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This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

SPOILER: Movie Plot: A couple move into their California dream home, and they soon become a target of their next-door neighbour who disapproves of their interracial relationship.Review: Lakeview Terrace is a good film and is very Rewatchable. This flick was inspired by a real life story based on similar events, the real life story is featured in an episode of "Fear Thy Neighbour" and when you watch the documentary, this film seems very mild compared to that. Lakeview Terrace has good performances, good directing, and has a good story line. Here we have a case of black against white racism, the attitude of the racist cop Abel Turner (played by Samuel L. Jackson) is unfortunately quite common, we see that he regularly makes racial remarks hinting that black people are better than Caucasian people. We find out that he is against his new neighbour's marriage (played by Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) because of his paranoia about his late wife possibly having an affair with her "white boss" as he mentions, without having any proof that she was even having an affair, i might add.Abel (Samuel L. Jackson) is a likeable character, he does do some wrong things and abuses his power as a cop which gets him suspended, but he doesn't take any crap which is shown during a scene where a woman is rude about law enforcement at the new couple's late night wine get-together in their yard.Because Abel (Samuel L. Jackson) is still a likeable character, i think they went all wrong with the ending, i think they should have had him locked up or something, not having him shot dead. They chose the right casting for this film, and even though Patrick Wilson is good in this movie, he is a bit of a sissy, i prefer the character that he plays in the latest movie "The Commuter", even though he only has a small supporting role in that, he doesn't come across as wimpy like he does in this flick.Lakeview Terrace shows viewers the other end of the spectrum of racism. As a Black British person, i get fed up when some people say that "black people can't be racist", simply watch this film which is based on real events and anyone you may know in real life who has the same or a similar attitude to this man, if that's not racist - i don't know what is.

I had stayed away from these movies, because I had seen too many of em. I finally gave this one a go, and I was not disappointed one bit. Again I've realized just what an exceptional, underrated actor, Jackson is. He fits in with this movie perfectly. Down on the surface, he's not a happy man, and when an interracial couple (Wilson and Washington) move in, this doesn't really help things. I must say the tension and drive of the story is nicely handled. Instead of working from a thriller point of view it works from the antagonist and protagonist, but in a very realistic scenario. Could the reason for cop, Jackson's insurmountable anger and issues, be cause his ex work married a white guy. That had sprung to mind, halfway during the movie, though we never find that out. There are a few predicable instances like, in some cases, you know what ensues next, like Jackson, catching the two making out in their spa. But really what I like about this, is wondering where Jackson will take it next, and how far Wilson, will be pushed before he retaliates. Yes it does have somewhat of a shitty ending, because it's predictable. We need something different, where apart from that, you've got one cool ride of a movie, steered by two likable actors.

The movie opens so very slowly despite the normal speed of its entire pace. The story didn't really build that well for the first half part of its duration. I didn't even quite get what the movie was aiming to promote as its main theme or conflict until about half an hour into it. Then it all make sense although it's still unclear about the background and reasoning behind the behavior of the Able Turner character.At least it gets better, although in a weird sense. It's because Turner suddenly tells everything and spills out all the missing details, in a bar chat. Samuel L. Jackson acted out nicely in portraying the hostile cop, despite the lack of clarity from the screenplay's part. Patrick Wilson did just okay in balancing for the movie.

A very well made psycho-thriller that stands at the top of a sub-genre kick-started by Adrian Lyne's FATAL ATTRACTION in 1987. LAKEVIEW TERRACE features Samuel L. Jackson in riveting form as the main antagonist, a character who's not only the neighbour-from-hell but a cop-from-hell too (imagine this guy on the beat with Ray Liotta's character from UNLAWFUL ENTRY!). LAKEVIEW TERRACE sidesteps cliché throughout – arguably until the climax, anyway – and delivers plenty of suspense and thrills in its story of a racist-with-a-twist – this time it's Jackson who's the racist, a guy who hates whites.Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington are somewhat bland modern actors, but the quality of the scripts drives them to give fairly good turns here. The film belongs to Jackson in the end, though, and he keeps us watching through thick and thin. Realism is often swept aside in these types of production (I'm thinking of you, PACIFIC HEIGHTS) but not so here. Neil LaBute has made some awful films (in fact his one before this was the dire Nicolas Cage remake THE WICKER MAN) but Lakeview Terrace is an unexpected delight – a high-calibre piece of professional filmmaking that never disappoints.