Written by Eli Roth And Guillermo Amoedo And Nicolás López
Directed by Eli Roth
Bel (to Evan): "I'm glad we knocked on your door."
Okay, when it comes to Eli Roth as a writer and director, he's not that much better or worse than Rob Zombie. There's sometimes traces of brilliance and a lot of times, frustration and questionable writing for women.
This film somewhat encapsulated that to a tee. Remember when Quentin Tarantino delivered three female revenge films with both volumes of Kill Bill and Death Proof. Perhaps Roth was hoping for the same results here.
You've got Keanu Reeves as architect Evan Webber. He's married to sculptor Karen (Ignacia Allamand) and the have two kids and a cute little dog named Monkey. The wife and kids are away for the weekend, which left Evan alone to look after Monkey, watch his shoulder and be terrorised by two unhinged women upon stupidly letting them into his house.
The women in question were Genesis (Lorenza Izzo) and Bel (Ana de Armas). They tricked Evan into believing that they were sent to wrong neighbourhood. Evan for the most part tried to be helpful by letting them dry off, giving them tea and repairing Genesis's phone. He also called them a cab.
Unfortunately for Evan, he doomed himself by falling for their obvious attempts of seduction and had a threesome. When he did manage to get rid of them, they returned to terrorise and sexually assault him. They also kept accusing him of being a paedophile, despite the fact that Evan wasn't.
I'll admit this movie really will test anyone's patience. Usually in these revenge thrillers, the woman has a good reason to go after the men they go after. Genesis and Bel were just psychopaths who purposely terrorise innocent men in order to break up their marriages for no reason.
As characters, they're just straight up evil. Evan was foolish for letting them in but none of what's inflicted upon him was something that he deserved. The movie's ending in particular just rubbed me up the wrong way.
- Eli Roth was married to Lorenza Izzo at the time of this movie being made.
- This movie is a remake of the 1977 psychological thriller, Death Game.
- Standout music: Goyele's Winter Nights.
- Chronology: Took place over the course of two days. Evan's 43 and Father's Day factored in for half the movie.
Knock Knock (2015) would just turn out to be a frustrating movie with okay-ish performances from everyone involved. It's a film that trivialised sexual assault towards men with some one dimensional villains in both Genesis and Bel.
Rating: 5 out of 10
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