You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

Brief thoughts, because I feel like this is a movie that works best when you know as little as possible going in. Dan Stevens plays David, a guy who visits the family of a fellow soldier who died. It's fairly obvious from the get-go that there is more to this man than meets the eye, and that feeling is validated again and again, with increasing intensity over the course of the movie.

Also in the movie is Sheila Kelley (Richard Schiff's wife, who also played Zoe in the final season of Lost) and Leland Orser (the "Lust" guy in Seven). Oh, and Ethan Embry (who has come a looooong way since being The Bass Player in That Thing You Do). The unsung heroine of the movie is Maika Monroe (who reminded me a lot of Monica Keener, actually), who plays the daughter and is great and is someone I'm looking forward to seeing in other things. And it's directed by Adam Winguard, who made the fabulous You're Next (which I intend to write about at some point this month, because it's AMAZING).

This is a mostly great thriller, though there's a twist/layer to it that's rather sloppily conceived, in my opinion. The last ten or fifteen minutes are particularly absurd, and I wonder if the Halloween setting was chosen just so they'd have an excuse to do that climax sequence.

Like I said, the less you know, the better. But if you only know Dan Stevens from Downton Abbey or Sense and Sensibility ... hoo boy, are you in for a surprise. David is a fascinating character to watch, because a lot of the time you're cheering him on, even though you know he's bad news.