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Lakeview Terrace was on Netflix Watch Instantly.
I thought what the hell, it doesn't look great, but Samuel Jackson screams in this movie (well, when does he not), so I'll give it a shot.
Not too bad I guess. From the trailers, I hadn't understood that ethnicity played a part in this movie. I just thought it'd be about the sheer horror of living next to a massive asshole who happened to be a cop. Turns out it's a racist massive asshole cop. And as he says so himself in the movie, "What are you gonna do, call the cops? I'll tell you who's shift it is." (paraphrase)
Since the couple that moves in next to him is interracial, that pushes his buttons, and the cop does everything he can to fuck with them.
It escalates and stuff. For me, it was very watchable. I couldn't help but be interested in what was next, what it would come to, and Samuel Jackson was perfectly creepy. The couple, however, isn't really likable.
Ending was a bit of a letdown, but there's not a thousand ways this thing can end. It just could have been done better.
6/10
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