Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson will get me to watch just about any movie, even if it is on Lifetime.
When an extremely violent and temperamental man named Collin (Elba) broke free from prison transport over the dead bodies of two guards, he went to pay his ex-girlfriend Alexis (Kate del Castillo) a visit in Atlanta. Alexis had moved on from her psycho ex-boyfriend and Collin wasn't the least bit pleased about that. One strangled girlfriend later and he was on the move again until his vehicle crashed. He then wound up at the door of Terry (Henson) seemingly in need of a phone and some first-aid.
At this point Terry violated just about every common sense rule imaginable. She didn't use the peephole to see who was knocking at her door. Hello! That's what peepholes are for! She gave Collin her phone to use instead of sending him up the road (which is especially weird in the age of cell phones). She left her door ajar when she went to check on the kids. And even though Collin never entered the house then, she eventually invited him in. In other words, she invited danger into her home.
That's not to say Terry deserved all of what came afterwards, just to say, "Woman! You gotta be smarter than that!"
The movie took a little too long to develop. It was established early that Collin was 5150, but once he got to Terry's door it lulled. We didn't know his reason for being there nor what he planned to do to her even though we knew she was going to be the target of his insanity. The end had a nice twist to it that brought some redeeming value, I just think the movie could've been more exciting throughout.
When an extremely violent and temperamental man named Collin (Elba) broke free from prison transport over the dead bodies of two guards, he went to pay his ex-girlfriend Alexis (Kate del Castillo) a visit in Atlanta. Alexis had moved on from her psycho ex-boyfriend and Collin wasn't the least bit pleased about that. One strangled girlfriend later and he was on the move again until his vehicle crashed. He then wound up at the door of Terry (Henson) seemingly in need of a phone and some first-aid.
At this point Terry violated just about every common sense rule imaginable. She didn't use the peephole to see who was knocking at her door. Hello! That's what peepholes are for! She gave Collin her phone to use instead of sending him up the road (which is especially weird in the age of cell phones). She left her door ajar when she went to check on the kids. And even though Collin never entered the house then, she eventually invited him in. In other words, she invited danger into her home.
That's not to say Terry deserved all of what came afterwards, just to say, "Woman! You gotta be smarter than that!"
The movie took a little too long to develop. It was established early that Collin was 5150, but once he got to Terry's door it lulled. We didn't know his reason for being there nor what he planned to do to her even though we knew she was going to be the target of his insanity. The end had a nice twist to it that brought some redeeming value, I just think the movie could've been more exciting throughout.