If you ever found yourself wondering what First Blood would have been like with Kim Basinger playing John Rambo, then wonder no more-just run to the video store, grab a copy of While She Was Out and prepare to be astounded-for all the wrong reasons.
While She Was Out (2008)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:5
Rotten:9
Average Rating:4.7/10
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis:
While She Was Out, stars Academy Award®-winner Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile) and Emmy®-nominee Lukas Haas (Alpha Dog, The Ryan White Story). While She Was Out was executive produced...
While She Was Out, stars Academy Award®-winner Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile) and Emmy®-nominee Lukas Haas (Alpha Dog, The Ryan White Story). While She Was Out was executive produced by Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) and Don Murphy (Transformers, Natural Born Killers) and written/directed by Susan Montford (Shoot ‘Em Up). Anchor Bay Entertainment will release the film theatrically December 12, 2008 with a national DVD release following in 2009.
Basinger delivers perhaps the most audacious performance of her career as Della, a suburban housewife, caught in a nightmare of violence and desperation as she is mercilessly stalked by a group of young thugs. Armed with only a toolbox and the will to survive, Della is engaged in a fight for her life and has to make it through the night or succumb to the rabid predators. Haas plays the manipulative psychopath leading the gang on their murderous rampage.--© Anchor Bay Entertainment
Starring: Kim Basinger, Luke Haas, Craig Sheffer
Starring: Kim Basinger, Luke Haas, Craig Sheffer
Director: Sarah Montford
Director: Sarah Montford
Screenwriter: Sarah Montford
Producer: Don Murphy
Composer: Paul Haslinger
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Reviews for While She Was Out
It's filled with fascinating ideas, bringing it just a notch above your standard-issue exploitation flick.
Imagine a Lifetime revenge-themed movie of the week intercut with a few death scenes from the cutting room floor of a Final Destination flick.
starts out quite compelling, but quickly it quickly loses steam because it lacks imagination and fails to maintain any credible suspense or thrills throughout.
Lots of edgy night chasing and some tense moments, but the resolution is a tad disappointing
This one should have been released around Thanksgiving instead of Christmas because it is indeed a turkey!
[Kim] Basinger does truly exceptional work in this intimate thriller that marks a promising debut for [Susan] Montford as a writer/director.
Writer-director Susan Montford eschews all plot and character development for the hackneyed action scenes and grade-Z dialogue, while struggling to stretch the paper-thin story into a feature length film.
Lukas Haas as the harbinger of Joy Division-fueled doom? I've seen gusts of wind with more menace than Haas, an unfortunate fact that seems to elude Montford's field of vision.
The emotionally bruised air that’s frequently made Kim Basinger tabloid fodder is also a defining characteristic of her acting style.
The spectacular ending will make every harried housewife in the world ecstatic.
Kim Basinger does a Dirty Harriet in this weapons of asskicker destruction, pit bull with lipstick get-even suburban battered housewife thriller. And without bringing Alec Baldwin into it, you do the math.
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