John Chard
Generic Cat and Mouse Thriller.
When young doctor Juliet Dermer (Hilary Swank) moves into a spacious New York apartment, she cant believe her luck. More so as she is attracted to her landlord, Max (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). However, something isnt quite right with the apartment and Juliet soon comes to regret having ever moved in.
There has been a number of similar thrillers over the years, the type where a humble home is turned into a nightmare by the presence of some psychopath. The Resident, in spite of some lovely technical touches, sits comfortably on auto-pilot and hopes that is enough to seal the thriller deal. Sadly it isnt!
Director Antii Jokinen and his co-writers Robert Orr and Erin Cressida Wilson have forgot to add twis...