Vacancy

Grade: A-

Synopsis: A vacationing couple makes a terrifying discovery about the motel room they have just checked into in this thriller scripted by Mark L. Smith and directed by Nimród Antal (Kontroll). Their car broken down and their prospects for finding a tow-truck driver at such a late hour slim to none, David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox (Kate Beckinsale) decide to make the best of their situation by resting out the night at a nearby motel. Left with few choices of entertainment for the evening, the pair soon settles down to enjoy one of the low-budget slasher films sitting atop their motel room VCR. Upon realizing that all of the films seem to have been shot in the very same room they currently occupy, David and Amy suddenly become the stars of a particularly sadistic fright flick. As hidden cameras track their every move, the hapless couple attempt to turn the tables on their would-be killer before they meet the same grim fate as the poor souls being butchered on television. Frank Whaley and Ethan Embry co-star in a thriller that's sure to keep leery travelers sticking to the main highway. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Review: I thought the movie started out really slow, to the point i actually said aloud, OK, lets get this show going... But once they realize what is happening it is very "sitting in the edge of your seat" type... But once it ends, again, another disappointment. They just end it, instead of telling you what happens to the couple when its all over, when throughout the film the man says, "we're gonna 'this' when we get outta here" and its like... Did they do it? Stay together? Huh-HUH? So, see it if you want, but dont expect much from anything but the middle.