What could be safer than a cop living right next door!? I mean, really, WHAT COULD BE SAFER??!?? Oh, but the irony! That’s the hilarious new premise of “Lakeview Terrace.”
Oh Samuel L. Jackson, for so many years you have teetered on the edge of self-parody, and yes, you’ve insouciantly danced on that pitiful precipice for years now, but now my friend, you might joyfully soared into the stratosphere with this move. With “Snakes on a Plane,” you began an all out mission to make sure no one would ever take you serious in a role again, and we think this years “The Spirit” may have cemented that. Now you do take on this joke, and we’re certain you’ve finally put the sturdy nails in the coffin.
One must note, LaBute didn’t write this one, but he’s been faltering in recent years (he didn’t write “Nurse Betty” either, but that ruled). He did direct and co-write the “Wicker Man,” with Nicolas Cage, but then again, that one is so fucking unintentionally hilarious, it’s kind of reverse awful. How the semi-mighty and at least respected have fallen.
Watch: “Lakeview Terrace” trailer
