Knock Film Comparison

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It's a rare experience to see two movies released by the same director in the space of a few weeks, but that's precisely what has happened with Eli Roth. Thanks to a lengthy delay prior to its release, The Green Inferno came out just two weeks ago. Now we have Knock Knock, which has received a limited release coupled with a same-day release on VOD services. It's especially odd in the case given how both movies are inspired by films from the '70s, both star Roth's wife, Lorenza Izzo - and yet they're diametric opposites in both quality and content. Knock Knock, which is technically inspired by 1977's Death Game - although most audience members will draw more similarities to Michael Haneke's Funny Games, simply because they were more widely seen - is a movie with a very simple premise. A family man, Evan Webber (Keanu Reeves), is left home alone for a weekend while his wife (Ignacia Allamand) and children go to the beach. The first night, a couple of young women, Genesis and Bel (Izzo and Ana de Armas), show up on his porch, in the pouring rain, looking for a party. He invites them in to use his computer, dry off, and wait for an Uber. They eventually come onto him, he's unable to resist temptation, and then they spend the rest of the movie punishing him for the mistake he made. Happy Father's Day!…show more content…
Here, he is restrained. There's almost no violence and very little blood. Instead, old-school atmosphere building, an incredible amount of tension - both of the sexual and non-sexual nature - and a fantastically campy tone hold our attention. It takes a talented director to make a movie that is both tense and funny, but that's what Roth's done with Knock Knock. Never let it be said that, given a good script - which this time out he only co-wrote - he can't make a wonderful

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