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The Guest

USA 2014
produced by
Keith Calder, Jessica Wu, Simon Barrett (executive) for HanWay Films, Snoot Entertainment
directed by Adam Wingard
starring Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelly, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick, Tabatha Shaun, Chase Williamson, Joel David Moore, Steve Brown, Brenden Wedner, Alex Knight, Ethan Embry, Nancy Jeris, Matthew Page, Katie Anne Mitchell, Frank Bond, Mike Miller, Jesse Luken, Kelsey Leos Montoya, Justin Ramsey, Tyler Riegleman, Justin Yu, Lonnie Lane, AJ Bowen, Chris Ellis, Candice Patton, Chris Harding
written by Simon Barrett, music by Steve Moore

review by
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The Petersons are grief-stricken after their son has fallen in Afghanistan ... but then enter David (Dan Stevens), his war buddy, who claims he has just popped by to give them closure, and as a thank you they bunk him up for a couple of days - but he is soon to win over all their hearts, dad Spencer (Leland Orser) finds the perfect drinking buddy in him, he helps mum Laura (Sheila Kelly) with everything there might be without ever taking advantage of her, and he beats up those who bully son Luke (Brendan Meyer), in a way that they are sure to learn a lesson. And hey, even daughter Anna (Maika Monroe) thinks he's a pretty cool dude after he had her back at a party. Problem is, he just pulls wool over everyone's eyes, his being perfect is only an act, he's actually a dangerous psychopath.

After some of her friends who David had dealings with are killed (by David, but she doesn't know that yet) Anna starts investigating his army background and learns the man David is supposed to be is dead, but her efforts to find out more are unsuccessful, as quite a few facts surrounding "David" are classified. But information where David is alone sets off some alarmbells within the army, and soon Major Carver (Lance Reddick) and a SWAT team move in to capture him, as he's apparently an army experiment gone horribly wrong - but by that time it might already be too late for the Petersons ...

 

The Guest is a very entertaining little thriller that might tell the old story of a wolf in sheep's clothing, but it does it in a surprisingly fresh way that's helped by a very well-paced script, a hauntingly accurate central performance by Dan Stevens, who can go from friendly to menacing in a heartbeat of less, supported by a great ensemble cast, well-placed gruesome bits, and of course a certain ironic approach to its story that never gives way to the moronic though. That all said, the film falls short of being a masterpiece as the direction comes across as a bit too functional and impersonal, but still The Guest is a piece of genre cinema that can be utterly enjoyed.

 

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