Lakeview Terrace, 2008

I found this intriguing really. Jackson plays a cop whose wife passed away and now he's a single father of two children. New neighbours move in next door and Jackson doesn't approve of them or their lifestyle. Really what makes this movie work is Jackson as Abel and how the story doesn't make him over the top in the beginning. He seems reasonable and rational and you can see his point of view making you identify with him, especially after losing his wife. But as the story goes along, he begins to show a darker side, and really it's hard to know if that's his true colors or whether he's just emotionally worn down and burned out from life. Perhaps his wife kept him in check before and he's lost that environmental control. That's what makes this movie so interesting because you could just accept that Abel is a racist and a bad guy - or you could consider he's a broken shell of a man that's lashing out. Either way, I liked it and found it an interesting watch.

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