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Where to begin... A young couple vacation at a remote villa in Italy to repair their troubled relationship. They soon encounter their seemingly over-friendly neighbour whose motives are anything but kind. Okay so, first of all, the plot itself is too similar to better movies that have come before it. The performances by the two lead actors (Emily Ratajkowski & Aaron Paul) are just terrible. Which is disappointing as I a big Aaron fan since Breaking Bad. The whole thing is just so awkward to watch, and leaves you cringing for all the wrong reasons. I've always thought Emily Ratakjowski was a mediocre actress, but this bumps her down to just plain terrible. Her only skill she seems to possess in this film is moaning. Take a drink? Moan. Sprain an ankle? Moan. Just beat a guy to death?....... Yep you're right again. If you want to spend an hour and a half listening to the overtly/unnecessary sexualised moans of Emily Ratajkowski, then this is the movie for you. Otherwise, if you find that sort of thing unbearable - do yourselves a favour and skip it.

Just for the scenery.

Nothing about this movie was creative, inventive. It was a pay-day for the cast and crew. Nothing wrong with that. Actors and actresses got to act...directors have to direct and the entire crew have to, well, you know...be employed.

Riccardo Scamarcio has great eyes, but where was that Jimmy Page haircut coming from?

Aaron Paul was mediocre as a sexually inadequate boyfriend and why would a male character be in such a self-castrating relationship? Go all that way to Italy just to get into uncomfortable situations? After that argument in town, I'd be on the next plane back to the USA.

Emily Ratajkowski is a poor actress who is there for the T&A shots... and her lips? Why not pump in some more filler to make them even more out of shape and disproportional to her face.

I was hoping that maybe there would be some twist that would make it palatable, but it was not hard to figure out that Frederico was in the lower depths of the villa.

It sucked as a viewer, but at least the the crew got some wages into direct deposit.

Like many others, I watched this movie for Aaron Paul. I was interested in the premise and I was excited to see him in this role. There were some good elements, though I think it's safe to say he carried this movie; that is to say he does the best with what he's given. The cinematography had some excellent moments. The suspense was great, I found myself reacting to all the intense scenes with fear and excitement. There are a few well written scenes and well edited moments. I really liked the music, and there were so many unnerving moments.

But there were a lot of elements that were pretty average, or subpar. There were a lot of convenient, completely unrealistic events and character decisions present only to serve the plot. Some things are really over explained, which is unfortunate as it really muddles any cool symbolism it might've had because it's spelled out for the viewer (i.e. The rabbit allegory). There is a lot more bad writing that kind of outweighs the good.

And worst of all, no one prepared me for the amount of sexual assault in this movie! Luckily this wasn't deeply troubling to me, but someone else may have trouble with this. There are 2 scenes in which each main character is tricked/drugged and coerced into non-consensual sexual activity. That was kind of a lot.

Anyway, this movie had the potential to be really interesting and intense, but unfortunately it's just kind of average. Much love to Aaron Paul though.

WELCOME HOME is yet another overly-familiar psycho-thriller about a young couple in their new home who find themselves menaced by a new neighbour who starts out seemingly friendly. Yes, it's the same old kind of story that's been done a million times before, and there's nothing here you won't have seen before either. There's plenty of incident but very little in the way of suspense, not helped by having the most unimposing villain ever. Aaron Paul plays another unsympathetic character while underwear model Emily Ratajkowski displays little talent other than for disrobing at regular intervals.

Brian (Aaron Paul ) and Cassie (Emily Ratajkowski) take a vacation in remote Italian manor. Their relationship is strained following a moment of Cassie's drunken infidelity. But they are trying to put it in the past...very poorly. A neighbor (Riccardo Scamarcio) stops by and we discover he has cameras in a number of the rooms. Their relationship becomes more strained as the neighbor divides them either further.

There are better voyeur films than this one, which was mostly a snooze.

Guide: F-word. Brief sex. Brief nudity?

Was this movie just made for folks who want to see Emily Ratajkowski scantily clad? That's about the only people I would recommend it to. I don't fall in that category, so this gets the lowest score for me. I actually like Aaron Paul, and I felt this movie was a bit beneath him. But hey, he got paid to film a movie in a gorgeous Italy location, so I can't feel too badly for him. I'd never heard of this Emily girl before, but she is an atrocious actress. Just awful. Her character is also one of the most idiotic women I've ever seen on film. Even if you're blindfolded, who the hell can't tell the difference between their partner's touch and the touch of some random person? I don't care if he put on her boyfriend's cologne, his touch would not feel the same, his body hovering over hers would not feel the same, etc. But all she does is moan and arch like an empty-headed fool. This movie just annoyed me.

To be fair, this movie was dissapointing. I don't know if it was because the trailer made it look like more of a watchworth movie or because it just wasn't that good. Yes you could spend time watching it but not that it is going to win any awards. So the characters are bland, right from the start you know that Frederico is bad news but not in the way the trailer makes it look. You were expecting some type of stalker,pervert, drama about romance. They deliver on the drame in the romance but in the wrong way, not in the Frederico is having an affaire with Ratajkowski her character but in the oh she already cheated in the past type of things which only is used to get the slow plot move forward. Then again that part has nothing to do with the actual plot. In my opinion they already show the stalky part way too early in the movie. If they would've wanted to make it better that part of the story would've been alot better when used as a slow burn. Ratajkowski and Paul lack the feeling of an actual couple so there is no actual attachement to these characters. They just come off as bland. A stupid girl and a bland non-trusting boyfriend. Then the strong point in my opinion is the movie's ending. To be fair we have to accept that this actually happens in the world, some houses are bugged and probably livestreamed to show off some steamy action. Appart from that the movie was bland and nothing special. Too slow and just had us waiting for something to happen and when it did it was practially nothing

It was amazing that this thriller engaged attention from essentially a three-character drama. Set in an idyllic Italian villa with a stunning countryside, the film begins with an online advertisement for renting the all-furnished villa for a steep price. The power of the internet to make such a tempting retreat easy to rent is the subtle theme that both starts and ends this well-crafted film.

Bryan and Cassie are the couple who rent the villa online. As the film progresses, we learn that their goal is to get away from New York to a secluded locale so that they can "fix" their relationship. Cassie had a tryst with her co-worker Justin after she and Bryan had an argument. Apparently, Bryan caught Nathan and Cassie in the act. For Cassie, "it only lasted two minutes." But for Bryan, he cannot get those two minutes out of his head, even with multiple doses of viagra. By the end of the film, it will be "mission accomplished" as Bryan and Cassie will have "fixed" their little problem, but at a great cost!

Before they are settled in their villa, Bryan and Cassie are visited by a mysterious Italian stranger, who claims to be their neighbor. Federico oozes charm and takes a special liking to Cassie. But unbeknownst to the couple, he has set up a complex system of hidden cameras within the villa wherein he may eavesdrop on Bryan and Cassie while he sits in the master control room.

The film includes some beautiful photography of the lush region of Umbria with the quaint town of Todi figuring in the action when Bryan and Cassie visit the little town. It is there that Bryan gets drunk with Federico, who appears to be playing a dangerous game in trying to separate the couple. Federico will bring in two women to help Bryan "even the playing field" after his cuckolding. But how far is Federico going to take his dastardly plan?

The script for "Welcome Home" was especially inventive with its underlying theme of the untoward effects of the internet and video technology. The enterprising Federico recognizes the power of the hidden camera when he sets up his diabolical video taping system in order to entrap his victims. But it may have a blowback effect on him, as well as on Bryan and Cassie.

The screenwriters incorporate one ingenious detail early in the film when Bryan feels uncomfortable in an intimate moment with Cassie in the pool because several ceramic figurines alongside the pool appear to be watching the couple. This was one imaginative moment among many in this well-conceived and well-acted thriller.

So many tropes to list! A couple trying to fix their broken relationship go to an isolated AirBnB in Italy, not expecting to find a creepy, sleazebag Italian perv hounding after the sex-deprived female guest. The house turns into a terror trap with hidden doors and passages to boot. All this turns the romantic couple into crazed murderers...as it would. Watchable- just. Predictable- for the most part. Reverse Fatal Attractionesque, including a dead bunny.

Yet another victim/movie where you'll never get that time back in your life... It's Hostel meets any free-cams site, where the final joke is apparently on everyone who was watching the action live, yet aren't human enough to feel anything or even report the crimes they've just witnessed. It's one of those movies I'll suffer through, because I like one of the actors, and love to guess the next stupid "twist." This one wins, because I figured it would be twins as psycho-killers, instead of dad allowing junior to enjoy a house of horrors.

It immediately lost me when we learn that the two lovers have decided to take a European vacation, AFTER she's cheated on him! The next red flag, is how our bad guy keeps showing-up everywhere they go while obviously trying to drive a wedge. My favorite part is the end, when the girlfriend turns-out to be the masculine one to end the problem. Then, they decide to cover-up the incident believing they'd never get a fair shake as Americans.

I would barely recommend to super-fans of the actors...