Good Neighbor

This movie isn't the greatest but it does feature interesting work from Billy Dee Williams. Certainly not his best performance but he's got an interesting take on the character.

The movie is put together well and if it doesn't thrill you, that's one thing but it's certainly not as bad as many movies that you'll find at your local video store.

I recently came across this movie and thought that it looked interesting, with a decent sounding storyline = a young college girl suspects that her neighbours are serial killers and plus it has a few familiar faces in it namely Tobin Bell from the Saw movies, Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars & Batman) and Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years). And so for 25p I can't go wrong.

"The Killer Next Door" which seems to be its UK title wasn't a particularly good movie, it's not terrible by all means I have seen worse but on a small scale it kind of works in a TV movie kind of way and there were small shades of tension and real fear for the leading heroine Molly (Danica McKellar), like when she is menaced by the serial killers Tobin Bell and the other guy, but that is all let down by the poor acting of not just her but 90% of the cast, including Billy Dee Williams who doesn't seem to be making an effort at all just plain wooden throughout.

The only saving grace was Tobin Bell who was very convincing and scary throughout the movie. But the effects were laughable to say the least and I did find Danica's foul mouth hilarious throughout and her sassy friend Rhea was just plain awful and should have died sooner. Okay I understand that this movie was low budget and that shows through and through, but it had a decent storyline but was poorly executed with shoddy acting.

This is a very smart little film. And to see little Winnie Cooper all grown up is great. The acting is great and the direction superb. You have to watch it twice!! If you think you know what is going to happen next you are probably just guessing. Tobin Bell (SAW) is outstanding in this little thriller. I know they must not have had a lot of money to make this film, but it turned out great. It is better than most things on screen today. Catch it when you can. Where ever it is released. Billy Dee is at his smoothest. The feeling you get when you watch this little movie is that making a good little film can still happen. It doesn't take a huge budget or enormous special effects to tell a great story with more twists and turns than a roller coaster. Be sure to see this one!

Good Neighbor is a great little movie. It has thrills and should be seen twice just so you can get all the stuff you missed the first time. Billy Dee Williams is great in the role of Det. Davidson. Danika McKellar does a wonderful job as Molly. But Tobin Bell steals the show! This is a smart, clever, little movie and you won't believe how low the budget was.

Not many movies make me outright mad, but this does. I'm so angry that I wasted an evening of my valuable time on this piece of #%@*! The people responsible should go to film school. This is the worst film ever made, and I'll never get those painful 2 hours back! My 10 year old daughter makes better movies with our vcr!