The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,202 2010s thriller movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A psycho- sexual thriller following a couple that buys an old motel in the desert looking for a new beginning, but what seemed at first as an escape is soon a thrilling ride through a mysterious world when Ray discovers a two way mirror and witnesses a horrifying murder. In a twisted game of cat and mouse, Ray must race to save his wife and himself from a gruesome secret connected to the motel and the strange people who visit there.
Ratings
IMDb4.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic33/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
343 audience votes
Key crew
- Jerry RappWriter
- Matthew WilderWriter
- Tim HunterDirector
Cast
- Nicolas CageRay
- Robin TunneyMaggie
- Marc BlucasHoward
- Ernie LivelyTommy
- Jacque GrayJessica 'Room 6'
- Bill BolenderBen
- Barry Jay MinoffGas Station Owner
- Kassia ConwayCassie the Strawberry Blonde
- Jason K. WixomGas Station Mechanic
- Sila AgavaleDetective
- Kimmy JimenezBecky
- Pascoalina DunhamAva
Stills
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Themes
dominatrixswimming poolmurdersurveillancemysterious strangervoyeurismloss of childpsychological manipulationdark secretsdisturbing eventsenigmatic womansuspicious locals