Seth_Rogue_One Won't win any awards for most original screenplay but it was still pretty well-made and for the more part fast-paced thriller (at least the second half).'Don't Breathe' is one of my favorites so far of 2016 and this is a bit similar to that (a criminal couple vs a old guy) although not as great of course but still good enough. Imagine if Rob Zombie directed that movie then you kinda get the idea of what this is like.To be fair though the director Marcus Duncstan is in no way copying that movie or anything and has made similar movies before with 'The Collector' and 'The Collection' on his resume.Not without it's flaws but overall a gritty and cool flick that's well worth spending 80 minutes to watch.

Paul Magne Haakonsen The 2016 movie titled "The Neighbor" starts out fairly slow and doesn't really progress much at any kind of speed, right up until Rosie sees something through the binocular. But then the movie does kick up into an impressive gear, and leaves behind its former semi-boring pace.Without going too much into detail about the actual storyline, I will just briefly summarize the movie. John and Rosie are planning to leave town in order to start a new and better life, when Rosie makes a gruesome discovery through a looking glass directed towards their neighbor. And when John comes home, Rosie is nowhere to be found...What works out in "The Neighbor" is the way that director Marcus Dunstan constructed the movie and managed to build up a good atmosphere and a sense of dread throughout the course of the movie. There is a good flow to the storyline, once it kicks into gear.And the acting in the movie was quite good, although you shouldn't expect any dramatic Shakespearian thespian performances though. But people did good with their roles and character, taking the genre and fairly simplistic storyline into consideration.I will say that Josh Stewart (playing John) actually stood out among the acting talents in "The Neighbor", because he really carried the movie quite well.However, the movie did suffer from an overshadowing predictability. You knew what would happen throughout the course of the movie, and you knew how it would end. To that point, it was somewhat of a disappointment, because "The Neighbor" didn't really bring anything new to the crime / thriller genre which hadn't already been seen countless times before."The Neighbor" is a good movie for an evening's worth of entertainment. However, I doubt that you will be putting the movie on a second time around, because once you have seen the movie, there just isn't enough meat on the bone to support more than a single viewing.

meghana-meggy I finished watching The neighbor a few minutes ago and as of now(September 2016) I am not able to find a Wikipedia page dedicated to this movie, while even worse movies have their own Wikipedia page. Anyway, I decided to watch this movie solely based on its IMDb rating. Ans was I pleasantly surprised! I felt this movie needs to be watched by more people which is why I decided to write a review. The first few minutes made me think it was going to be one of those movies with disappointing endings. But at half hour past the beginning, things began to turn and the ride got more and more exciting. Positives: - Does not have too much gore like many other thrillers have. But still keeps u at edge of seat.Strong female characters who are not just there for skin show and they are the kind who don't need a male knight in shining armor to save them as in many other thriller movies. Does not have moments where people torture each other or give a long speech before killing them(no wiggle room for someone who's at gunpoint)All the characters are grey characters. Not completely good or bad. Gives us chance to think who we are rooting for.Negatives: - Lacks character development which helps keep the movie shorterHad a weak start which can seem boring to some people.Overall, it's an enjoyable movie.

Corey James This is my review of The Neighbor (spoiler free)*** (3/5)It's been 4 long years since Director Marcus shocked audiences everywhere with his sequel to the original masked slasher movie The Collection and the spirit of that movie looms deep within this which is more like the low-budget version but still keeps the same thrills and threats. Although this takes a more dramatic spin by making it a neighbour thriller that in a way teaches a lesson to never go looming into a neighbour's home because you never know what you could find. It uses the same style as The Collector and its lumbered and forgotten sequel The Collection it has the style that the killer keeps a secret lurking in his home with a secret tunnel filled with cages and a couple of badly designed paper mache masks. Although this time the protagonist is a lot stronger and conveniently knows how to use a gun. Normally home invasion movies like this have a knack for having a vulnerable protagonist that always manages to be taken and/or killed by the antagonist, both of whom show to be self reliant and know how to fight. Apart from this years Don't Breathe which had strong protagonists and a vulnerable antagonist who was more like a victim. There have also been several home invasion movies with vulnerable protagonists you get the picture but this seems to be completely different with having two characters who are completely even of sorts. Set in Cutter, Mississippi John (Josh Stewart) makes a stable living with his girlfriend Rosie (Alex Essoe) with a sort of thieving business when he replaces old registration plates from cars who come passing by, run by his Uncle Neil (Sid Sudduth) who talks like he is a member of a mafia of some kind, a man who knows every single movement that everybody does. The story is okay it's a fun addition to the home invasion genre but it's lumbered, mitigated by violence to get it through although through its editing style it takes a while for the violence to kick in so, in a sense a lot better than the slasher style of The Collection. In terms of character development there isn't much it's a little progressive but only manages to offer a few lines of development before it gets to the home invasion part which lasts awhile and considers itself to be the main set-piece much like Don't Breathe. But the characters and show to be pretty fighters and know how to use fire arms. It starts off slow basically showing who John is for the first forty to fifty minutes but this makes the film a bit better as some horrors will try to get to the violence straight away, but this low-budget version of a slasher film shows to be surprisingly better than most other higher-budget slashers for example Saw who were the producers of The Collector but Markus Dunstan shows to be on his own with this, not relying on the producers of Saw and it shows that he can make a decent home-invasion movie on his own. After the first how has been done and gone it turns into an escape style thriller when John discovers that his girlfriend has been taken by the neighbour from hell and then the violence comes in a little more progressive than you might expect. Although hankered with the material this strives to be better than most slasher films and at points succeeds but at others it tries to be the same, when the mask goes on and the deep voice comes in it's mostly after that, which is unfortunate. All can be forgiven even with its short run time it offers a decent story, with a lot of violence and also a lot of towards the denouement which is happy and a lot as the relief of freedom is set. There is a recurring theme with most of this but there is one that is completely predictable when Troy (Bill Engvall) and his two sons Cooper (Luke Edwards) and Harley (Ronnie Gene Blevins) who love filming their victims on a type of film camera and are in this what they call business for money. And with a shocking twist towards the end that Troy must be working for some kind of employer telling himself that he is the middle man a lot like John who is also the middle man working for an employer, with a controversial business. All this leads to an ending which is very short but happy as John escapes the home where he is held and the thing he wanted was to investigate the neighbour's home. It's a decent low-budget home invasion movie that's full of violence and can be forgiven for its incredibly short run time, and could be seen as a watch able addition to the home-invasion genre, and at some points succeeds to be better than other higher budget home invasion movies. This could be one of the best Marcus Dunstan movies ever.VERDICT: A violent, home invasion movie that's a bit lumbered and shamelessly hankered down with some of the themes, but it is good at what it does.6/10 good.