English Lab: Movie Review for "Disturbia"

Disturbia starts off showing a father and son relationship. These two are fishing and laughing together. Without catching a single fish, they decide to call it quits and head home. In route home, a SUV in front of them dodges a car broken down in the road. But sadly, they didn't. The father died in the crash while the son lived. High school junior, Kale has to deal with his father's death and manage his grades. While in Spanish class, Kale was apparently sleeping when the teacher called on him to speak. Pissed off by the teacher's remark about his father, Kale jumps up and socks his teacher in the jaw. Following the court hearing, Kale is placed on house arrest for three long months. With the house arrest came an electronic anklet that denied him access beyond his front lawn. If he overstepped his boundaries, the cops would show up within seconds.

While on house arrest, Kale finds himself completely bored out of his mind because his mom took away all of his leisure items. So he finds a new interest of watching his neighbors from all the windows in his room. (A little Peeping Tom.) Ashley, the new girl next door, is one of his main interests and some younger boys that have grown fond to watching some adult channels. But he suspects a neighbor across the street of some peculiar activity. After screwing up once, Kale decides to mark off his boundaries in the yard. Still suspicious of his neighbor, Kale sits down one night and notices a news story on a killer out to get women. The news gave a vivid description of the killer's car. From that point on, Kale knew his neighbor was the serial killer. This is what motivated Kale to start gathering footage on his neighbor. Kale then filled his friend and Ashley in on his observations. In the end, the guy gets arrested for the murders after Kyle takes action to save his mother, who doesn't return after going over to the neighbor's house to explain Kyle's obsurd behavior. I loved this movie because it kept me on the edge of my seat. GREAT MOVIE!