Review of Knock Knock (2015) by Mrmoviebuff — 08 Jan 2019

Eli Roth's 'Knock Knock' can be enjoyed on a "so-bad-it's-good" level. This is the kind of film that has an interesting premise, but it does get lost in its own ludicrous and obnoxious execution.

The film centers around a man named Evan (Keanu Reeves), who is happily married and has two young children. He works as an architect and during a father's day weekend, his family decide to hit the beach while he has the house all to himself to focus on his work.

During that first rainy night, he hears a knock on his door, he answers it to see two estranged young girls, soaking in the rain, Genesis (Lorenza Izzo) and Bell (Ana De Armas) who claim to be heading to some party and are lost along the way.

Being the good guy that he is, Evan decides to welcome them into his home and help them out with their situation. The girls seem to really like Evan and he shows them around while they wait. Little does he know that things start to get somewhat suspicious as he finds them in the shower and they try to seduce him, he tries to resist, but ultimately gives in.

The next morning, he finds the two girls disrupting his peaceful weekend alone. They mess around and even begin to act with over-the-top results. It becomes clear to him that they were not who they claim they were.

He tries to get rid of them, but they soon come back to play some sadistic games with Evan as their victim. As I said before, the movie does tell an interesting story, even for one made by typical gore master, Eli Roth.

The gender politics story does contain some commentary about the reactionary differences between our characters as well as the punishment for what our main character has to face, even though he did nothing wrong.

It still has that sadistic edge that Roth is known for. The main problem with the movie does fall in the sense that its interesting message gets lost in a campy and sometimes horribly acted result, even the lines of dialogue can be ridiculous.

Keanu Reeves - at times - was channeling Nicolas Cage's performance, specifically, from 'The Wicker Man' (2006), the over-the-top shouting, as well as becoming a victim to women. You'll enjoy this movie on the same level as 'The Wicker Man' (2006) or maybe 'The Room' (2003), other than that, it tells a very known message, but maybe, it could have been handled by a more dramatically capable director.