Film
Choe (Natasha Henstridge) seems to have the idyllic life. She, along with young Jacob (William Dickinson) live in a large upmarket house, and even while her husband is away, Chloe should feel safe. Safe, that is, until one night, during a terrible storm, some people show up looking for something, apparently linked to Chloe’s husband, but of which she has no knowledge. A Home Invasion that becomes the thing of nightmares. Chloe and Jacob need to avoid these dangerous intruders, but thankfully they have help in the form of Mike from their security company, who has remote access to the home’s security system, and using that, and being able to keep in contact with Chloe via telephone, makes a concerted effort to help them survive.
Home invasion has a palpable amount of tension, with Chloe and Jacob sneaking about their house, and the three intruders looking for them and the mystery item they seem intent on acquiring, no matter what the cost.
While the film is more of a suspense thriller, as opposed to action, it does keep things moving along at a pretty decent pace. There is not much in the form of plot twists, however there are a few tense moments as Chloe and Jacob are close to being spotted or captured. Home Invasion does leave a few items unanswered, and as for character development, these are revealed piece by piece as the night rolls on.
Audiences will certainly not wrack their brains understanding the plot, as it’s rather straightforward, and all that remains is to sit back and watch as events unfold.
Home Invasion is one of those films to watch when you are looking for some entertainment, but don’t wish to invest the energy to follow anything with complex twists. It’s pure mindless indulgence.
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Disc
Home Invasion is available now, to purchase on disc, in South Africa.
Video
Video is encoded at a high bitrate. There are no visible artefacts on screen. Colours are vibrant, with dark blacks. With many of the films scenes taking place at night or in shadow, detail in the dark scenes is important, and the film maintains this, without ending up with blacks that look more like some shade of grey.
Audio
Audio is also encoded at a high bitrate, with the soundtrack presented in a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix. There is subtle, yet excellent use of the surround channels, making the viewer a part of the story, or perhaps more aptly, as if the viewer were one of the many security cameras in the house. Dialogue is clear, via the centre channel.
Navigation
Navigation is simple and basic, with a static background and text menu, with options for languages, scene selections and to rewatch the previews that played at the beginning of the disc (the only option being to play them all, with only the ability to fast forward but not skip).
Bonus Features
There are unfortunately no bonus features, other than a few previews for upcoming titles, namely Ratter, The Perfect Guy, The Final Girls and Lake Placid vs Anaconda.
