Ed (Lee Williams) and Sarah (Pollyanna McIntosh) are a young
upwardly mobile couple living in England. When he chance to purchase a house in
Scotland arises they decide to take it on. The old farmhouse was previously
owned by a family that couldn’t make their payments and haven’t been seen or
heard from for some time now. Nothing can go wrong, right?
The young couple begin to do things to fix up the house, a
bit run down but not near as bad as most houses in these type of films. Ed is a
bit stereotypical city guy who tends to make fun of the locals and the previous
owners of the house. Sarah on the other hand finds the house quaint and a dream
come true. While neither of them has a lot of experience as a home owner, they
seem to be doing okay. Repairs are made, cleaning is done and they move
forward. They even end up with enough free time to have a picnic.
But as with all movies like this their choice of location
doesn’t sit well with the locals. Things begin to go awry until one night the
pair wake up to hear someone moving about downstairs. They try to figure out
what to do next and eventually Sarah makes her way out the upstairs window. She
finally gets a glimpse of the home invaders who are wearing pig masks. It seems
Ed was caught by them and is now tied up in the barn. Will Sarah be able to
rescue him? Will the couple be one that stands and takes on the invaders or
will they up and run? And if they run will they be able to get away before
being tracked down?
The movie ends up being a by the book home invasion film
that adds little to the genre. Most of what we see here has been done before.
At least the movie is well made and well acted, something that isn’t always the
case in movies like this. I don’t even think they do anything particularly
stupid which is something that usually happens in this type of movie. Perhaps
the best thing that happens here, one thing which will differentiate it from
the rest of these type of films, is the ending, a twist that you won’t see
coming.
In the end this isn’t a bad movie but not something to seek
out either. It does entertain and offer a decent night’s entertainment.
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