Intruders (2011)

Intruders: Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. With Clive Owen, Carice van Houten, Daniel Brühl, Pilar López de Ayala. Two children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.

“Well, OK, let me first start by saying the movie is not u0026quot;badu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you want to go watch an OK to somewhat decent movie, this one is for you, but if your aspirations are any higher you should look for elsewhere.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie starts slow but surely it states itu0026#39;s points pretty quickly. An invisible invader haunts 2 different kids from different places, a little kid and a not so little girl. The movie flow nice with the script but the actual u0026quot;frightu0026quot; scenes are not very much so, in fact, I didnu0026#39;t experience any scare whatsoever through the movie, and this comes from a guy who after watching The Mothman Prophecies had to sleep with the lights on and had goosebumps for the whole duration.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSadly, this one, for a scare-suspense movie, does the complete opposite, itu0026#39;s plain and quite hollow. We never really find the motive of the attacks, and the motives are vague to say the least.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe main problem with this one is that the u0026quot;bad guyu0026quot; is not scary and the scary scenes donu0026#39;t work, thatu0026#39;s it and itu0026#39;s enough for a movie of this genre to fail.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf we take out this one little problem, the rest of the movie is OK, good acting and some good twists at the end, but, the main flaws are too big. Number one, lack of good scares, lack of sense of danger, bad timing and for the most important part, a lack of purpose for the attacks. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTo add insult to injury, there are scenes so clichéd that bend on ridicule, I canu0026#39;t, for the life of me picture a scary movie where the parents LEAVE the children in the same bed where a monster just attacked them. The first time this happens, well, itu0026#39;s OK, itu0026#39;s movies you know, common sense donu0026#39;t apply, the fifth time itu0026#39;s ridiculous, I would sleep with my kids the first time this happens, does anyone there takes notices of this huge mistakes in common sense?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRecommended only for a casual viewing if you donu0026#39;t have anything more worth watching, if you want real suspense go watch Mothman Prophecies.”