Trespass (2011 film)

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Trespass
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Directed by Joel Schumacher
Written by Karl Gajdusek
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Andrzej Bartkowiak
Edited by Bill Pankow
Music by David Buckley
Production
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Distributed by Millennium Entertainment
Release dates
  • September 14, 2011 (2011-09-14)(TIFF)
  • October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)(United States)
Running time
90 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$38.7 million [2]
Box office$10.1 million [3]

Trespass is a 2011 American crime thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, from a screenplay by Karl Gajdusek. It stars Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman as a married couple taken hostage by extortionists. It also stars Ben Mendelsohn, Cam Gigandet, Liana Liberato, Jordana Spiro, Dash Mihok, Emily Meade and Nico Tortorella. [4]

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It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2011. [5] It was released in a limited release and through video on demand on October 14, 2011, by Millennium Entertainment. It is the last film to be directed by Joel Schumacher before his death on June 22, 2020.

Plot

The Miller family lives in a mansion in Shreveport, Louisiana. The house is later invaded by robbers masquerading as police. They consist of leader Elias, his girlfriend Petal, his younger brother Jonah and a large man named Ty.

Meanwhile, the youngest Miller, Avery, is harassed at a party by its host, Jake. Disgusted, she returns home, where she is captured. To the robbers' dismay, the family turns out to be bankrupt; all of their possessions were bought on loaned credit. Enraged, Elias breaks the hand of Kyle, Avery's father, and takes a diamond necklace from Sarah, her mother. However, the necklace is discovered to be a worthless replica.

During a moment of distraction, Kyle and Avery attempt an escape and set off the house's security system. They are attacked by Ty, whom Kyle knocks out with a syringe from the robbers.

Thinking that Ty is dead, Elias shoots Kyle in the leg. Elias is actually a drug dealer working for a crime syndicate. One night, he and Petal were carjacked at gunpoint, and $180,000 worth of drugs was stolen from them. Faced with threats of retribution, Elias was forced to commit a heist (under the supervision of henchman Ty) to pay off his debt. Jonah suggested the mansion as a place to rob.

Avery is then forced to answer a call from the security company and convince them to call off the police. Nonetheless, a security guard shows up and recognizes Jonah as a former employee, prompting the latter to kill him.

The only thing of any worth on Kyle turns out to be his life insurance. Desperate, Elias prepares to kill Kyle. Avery announces that she can help steal a lot of money from Jake if her father's life is spared. Elias reluctantly agrees and sends Petal to supervise Avery. Driving to the party, Avery plans to seduce Jake and steal his money but is horrified after learning Petal's plan to massacre everyone there (including Avery) and take the cash. Accelerating the car, Avery unbuckles Petal's seat belt and crashes into a telephone pole. Then, she handcuffs an incapacitated Petal to the car.

At the mansion, Jonah turns out to be mentally ill and off his medications. He is enamored with Sarah and believes they had an affair when he was a technician installing the house's security system. Ty reawakens from his stupor and attacks Sarah. Enraged, Jonah fights Ty. To defend his brother, Elias kills Ty. In his dying breath, Ty reveals that the men who stole Elias' drug shipment were actually members of the syndicate. The operation was done in order to blackmail him into stealing more money for them. Jonah had masterminded the entire plan to have an excuse to return to the mansion and profess his love to Sarah. Shocked, Elias refuses to believe Ty.

Through the chaos, Sarah and a wounded Kyle escape to a tool shed behind the house. In the ensuing fight with the thieves, a partition is broken, revealing hidden money; Kyle had sold Sarah's real diamond necklace and was saving the money as a nest egg for his family when he noticed his capital declining. Avery then appears, pointing a gun at the thieves. To defend himself, Elias aims his gun at Sarah. For this, he is killed by Jonah. Trying to sacrifice himself, Kyle tells his family to run while setting the money on fire after noticing a leaking gas canister that was turned over earlier in the tussle. He also shoots Jonah's foot with a nail gun, trapping him in the shed. Sarah tries to help Kyle but is grabbed in a last-ditch effort by Jonah, who believes it is destiny to die with her in the fire. Kyle then shoots Jonah, who dies. Sarah carries Kyle away to safety just as the shed collapses.

Kyle wants Sarah to let him die so that she and Avery can survive on his life insurance fund, but she refuses, as she loves him regardless of how much money he has. After calling the police, Avery runs back to her parents, and the three embrace.

Cast

Production

Production was disrupted on August 3, 2010 when it was reported that Cage had abandoned the project as he had allegedly insisted on switching roles from Kidman's husband to the kidnapper. [8] According to reports, the role was then offered to Liev Schreiber. However the following day Cage resumed his role as the husband. Due to the confusion over casting, the production start date was moved from August 16 to 30. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Proof of filming showed up on Entertainment Weekly 's online site. In the photo, Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage are being held at gunpoint. [14] The film marks the second collaboration between Schumacher and cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak after working together on Falling Down . This is also Bartkowiak's first project in cinematography since he filmed Thirteen Days and began his career as a film director.[ citation needed ]

Reception

Critical response

Trespass was panned by critics and has a rating of 11% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 76 reviews with an average score of 3.3 out of 10. The consensus states: "Another claustrophobic thriller that Joel Schumacher can churn out in his sleep, Trespass is nasty and aggressive, more unpleasant than entertaining." [15] Criticism focused primarily on the film's script and plot, including its great resemblance to the Spanish film Kidnapped . [16] [17] However, the film also received some positive reviews from mainstream critics, praising the performances of Kidman, Gigandet, [18] and Mendelsohn. [19]

Mary Pols of Time magazine named it one of the Top 10 Worst Movies of 2011. [20] The film earned a Razzie Award nomination for Nicolas Cage as Worst Actor (also for Drive Angry and Season of the Witch ), but lost to Adam Sandler for Jack and Jill and Just Go with It .

Box office

Trespass was given a limited release for one week in ten theaters in North America and earned $24,094 and an additional $9,988,226 internationally on a production budget of $35 million. [3]

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