Unlawful Entry

After their Los Angeles suburban house is burglarized, Karen and Michael Carr (Madeleine Stowe and Kurt Russell), are assisted by policeman Pete Davis (Ray Liotta). At first, Davis seems helpful and polite, even helping the Carrs when he is off duty. Soon, it becomes apparent that the policeman has ...more

Jonathan Kaplan's Unlawful Entry is not good enough to salvage three performers who try their hardest to make the stale story work. Ray Liotta is effectively menacing, Kurt Russell does a fine variation on Dustin Hoffman in Straw Dogs, and Madeleine Stowe's wide eyes convey both intelligence and fear. Sadly, whenever they speak the by-the-numbers dialogue written for them, any credibility they have established with the audience vaporizes. Although the film works at the most basic genre level, a ...more