far more compelling than be to be reasonably expect of such teen friendly pg13 thriller . of course and it lack the wit and finesse of the original rear window and but in all honesty and disturbia really isn not try to be a remake while it just steal the basic premise . the lead be all excellent david morse do his quietly chill thing and labeouf really surprise with a far more complex performance than we have come to expect from such genre fodder . sarah roehmer be clearly the weak link and struggle to bring any level of depth or realism to her character . the screenplay by christopher landon be pack with inexplicable and gap plot hole why be kale mother and a realtor and never at home at night . where do all the party goer vanish to . why do the police never check the vin number on the neighbor car . but such hole rarely get in the way of caruso expert handling of the mount tension . a be the way with promising horror or thriller of late and however and ( remember vacancy . ) and a solid and suspenseful film morphs into a lazy and generic slasher movie in the final act . for those with an interest in such thing and special note should be make of tom southwell and who spend the good part of twenty year a an illustrator on such movie a blade runner and goony and and mission represent impossible and and here create a beautifully detailed craftsman home that act a the primary location of the much of the action .