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Title: "Resident" evil
Review: We who were happy to see Hammer resurrected after thirty film-less years may wish it'd stayed dead after seeing "The Resident," the first film produced by the notorious schlock-gothic-horror production company since the 1970s. There are two core faults. The first is the casting of Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the antagonist. Morgan is just too lovable, too blindingly charismatic, to play a character we're supposed to fear or hate, although Morgan's performance is almost astonishingly good considering the material. The second is the script: co-written by the film's ruthlessly unimaginative director, Antti Jokinen (this is his first film), the story was a dead horse two decades ago, and the writers can't even fathom why it might need to be injected with something fresh or original. Who can't predict every point of the plot progression? "The Resident" is offensively dull, a sure disappointment for Hammer fans. On the upside, Christopher Lee is amusing.
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