filmmaker’s English language debut, previously helming a 2010 film Retorno. Unfortunately, the final result is about as mundane as its nebulous title would seem to indicate, slapped into a narrative as familiar as it is illogical. Still, technically speaking, it’s packaged better than some recent titles released from IFC Midnight (the 2013 Jeff Fahey starrer Beneath comes to mind). Those hoping for a dash of Roth’s predilection for intense splashes of violence may be disappointed, as Amodeo’s somber slow-burn never finds any such spark.
One dark and dreary evening, a stranger (Cristobal Tapia Montt) appears on the doorstep of a disheveled nurse, Monica (Alessandra Guerzoni). His name is Martin and he’s looking...
Director Eli Roth continues his collaboration with the South American crew from Aftershock (2012), by producing writer Guillermo Amoedo’s sophomore directorial effort, The Stranger. The title is the filmmaker’s English language debut, previously helming a 2010 film Retorno. Unfortunately, the final result is about as mundane as its nebulous title would seem to indicate, slapped into a narrative as familiar as it is illogical. Still, technically speaking, it’s packaged better than some recent titles released from IFC Midnight (the 2013 Jeff Fahey starrer Beneath comes to mind). Those hoping for a dash of Roth’s predilection for intense splashes of violence may be disappointed, as Amodeo’s somber slow-burn never finds any such spark.
One dark and dreary evening, a stranger (Cristobal Tapia Montt) appears on the doorstep of a disheveled nurse, Monica (Alessandra Guerzoni). His name is Martin and he’s looking...
- 6/11/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Lionsgate has unveiled the first full trailer for Eli Roth‘s “Knock Knock,” which stars Keanu Reeves as a family man who is seduced and tortured by two psychotic women. Lorenza Izzo and Ana De Armas co-star alongside Aaron Burns, Ignacia Allamand and Colleen Camp. “Knock Knock” debuted at Sundance where it earned mixed reviews, though critics had high praise for Izzo and De Armas, who play the film’s sultry villains. Also Read: Keanu Reeves, 'John Wick' Filmmakers to Return for Sequel Roth wrote the script with his “Aftershock” collaborators Nicolas Lopez and Guillermo Amoedo. Roth, Camp...
- 5/22/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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