Trespass

Millennium Entertainment | Release Date: October 14, 2011

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 68 Ratings

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quincytheodoreDec 15, 2011

I've gotta wonder how many times more would I got suckered watching a movie that has Nicholas Cage on it. "Hey, at least it has Nicole Kidman on it," I thought to myself. She didn't help much though. Trespass is a thriller movie a la PanicI've gotta wonder how many times more would I got suckered watching a movie that has Nicholas Cage on it. "Hey, at least it has Nicole Kidman on it," I thought to myself. She didn't help much though. Trespass is a thriller movie a la Panic Room, and not as good. It's often needlessly noisy, tiresome and slightly over-the-top. Imagine trapped inside a house and there are continuous shouting between the robbers and the victims, "I'll shoot!", "Please don't!", "I want your money, wife and daughter." repeated all over again.

Its story is a wealthy family got caught in a robbing in their own mansion of a house. The robbers know that Kyle (Nicholas Cage) is a diamond dealer and living with his wife and daughter. They go in with guns and Kyle counters with his mouth. Over the course of the movie, they banter back and forth with almost the same result; nowhere. This isn't witty exchange of increasingly clever moves in one setting like Panic Room, but more of abuse of violence and screaming.

The robbers are not exactly smart, I can't think of anyone who would bring delusional psycho or wrecked addict into a job. It might get away with all the screaming, shooting, windows breaking due to quite neighborhood, but it gets a bit comical after a couple of shout out exchanges. The wife (Nicole Kidman) is quite good. Her expressions are more vibrant, but the dialogues don't give her the best opportunity. Nicholas Cage is a bit unintentionally silly on his delivery and might break the pace.

Still there's a bit of suspense to be had here. The characters all have emotional baggage and individual story, albeit not that well told. Their motivations are a tad quirky and the only thing you'll remember is how they use profanity to invoke emotion from audience. Don't get me wrong, a well placed F bomb can be effective, but the use here is just brash and distasteful. I don't get the lady robber character, whether she's supposed to be a comic relief or not. The things she does don't make sense, it's partially rude yet chuckle inducing.

It has a bit of twists, but they are predictable. I think the director wanted to be realistic in depicting the characters, especially Cage, in a believable scenario. But it ends up the opposite, some scenes are actually not that entertaining and just funny out of context. It doesn't have much restraint and everything is full blown aggressively. If he wanted to make the audience felt like they are hostages themselves, Iâ… Expand

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ArefinJan 3, 2013

Script-4/10
Nothing special in the story,but liked the visualization of bond between family.
Acting-6/10
Cage & kidman did great,others were OK.
Visual-3/10
Effect & picturization was not good.
Entertainment-4/10

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KivaJun 21, 2013

This film was not that bad. It annoys me that great and famous actors are playing in films only for money. The plot is good though and the action of the movie is good too. It keeps you but it's not a film that you would recomend to someoneThis film was not that bad. It annoys me that great and famous actors are playing in films only for money. The plot is good though and the action of the movie is good too. It keeps you but it's not a film that you would recomend to someone else as there are other much funnier and better home invasion films… Expand

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SharitOct 24, 2011

Lets start with why I went to see Trespass - because of Nicolas Cage, whom I try not to miss, ever! And then there was the bonus - Nicole Kidman as well, plus an experienced Thriller movie maker Joel Silver. But all that punched into theLets start with why I went to see Trespass - because of Nicolas Cage, whom I try not to miss, ever! And then there was the bonus - Nicole Kidman as well, plus an experienced Thriller movie maker Joel Silver. But all that punched into the equation - the movie couldn't reach where it aimed. It's a hostage-at-house movie, where the family members & the goons are all hiding something from each other. Nicolas Cage is a diamond agent, with a huge mansion for his wife Nicole Kidman to sit around alone, as her husband is out of town making money and her teenage daughter is out partying. One of those rare days, when the whole family is home, becomes far from pleasant, when a gang of masked people barge into their house, taking the family hostage. Though the gang seem to have a lot of information about Nicolas & his family, the heist doesn't go as planned as people start revealing head-spinning secrets one by one. A cat & mouse game ensues, as the family constantly tries to escape while everybody involved try to figure out who betrayed who.

There are a lot of twists in the movie and the thrill stays on during the whole movie. It's good to see Nicolas not in his usual action guy avatar. But the movie still fails to make a high impact and ends up being just another popcorn movie, watchable but easily-forgettable.

Joel Silver could've done better than that.… Expand

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mako_psyMar 3, 2012

The movie is of course nothing that hasn't been done before, but I did enjoy the constant suspense and good acting. Unfortunately I couldn't stand the crack-head woman in it. I'm not sure why it's always female characters that ruin movies -The movie is of course nothing that hasn't been done before, but I did enjoy the constant suspense and good acting. Unfortunately I couldn't stand the crack-head woman in it. I'm not sure why it's always female characters that ruin movies - but she was awful. It was like they put her in for nothing more than a tiny bit of nudity. Aside from that, it was a decent watch but nothing original. Cherry Tree Lane still remains to be my favourite hostage-in-my-own-home movie.… Expand

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imthenoobMay 1, 2013

Acting was solid, Constant suspense kept you on your toes but it never really went any where. Very anti-climactic ending that was like a spit to the face of anyone who sat through it. It wasn't a bad movie, I enjoyed it, and I did not feel itActing was solid, Constant suspense kept you on your toes but it never really went any where. Very anti-climactic ending that was like a spit to the face of anyone who sat through it. It wasn't a bad movie, I enjoyed it, and I did not feel it deserved as low of a critic score as it got because I have sat through far worst. I just wish the ending was better.… Expand

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BroyaxJul 13, 2020

Un huis-clos mené tambour battant et admirablement interprété par ce beau couple Kidman-Cage ; il s'y passe en effet toujours quelque chose, le temps d'exposition est réduit au strict minimum et l'heure et demi est décidément fort bienUn huis-clos mené tambour battant et admirablement interprété par ce beau couple Kidman-Cage ; il s'y passe en effet toujours quelque chose, le temps d'exposition est réduit au strict minimum et l'heure et demi est décidément fort bien remplie ! un thriller diablement efficace en somme dont la réalisation dynamique (mais pas trop) sert l'intrigue et ses multiples rebondissements avec un entrain infatigable... Et c'est précisément aussi le souci du film à dire vrai : avec un rebondissement toutes les 5 minutes (en moyenne) la crédibilité et la cohérence en prennent pour leur grade... On devrait en réalité parler d'un festival d'incohérences et de révélations de dernière minute qui ne cessent de se téléscoper en un joyeux bordel...!

Car ça en devient presque comique : un vrai tourbillon ininterrompu... de rebondissements bondissant et rebondissant comme bon leur semble, n'importe quand, n'importe comment... à force de vouloir clairement trop en faire, ça exagère dans tous les sens et le mot est faible ! néanmoins, le thriller reste divertissant d'un bout à l'autre, sans faiblir.… Expand

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