Knock at the Cabin

This is an average movie. Dave Bautista is absolutely great as Leonard, while everyone else was quite forgettable. I kept waiting for some kind of twist that never came. If you take Dave Bautista out of this movie, then unfortunately there is not much else. He makes it an interesting watch. This definitely had a great idea for a movie, but in execution. It could have been so much better. This was still a good watch for me and had entertainment value overall.

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I liked it, but could be better.

Entretaining but way too pretencious.

Quite interesting story (or idea behind the story) but otherwise quite boring and unremarkable.

I read somewhere that the definition of a 'slow burn' is a film which isn't faced paced (for the most part), but has a pay-off which makes the lack of speed worthwhile. The opposite is a film that is just slow and ends up being a complete waste of time. I guess 'Knock at the Cabin' falls into the former, as - for whatever reason - I stuck with it until the end just to see how it all turned out. It's about a couple who take their adopted daughter to a remote cabin for a break, only for four strangers (led by Dave Bautisda - who's actually becoming a better actor than most people ever thought he could be!) to break in and hold them hostage. The catch being that these 'home invaders' don't want to hurt or steal from them. They just want one of them to kill themselves in order to prevent the apocalypse (which is taking place within an hour or so). So what follows is a kind of cat and mouse game where the captives try to deal with whether they should simply escape, fight back, or believe their captors and do the unthinkable. Like I say, I stuck with it. Once it finished I realised it was an M Night Shyamalan film and it kind of made sense. That kind of explained the slightly stilted dialogue and I just kept thinking back to a YouTube reviewer who said of Shyamalan's dialogue 'That almost sounds like how a real person would talk!' and I can't help but agree. Now, if you know anything about Shyamalan's (mainly early) work, you'll know he's well known for his plot twists. So, if you're expecting something out of 'left field' to blow your mind at the end, you won't find it here. Everything is - uncharacteristically - well wrapped up here, so there won't be much left to debate once the credits roll. Overall, this is a decent enough film which should keep most people entertained, but I'm not sure it'll be remembered along with his classics like 'Sixth Sense' and 'Unbreakable.'

A complete eyesore and for no apparent reason. the plot didn't plot and the message probably still chilling in the author's brain. strongly disliked the whole premise. also Dave keeps getting the worst roles.

Well this was a peculiar film but definitely not a great movie. M Night Shymalan is a master of making unconventional plots and dialogue work but this film just felt off.

Great movie If you know the book...its different ;) so watch

I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't that. I will give Shyamalan this- his premises are often interesting and he knows how to build suspense.