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DVD REVIEW
Rated - PG 13
0 OUT 5 POPCORN BAGS
KAM WILLIAMS SAYS:
Rated - PG 13
0 OUT 5 POPCORN BAGS
KAM WILLIAMS SAYS:
Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington must have known even when they read the script that they
had a turkey on their hands.
Get a load of how ridiculous the plot is: Jackson plays Abel “A.T.” Turner, a short-tempered bigot with a
very specific prejudice, namely, mixed couples where the man is white and the woman is black.
Otherwise, he has plenty of friends of every ethnicity.
Now, on an LAPD cop’s salary, this widower in need of anger management somehow owns a
mountaintop home with a view in an upscale section of Los Angeles. At the point of departure,
newlyweds Chris (Patrick Wilson) and Lisa Mattson (Washington) buy the house next-door, and wouldn’
t you know he’s Caucasian and she’s African-American. Pleasant and attractive, but dumber than dirt,
the clueless couple fails to pick up on the fact that A.T. is out to make their lives a living Hell.
Their denseness enables Abel to find meaning in life by secretly torturing them in an ever-escalating
series of Geneva Conventions violations. But no matter how depraved A.T. gets, the Stepford-like
Mattsons merely question themselves rather than suspect that their many misfortunes might be the
work of a racist psycho. Protagonists this dumb don’t deserve an audience’s sympathy, especially
when they recycle lame Rodney King poster-speak like “Can’t we all just get along?”
You don’t have to be a Biblical scholar to figure out what happens to Abel next, although this pathetic
picture is likely to leave you raising Cain.
DVD Extras: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, a “Behind-the-Scenes” featurette, and theatrical
trailers.
To see a trailer of Lakeview Terrace, click here
had a turkey on their hands.
Get a load of how ridiculous the plot is: Jackson plays Abel “A.T.” Turner, a short-tempered bigot with a
very specific prejudice, namely, mixed couples where the man is white and the woman is black.
Otherwise, he has plenty of friends of every ethnicity.
Now, on an LAPD cop’s salary, this widower in need of anger management somehow owns a
mountaintop home with a view in an upscale section of Los Angeles. At the point of departure,
newlyweds Chris (Patrick Wilson) and Lisa Mattson (Washington) buy the house next-door, and wouldn’
t you know he’s Caucasian and she’s African-American. Pleasant and attractive, but dumber than dirt,
the clueless couple fails to pick up on the fact that A.T. is out to make their lives a living Hell.
Their denseness enables Abel to find meaning in life by secretly torturing them in an ever-escalating
series of Geneva Conventions violations. But no matter how depraved A.T. gets, the Stepford-like
Mattsons merely question themselves rather than suspect that their many misfortunes might be the
work of a racist psycho. Protagonists this dumb don’t deserve an audience’s sympathy, especially
when they recycle lame Rodney King poster-speak like “Can’t we all just get along?”
You don’t have to be a Biblical scholar to figure out what happens to Abel next, although this pathetic
picture is likely to leave you raising Cain.
DVD Extras: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, a “Behind-the-Scenes” featurette, and theatrical
trailers.
To see a trailer of Lakeview Terrace, click here
