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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
'Lakeview Terrace' stars Samuel L Jackson as a racist LAPD cop who lives on a quiet suburban street and when his new neighbours move in - a white guy and a black woman - he is not happy about this at all and begins to terrorise them and use his power as a police officer to his advantage.
I watched this film with low expectations as it hadn't really been advertised much over here when it came out at the cinemas (if it did at all!?) but I was surprised that this was actually a very well made and exciting thriller that had me gripped from start to finish.
Jackson is a truly hateable character in this one and gives probably his best performance I've seen him in since Pulp Fiction! The rest of the characters are also very well cast and deliver the roles excellently. The storyline is fairly basic and has been seen before but still managed to keep me guessing until the end in how it was going to all turn out.
Overall I highly recommend this film for thriller fans as you will not be disappointed at all. Also, for hip hop fans - the soundtrack is pretty amazing too!
I watched this film with low expectations as it hadn't really been advertised much over here when it came out at the cinemas (if it did at all!?) but I was surprised that this was actually a very well made and exciting thriller that had me gripped from start to finish.
Jackson is a truly hateable character in this one and gives probably his best performance I've seen him in since Pulp Fiction! The rest of the characters are also very well cast and deliver the roles excellently. The storyline is fairly basic and has been seen before but still managed to keep me guessing until the end in how it was going to all turn out.
Overall I highly recommend this film for thriller fans as you will not be disappointed at all. Also, for hip hop fans - the soundtrack is pretty amazing too!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Lets face it, when it comes to plum roles, Samuel L Jackson has not exactly had the pick of them as of late. I mean apart from his turn in Black Snake Moan, he has been pretty much playing caricatures of himself in movies such as the terrible Snakes on a Plane, and even worse, the Spirit. So it comes as a welcome change for him to land a role that he can really get his teeth into.
And get his teeth into the role of Abel Turner he does. Turner is an LAPD officer, a single father raising two kids after the death of his wife, who seems a rather uptight and extremely strict disciplinarian. When an apparently successful young mixed race couple Chris (Patrick Wilson) and Lisa (Kerry Washington) move in next door, Turner is offended. This apparently average man has some less than average views, and begins a quiet and very subtle intimidation campaign against them. Thinking himself immune to the law (in one great scene where both we and Chris and Lisa know who broke into their garage and damaged their car, the laughing villain sits on a police car and jokes with his cop buddies) Abel begins jabbing at Chris with his slightly passive but soon very aggressive racial views, something that soon becomes impossible for the couple to ignore.
You are probably thinking you have seen this kind of thing before, what with such home invasion thrillers as Unlawful Entry and Pacific Heights, but what lifts this movie above its more obvious relatives is both Jackson's performance and the subtle way the film subverts your expectations. Jackson gives Abel Turner a believability and a depth of character that makes him into something more than a mere hate filled racist.... Read more ›
And get his teeth into the role of Abel Turner he does. Turner is an LAPD officer, a single father raising two kids after the death of his wife, who seems a rather uptight and extremely strict disciplinarian. When an apparently successful young mixed race couple Chris (Patrick Wilson) and Lisa (Kerry Washington) move in next door, Turner is offended. This apparently average man has some less than average views, and begins a quiet and very subtle intimidation campaign against them. Thinking himself immune to the law (in one great scene where both we and Chris and Lisa know who broke into their garage and damaged their car, the laughing villain sits on a police car and jokes with his cop buddies) Abel begins jabbing at Chris with his slightly passive but soon very aggressive racial views, something that soon becomes impossible for the couple to ignore.
You are probably thinking you have seen this kind of thing before, what with such home invasion thrillers as Unlawful Entry and Pacific Heights, but what lifts this movie above its more obvious relatives is both Jackson's performance and the subtle way the film subverts your expectations. Jackson gives Abel Turner a believability and a depth of character that makes him into something more than a mere hate filled racist.... Read more ›
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Joseph
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Samuel Jackson is Abel, a black -tough as nails- cop, who is trying to cope with the recent death of his wife and raising his two children alone. A young mixed couple (black wife) moves nex door and tension starts to mount between neighbours. The reason behind the tension is the intolerance that Abel feels for what he deeply perceives as a "wrong" relationship between the married couple who has come to live next to him. What I find striking, and very well portrayed, is the contrast between the serious efforts made by the couple to befriend Abel, and the reaction to those efforts, which go in the opposite direction. Abel exudes "wrongness", paranoia, intolerance; he truly is alone, as his own kids detest him - still one cannot fail to feel for the loneliness of the character and the pain that can be seen seething through him. All the actions and reactions between the characters escalate towards an unforseeable finale, on the backdrop of a great bush fire that manaces to burn the entire neighbourhood. Very good performances from the actors involved, constant tension and deep characterization make this movie a pleasure to watch; it will leave you with a lot to think- or to discuss about- after watching it. The blue ray edition is good, with very crisp video quality and sound. I strongly recommend this movie.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A mix between "Unlawful Entry" and "Changing Lane's", director Neil Labute's thriller "Lakeview Terrace" is an attempt to take the racial tensions still prevalent in the U.S. And turn them on their head with the antagonist in this case not the white individual but an African-American, a not so often used conceit which makes for an interesting hook but does nothing to elevate this above mediocrity.
Interracial couple Chris and Lisa Mattson (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) are new home-owners who move next door to Abel Turner, an African-American police officer with the LAPD and father of two who has a short temper. Disapproving of their mixed race relationship, Turner proceeds to make the young couples life a living hell and stops at nothing to try and get them to move away from the neighbourhood.
All simple and without the movie's "novelty" of being "a reverse racism" the film really does little to break new ground in the race or the antagonistic nightmare neighbour from hell hell sub-genre.
It's safe to say that with a contentious subject the film has It's likely to provoke mixed respones from the postive to the negative but with the melting pot of racism you can't always expect diplomacy or understanding in the minds of others. This is something that of-course comes to the fore on a occasion although not to any great degree with Chris and father in law Harold played by
veteran actor Ron Glass. Little titbits at the double standards and racism held some blacks are
thrown in, presumably to further point out that disharmony between the races Isn't always just a one way street and in the sense the film can be commended but in the end all it is is simple window dressing.... Read more ›
Interracial couple Chris and Lisa Mattson (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) are new home-owners who move next door to Abel Turner, an African-American police officer with the LAPD and father of two who has a short temper. Disapproving of their mixed race relationship, Turner proceeds to make the young couples life a living hell and stops at nothing to try and get them to move away from the neighbourhood.
All simple and without the movie's "novelty" of being "a reverse racism" the film really does little to break new ground in the race or the antagonistic nightmare neighbour from hell hell sub-genre.
It's safe to say that with a contentious subject the film has It's likely to provoke mixed respones from the postive to the negative but with the melting pot of racism you can't always expect diplomacy or understanding in the minds of others. This is something that of-course comes to the fore on a occasion although not to any great degree with Chris and father in law Harold played by
veteran actor Ron Glass. Little titbits at the double standards and racism held some blacks are
thrown in, presumably to further point out that disharmony between the races Isn't always just a one way street and in the sense the film can be commended but in the end all it is is simple window dressing.... Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Lakeview Terrace DVD
A good film that shows what happens when you let your own prejudices get the better of you. Samuel L. Jackson plays the racist cop and controlling father very well.
Published 1 month ago by Dawn
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unusual Storyline
I like Samuel L. Jackson and this film did not disappoint. Steering away from the usual white on black racist storyline, it was refreshing to see a black policeman, supposedly law... Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. White
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good film
Arrived on time. Great thriller. Watched it on TV and ordered immediately. Samuel Jackson is briliant actor. Highly recommened.Grest stoty line.
Published 4 months ago by Tatiana Rees
4.0 out of 5 stars
Neighbour from Hell.
A very good, tense thriller that sucked me in & had me on the edge of my seat waiting to see how it would pan out. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lorna
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant film
I thoroughly enjoyed this film.I wanted to murder one of the characters and loved the other male star. Guess who.!
Published 6 months ago by Mrs. Margaret L. Fletcher
4.0 out of 5 stars
Samual Jackson at his very best !
It took a while to warm up,but builds up into a thrilling climax,in a movie about an L.a cop who is a law to himself. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. A. T. Clarke
4.0 out of 5 stars
What could be safer than living next to a cop?
(THE FILM)In Lakeview Terrace, a young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door... Read more
Published 13 months ago by S. F. husseiny
4.0 out of 5 stars
good film
I had never heard of this film but stumbled apun it on a tv channel and must say i thoroughly enjoyed it.
Def 1 i would watch again so gonna order the dvd. Read more
Def 1 i would watch again so gonna order the dvd. Read more
Published 16 months ago by nathy1508
4.0 out of 5 stars
Different
i really enjoyed this movie. i taught the plot of this movie was very original and it wasn't like something i had seen before. Read more
Published 22 months ago by citizen dictator
3.0 out of 5 stars
Average movie with SLJ.
OK Movie with Sam.L Jackson as a cop with a racist undertone. Not one of his better movies, but ok!
Published 23 months ago by Sam Todd
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