 Synopsis:
Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale, who must have
lost bets with their agents to take these roles,
play David and Amy Fox. The Foxes' car breaks
down in the middle of the night on one of the
aforementioned alternate paths. As always is the
case, no cell phone coverage is available, no
town is within 50 miles except for one small
podunk hotel and gas station. After assessing
the situation, they decide to spend the night in
the hotel room and wait until morning to get the
car fixed. A VHS tape is on the television and
David puts it in and presses play. A snuff film
comes on and as disgusting as it is, David isn't
truly disturbed until he figures out he's in the
room it was filmed in! He finds video cameras
and the scares begin, or at least they should.
The
Freak's Rating: D : I'm kind of a freak when it comes to absorbing
movies (if you haven't already figured that
out). I'll avoid pitfalls that victims succumb
to in horror movies all the time. Taking a
shortcut, stopping at an isolated hotel and
saying lines like "let's try taking this way"
should lead any character into certain death,
right? It doesn't lead the people in the trashy
little thriller Vacancy to death fast enough.
The
next hour of the film is so incredibly cliche I
won't explain it. Frank Whaley, who will in my
heart always be eating a Big Kahuna burger (Pulp
Fiction reference), does a decent job as the
hotel manager though he didn't have much to work
with. Despite having two stars headlining and an
interesting concept, the writers did NOTHING
with this script. It is ridiculously monotone,
never causing a jump or a scare from me. The bad
guys aren't scary in the least bit, though I did
find myself rooting for them through the last
half hour of the film.
Angie's Rating: F : terrible... not
scary, typical, and a waste of movie making money. They should have saved all
of their money and invested in the hotel clerks acting future. He was good, if
not for him I would have never finished the movie..... props to you.
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