![]() But these lurid moments arrive too late to make The Intruder feel like it belongs in a genre where so many former residents have made themselves at home. Taylor gets a couple of cheap crowd reactions when he has Quaid chop through a door like Jack Nicholson or lick Good’s torso while Annie’s unconscious. Quaid occasionally resembles Malcolm McDowell as a Z-grade horror villain, but the film isn’t ready to launch him into over-the-top trashy glory. Silent stalking does eventually give way to action, with a nice twist that would be more satisfying if Taylor hadn’t telegraphed it in so many shots. ![]() It sometimes looks as if Charlie’s pain were not emotional but physical, but people here don’t seem to recognize the difference between a grimace and a smile. Lacking much really menacing dialogue, Quaid tries to pick up the slack with his features: His cheeks become mask-like when he contorts that familiar grin into a caricature of aw-shucks goodwill. And Taylor does not seem made for tension-building drama: The first two acts offer a few lukewarm jump-reveals, in which we briefly glimpse Charlie in places he’s not supposed to be, but little more. Whether he started off with this in mind or not, Charlie soon develops some unhealthy expectations about where things might lead with this beautiful married woman who could be his daughter.ĭavid Loughery’s flat script makes Annie and Scott a wholly generic pair of yuppies (sample exchange: “We’ll go to that Italian spot that we read about”/ “I’d like that”) whose friends are even duller. But there’s a wide gulf between sympathy for one’s elders and dangerous naivete: Long after Scott has (correctly) guessed Charlie’s spying on them, and made Annie promise she won’t tolerate his intrusions, Annie’s still inviting him into their home when Scott’s off at work. The couple’s responses hew closely to gender stereotypes: Scott wants nobody trespassing on his new property Annie is sad for the lonely guy. THE INTRUDER - Final Trailer (HD) Sony Pictures Entertainment 6.62M subscribers Subscribe 2.6K Share 797K views 3 years ago MeaganGood MichaelEaly TheIntruder In ONE WEEK, get ready for the. Wasn’t this guy supposed to have moved to Florida? He gets the riding lawnmower out of the garage when he thinks the grass is too high he brings potting soil when local deer have gone on a garden-munching rampage. But days after they’ve christened their new home with a slow-jam makeout, Charlie is still dropping by unannounced at inconvenient moments. That evidently seals the deal, as our heroes are soon at the place with a crew of movers. The estate is called Foxglove, and when Annie asks, “Foxglove is poisonous, isn’t it?” Charlie cheerfully replies, “Highly.” Scott then uses the resources available to him to uncover the darker secrets of Charlie's past that make it all the more clear that Annie is in grave danger.They find a gorgeous property whose owner, an empty-nest widower named Charlie ( Dennis Quaid), clearly has put his soul into every strip of caulk and musty bit of decor. Seemingly unable to distance Charlie from his home and his wife, Scott's apprehension and suspicions of the former home owner are only heightened when he learns from a local that Charlie's wife died by suicide, using Charlie's shotgun. Though Scott is annoyed by the man's constant presence, Annie sympathizes and begins to befriend him. He mows the lawn and questions changes made to the home by the Russells. ![]() He reveals that his great-great grandfather built the home and that he has lived in the house his entire life.Īfter they move in, it becomes apparent that Charlie isn't quite ready to let go of his old house, as evidenced by his constant visits. Young married couple Scott ( Michael Ealy) and Annie Russell ( Meagan Good) buy a beautiful Napa Valley house on several acres of land from an older gentleman named Charlie Peck ( Dennis Quaid).
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