So you sit down to watch Vacancy, and you probably know the basics to have chosen it - Luke Wilson and Kate Becksinsale go to a hell motel where they make snuff films with the guests - and well, a couple dozen cliches later, it ends pretty much the way you think it would. Or perhaps a little more anticlimactically. It's competent, but not very memorable. Part of the problem for me was that the couple was on the rocks, in the process of getting a divorce, and bickering through the long set-up, and inevitably, they're going to be brought closer by the extremity of these events. It might have been more interesting to see them be happy, then get tested by the experience. At least then we could have said it was a metaphor for a weekend trip relationship pressure cooker. Make or break, y'know? But it doesn't really have any say. All it proves is that Beckinsale is better as a badass than a weepy damsel in distress, but I don't think we need a 90-minute movie to figure that out.
Generally enjoyable - I must say I was quite young when I watched it, therefore rendering me a little out of touch with any themes, and largely ogling Kate Beckinsale.
It was indeed a promising start. But sorely disappointed with how it ended. I was really hoping for a big twist. It felt like it ended too early. Could have been a whole lot better.
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Promising start into a mediocre ending. Still very enjoyable to watch though.Siskoid
So you sit down to watch Vacancy, and you probably know the basics to have chosen it - Luke Wilson and Kate Becksinsale go to a hell motel where they make snuff films with the guests - and well, a couple dozen cliches later, it ends pretty much the way you think it would. Or perhaps a little more anticlimactically. It's competent, but not very memorable. Part of the problem for me was that the couple was on the rocks, in the process of getting a divorce, and bickering through the long set-up, and inevitably, they're going to be brought closer by the extremity of these events. It might have been more interesting to see them be happy, then get tested by the experience. At least then we could have said it was a metaphor for a weekend trip relationship pressure cooker. Make or break, y'know? But it doesn't really have any say. All it proves is that Beckinsale is better as a badass than a weepy damsel in distress, but I don't think we need a 90-minute movie to figure that out.BenShee
Generally enjoyable - I must say I was quite young when I watched it, therefore rendering me a little out of touch with any themes, and largely ogling Kate Beckinsale.scottwhatever
It was indeed a promising start. But sorely disappointed with how it ended. I was really hoping for a big twist. It felt like it ended too early. Could have been a whole lot better.mook
There are quite a few horror/thriller clichés in this but they're rearranged into a fairly inventive & engaging whole. 7/10.Follow me on Twitter @LastFilmSeen
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October-a-thon Movie #11 2022daisyaday
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