For a film billed as a horror movie, I didn't find it to have much suspense at all. In fact, I thought it was pretty boring. But my main problem with the story had to do with the roommate who died leaving behind a suitcase full of money. OK, so what compelling reason was there for the other three tenants to take the corpse in the woods and hack it to pieces before burying it? The death of Hugo (Keith Allen) was not the result of any crime or illegal activity, so why not just call the police to report the incident? They weren't on the hook for the money, so why put themselves in all kind of legal jeopardy in a futile attempt to hide the body? It just didn't make sense to me. Hide the money until the coroner comes by and the corpse is taken off to the morgue. Sounds pretty simple to me.
As long as that incomprehensible decision was made, I did like the way the two thugs who broke into the apartment were dealt with by David (Christopher Eccleston). There again though, where was the exposition on how the bad guys located the apartment and connected the three roommates with the missing money? All you have to do is think this through to realize that the story doesn't hold up very well in the credibility department. Taking things full circle with the suspicious roomies turning on each other worked well enough I guess, and the twist ending with the money under the floorboards where Alex (Ewan McGregor) was stabbed was pretty clever. But with all the other questionable stuff going on, this one just doesn't hold up either as a horror flick or a thriller.
As long as that incomprehensible decision was made, I did like the way the two thugs who broke into the apartment were dealt with by David (Christopher Eccleston). There again though, where was the exposition on how the bad guys located the apartment and connected the three roommates with the missing money? All you have to do is think this through to realize that the story doesn't hold up very well in the credibility department. Taking things full circle with the suspicious roomies turning on each other worked well enough I guess, and the twist ending with the money under the floorboards where Alex (Ewan McGregor) was stabbed was pretty clever. But with all the other questionable stuff going on, this one just doesn't hold up either as a horror flick or a thriller.