The new thriller “Trespass” stars Nicholas Cage and Nicole Kidman and was directed by Joel Schumacher. With such talent at work, one might figure it would be a halfway decent movie. Well, think again.
Cage plays Kyle, a rich diamond dealer who lives in a multimillion dollar home with his wife Sarah, played by Kidman, and their rebellious teenage daughter. One night, a bunch of crooks break in and demand that Kyle open his safe, where he supposedly hides a fortune in precious stones.
There are some twists in the plot, as all is not as black and white as director Schumacher wants viewers to initially believe. Sadly, for most of the movie, it's all so predictable that there really are no surprises and by the end, the terrible script makes no sense at all. Cage plays a nerd while the burglars are psychopaths. It would have been better to have cast Cage as one of the nutty criminals.
Everybody onboard the film just seems to be sleepwalking through it. The actors are just going through the motions, screaming at the top of their lungs for dramatic effect. It’s all just so ridiculous. The dialogue is also pretty moronic. Plus, the plot has been done before in dozens of other films and to much better effect.
Some schlocky thrillers can be fun, and there are about five minutes worth of entertainment here, but that's about it. Why Cage and Kidman even agreed to do this is beyond understanding. This is the kind of B-grade movie that doesn't even get released in theaters and goes straight to video. Interestingly, the movie comes out on DVD November 1.
The actors should be embarrassed, and so should Schumacher. But it doesn’t seem like many people will see it, so their shame will be very contained. “Trespass” opens in theaters this week and is also available on Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand, but don't bother.