Louis Leterrier's The Last House Is a Reckless Netflix Thriller That Never Manages to Come Together - IGN
The Netflix thriller 'The Last House' is criticized for its inconsistent tone and lack of narrative cohesion. The reviewer argues that the film fails to build suspense despite its interesting premise.
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The Last House debuts on Netflix on August 7.
A chamber piece with no consistency, Louis Leterrier’s The Last House plays tonal hopscotch with reckless abandon. Following a family of four who find themselves suddenly trapped indoors, the movie jumps not just between scenes but entire genres, with a head-spinning edit that makes things move at a million miles an hour while, paradoxically, very little actually happens.
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