The film "Who is there?": Reviews. Actors and roles

In January 2015, Keanu Reeves pleased his fans with a new film with his participation: the screen came thriller "Who's There?". The feedback received the tape quite mixed. Let's try to figure out what the creators of the project did this time?

The creators of the film

"Who's There" is a film that was created by director Elaya Roth. Eli Roth is a film producer, screenwriter, director. And also this person with a very sophisticated morbid imagination. What else can be said about the person who made the films "Hostel" and "Hotsel-2"? Eli Roth specializes in horror films and thrillers, but clearly imitates in his works the same "weird" director - Quentin Tarantino.

Tarantino appreciated the efforts of his colleague and even produced his sadistic horror "Hostel", but he has nothing to do with the film "Who's There". The script for the thriller was written by Eli Roth himself together with Nicholas Lopez. Behind the camera stood Antonio Cuerca, who also worked on the horror film "Aftershock." Eli Roth, by the way, played the main role in this film.

They produced the film "Who Is There" by Miguel Asensio ("Green Hell") and Colleen Camp ("The Scam in American"). Curated the whole project film company Black Bear Pictures.

Short story

Remembering the creations of Elaya Roth "Hostel" and "Inglourious Basterds", it's easy to guess in what way he created a thriller with Keanu Reeves in the title role.

The plot of the picture is simple and straightforward: the hero of Reeves is an exemplary family man, who was left alone at home, and after a while let in the house of two drenched strangers. It's easy to guess that then there was a violent erotic scene with the participation of all three, and then, in fact, the thriller began, because instead of leaving the "hospitable" house, the girls tied the protagonist and started mocking him.

The main intrigue is, of course, how the architect Evan will cope with his distraught buddies and whether he can save his marriage.

"Who is there?": Actors. Keanu Reeves as Evan

The protagonist of the picture is the architect Evan Webber. He does not have any distinguishing features, except that he cherishes his family. And he is very well-bred, because he can not deny two girls hospitality, especially if they get wet, and in carnal pleasures, by the way, too. The whole story ends for the architect Webber sadly: at first he is threatened by the fact that they will destroy his marriage, and then generally begin to jeer at the "poor" man.

Keanu Reeves played in dozens of good films, but recently he lost his skill and chooses the most unsuccessful projects for filming, which one can imagine. What is only a militant "John Wick", which was released in 2014: Keanu Reeves, avenging the dog of the Russian mafia with Jewish-Ukrainian names, just surprised his fans - he had not acted in such "nonsense" for a long time. To be more precise, he never acted. Now here's the big screen came thriller "Who's There", whose rating in the first weekend went off scale, and already in the second weekend, fell below the baseboard. It remains to be hoped that the hero of the Matrix, Devil's Advocate and other worthy films will finally come to his senses and begin to better filter the scenarios sent to him.

L. Izzo in the role of Genesis

As for the Chilean actress named Lawrence Izzo, her participation in the movie Eli Rota does not cause questions - the girl is still a fashion model by profession, so she does not have to choose. Lawrence first appeared on the screen in 2011 in the movie "Sorry for your wedding." In 2012, she was invited to appear in the thriller "Aftershock", where Eli Roth played the main role.

Then there were a number of little-known and low-budget projects, until in 2014 Laurence was not entrusted with the main role in the frivolous comedy "Sexual Education". And in 2015 the girl plays Genesis in the thriller "Who's There" - the heroine, who along with her friend called in the house to the architect Evan Webber and subsequently arranged an orgy there.

A. de Armas in the role of Belle

Ana de Armas, who took part in the filming of the film - a Cuban by nationality. Ana spent her youth in the US, but returned to the Theater School in Cuba. In parallel with the development of the acting profession, Ana de Armas was engaged in modeling business. The magazine Cosmopolitan once even called the girl the owner of an ideal appearance.

For the first time on the screens Ana appeared in 2006, having played in the film "Rose of France". Then the actress was in the Spanish mystical series "Black Lagoon", which made the girl known in Spanish-speaking countries. Only to shoot one episode of this film took 600 000 euros. In total, the audience was shown seven seasons of the television tape.

Then Ana de Armas appeared in the Spanish drama film "Sex, parties and lies" and voiced one of the heroes of the Spanish version of the cartoon "Ugly I".

In the thriller "Who's There" Anna embodied on the screens the image of Bel - girlfriend Genesis. According to the plot, Bel and Genesis penetrate the apartment of the architect Evan under an innocent pretext, and then turn the life of the main hero into hell.

Other performers of roles

In the movie "Who's There" the actors Keanu Reeves, Ana de Armas and Lorenz Izzo completely fill their faces with a frame. These are the three main characters, the plot revolves around. Only occasionally on the screen appear strangers, among whom you can find actress Colleen Camp, who plays Evan's wife, as well as Aaron Barnes, Ignacy Allamand, Dan and Megan Bailey, and even the operator Antonio Cuerca.

Premiere and box office

"Who Is There" is the film, which premiered for the first time in the USA on January 23, 2015. Only in the summer the picture was seen by Great Britain, Ireland, Columbia. In the autumn, the tape of Elaya Rota was shown in the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, France and Argentina. Residents of Russia got acquainted with the picture on November 12, 2015.

The box office of the film is still impossible to calculate, because "Who is there" continues to go to the cinemas of different countries. It is known only that in Russia the thriller collected a total of 515 thousand dollars. The same "John Wick" in the Russian box office collected two million dollars, despite all the absurdity of the material. The audience was just looking at Keanu Reeves and assessing his physical shape. But it seems that the thriller "Who's there" does not save the actor's appearance.

"Who's there": critical reviews

So, what does professional critics think about all this? How do they evaluate the movie "Who's There"?

Reviews can hardly be called unambiguous. Those who rate the work of the director positively, note that the plot of the film is constantly holding in suspense and pleases with unexpected twists. In addition, the nerves of the audience are tickled by scenes in which two beautiful girls show remarkable brutality. However, the enumeration of the merits of the picture ends here.

In other reviews, critics wonder how an adult man can not cope with two "profursetkas" within an hour and a half? The idea to invite to this role of Rivza was initially a failure, since after roles in the "Matrix" and "47 roninov" it is hard to believe that "Neo" can become a victim of two frail girls.

Viewers' comments

The opinion of the audience is not very different from the opinion of critics on the film "Who's There." Reviews from that part of the audience, which consists of ardent Reeves fans, are positive. Oils in the fire are added and erotic scenes with the star of Hollywood. Those who relate to Keanu Reeves more or less calmly are perplexed about his choice in favor of the Alai Roth project: even at the stage of proofreading the script it should be clear that the film will turn out to be weak; Moreover, Reeves does not look at all as a soft-bodied, sacrificial architect.