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| Estella Warren about to mount William Baldwin in The Stranger Within (2013).
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| The ghostly Katia Winter. Yeah I would. |
At a glance:
Philosopher Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff's son Adam is a Danish TV series director makin his feature film debut with the R-rated Hollywood thriller
The Stranger Within (2013). The earlier Sony title was
The Stranger Inside but I think they're all too generic still. Anyway, it's completely
Adam Neutzsky-Wulff's baby since he wrote, produced and directed it, and the biggest sellin point is that it
sounds like an erotic thriller since
William Baldwin and
Estella Warren star in it. She's some kind of famous actress who survives a kidnap and rape, and he's the concerned psychiatrist husband who decides to take her to a holiday home on a remote island. Things get groovy when some bird appears on their doorstep (
Sarah Butler, in various states of dress and undress again, just like she was in
I Spit On Your Grave, 2010) with blood on her hands, seemingly havin just survived a hikin accident in which her boyfriend died. We're let in on a series of mindfucks but it does stop short of turnin into a home invasion thriller. Oh, there's a part too for
Katia Winter -- I vaguely remember her naked body against
Kellan Lutz in
Arena a.k.a.
Death Games (2011).
Bad news on the doorstep:
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| BDSM necrophilia? Nope. Oughtta be, though. |
The billin is attractive and the performances are well above serviceable for an $800k flick but I didn't like bein whisked here and there so quickly in the early stages, while hardly connectin to the characters. The stock mystery thriller soundtrack compliments the rather predictable proceedings once they get to the house. It's not the most original of stories and if you watch a lot of thrillers, maybe the payoff twist won't really do it for you. To be honest, I only got this because I saw
Kim Bodnia (that badass in the
Pusher movies) in the cast listin but turns out he cameos as a masked kidnapper for just a few minutes! What a waste of a top actor -- didn't even get to see his face! Fuckin muppet.
Perennial wonderment:
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| Estella Warren: Blushed and bemused. |
Don't know modellin works but when I first saw
Estella Warren in
Planet of the Apes (2001), I thought she had an over-blushed kind of sex appeal that I don't particularly enjoy in an actress. Oh well, at least she finds work. Did you know she's a foodie and
about to start some cookin shows and a culinary career of some sort?
Reminds me of:
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992),
Sleeping With The Enemy (1991),
Fatal Attraction (1987),
Basic Instinct (1992) and
this movie here (don't click it if you still want to watch the movie proper because you'd make out the twist right away).
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Did you know:
Estella Warren is a world-class synchronised swimmer from Canada? |
Watch out for:
There's a nice little song somewhere in the middle of the movie which I later found out to be
Joan Westgate's Nothing Is Real. I'm tempted to say this is the best thing about the movie but that would be slightly too harsh. Her fans on YouTube said it anyway. Ha.
Amacam joker, berapa bintang lu mau kasi?
For a thriller that wants to be taken seriously, the groundwork is pretty dodgy and the characters make pretty strange decisions sometimes. Well this ain't
Mulholland Dr. (2001), that's for sure.
★★
Bonus material:
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Sarah Butler asks Estella Warren if her boobs are too small.
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| Nice photography though, eh? |
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