The Lodger
by David Ondaatje
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Actor: Alfred Molina, Donal Logue, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall, Shane WestDirector: David Ondaatje
Brand: DAVIS,HOPE
Cinematographer: David A. Armstrong
Producer: David Ondaatje
Writer: David Ondaatje
Producer: Allison Keir
Producer: Michael Mailer
Producer: Scott Putman
Writer: Marie Belloc Lowndes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Mandarin Chinese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Thai (Original Language); Portuguese (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed); English (Published); French (Subtitles For Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-02-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Product features:
- Special Features include * Deleted and Alternate Scenes
- Featurette * Beyond the Shadows: Behind the Scenes of the Lodger
- Languages * English, Thai, Portuguese, Spanish and French
- Subtitles * English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean, Thai and Chinese
- Region 1 DVD * Widescreen * Dolby Digital * Close Captioned
DVD Reviews of The Lodger
DVD Review: A convoluted and rather rambling crime drama
Summary: 3 Stars
There have been quite a few movies that have taken the true life Jack the Ripper killings and adapted it for the big screen. "The Lodger" is a remake of an older movie version with the same title and stars Alfred Molina as a weary and angry detective whose plate is rather full - a spate of serial killings in the style of Jack the Ripper involving prostitutes has him consumed by self-doubt. The killings are similar to murders committed seven years ago and a man had been convicted and executed for the crimes. Now, Detective Chandler Manning [Molina] is forced to face the fact that he may have sent the wrong man to his death and at the same time deal with domestic problems - a mentally-disturbed wife who is institutionalized and an estranged daughter.
Then there is the troubled couple, Bunting [Donal Logue] and Ellen [Hope Davis] who are in dire financial straits and are forced to take in a mysterious lodger [Simon Baker]. As the killings go on unabated, Ellen begins to suspect her lodger may be the killer, but at the same time, the police gather clues that point at a number of other suspects, including Bunting and Det Manning.
The movie itself is quite visually pleasing - even the murders unfold without too much gore and always accompanied by music in the background. The sets, particularly the lodger's abode convey a sense of foreboding and menace. But, some cinematic techniques fail to evoke the appropriate response here - an example would be the awkward accelerated time sequences which not only seemed out of sync with the movie, but annoying and pointless as well.
The acting was average and this was a let-down given some of the well-known names here such as Hope Davis and Alfred Molina. I did wish the movie had focused a bit more on the strange relationship between Ellen and her lodger. The characters in the end seemed rather one-dimensional and lacked depth and definition.
Compared to another Ripper-based movie,the period drama "From Hell" with Johnny Depp, the remake of "The Lodger" falls short of delivering the necessary chills and thrills. It wasn't totally bad, it just could have been so much better. I'd also recommend "Murder By Decree" to those who are aficionados of JTR-themed movies, which is highly atmospheric and stars Christopher Plummer and James Mason as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson respectively. Both play sleuths investigating a conspiracy surrounding the Ripper murders. It's a period drama, but well-acted and directed. As for "The Lodger", I'd recommend it as a rental at best.
Description of The Lodger
Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 10-FEB-2009
Media Type: DVD
Jack?s back, more or less, in The Lodger, a cleverly-plotted thriller-cum-horror story sporting a good cast and a nicely ominous vibe throughout. When Los Angeles Detective Chandler Manning (Alfred Molina) arrives at the scene of a prostitute?s grisly murder, the clues look awfully familiar. Seven years earlier, Manning had helped send to Death Row a killer whose M.O. was identical not only to this one, but also to that of the notorious Jack the Ripper, who terrorized 19th-century London but was never identified, let alone caught. Is this new monster, who goes on to kill several more defenseless hookers, a copycat? Or could it mean that the wrong man paid the ultimate price for the earlier crimes? Meanwhile, Joe and Ellen Bunting (Donal Logue and Hope Davis) rent out a room to a "writer" named Malcolm (Simon Baker), whose weird habits make him an obvious suspect. But there are several others as well, including Joe, who works as a security guard while Ellen nurses her active and rather twisted imagination, and even Det. Manning, a loose cannon type who may be a Jack the Ripper authority but whose life is a mess, what with an institutionalized wife and a daughter who blames him for her mother?s affliction. Adapted from a novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, this tale was turned into a silent film by Alfred Hitchcock way back in 1927 and has been remade several times since. No one will confuse David Ondaatje, who wrote and directed this version, with Hitchcock, and those familiar with the genre will have little trouble predicting how it all turns out. Nonetheless, The Lodger is a good ride, guilty pleasure or not. --Sam Graham
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